Pat Ciarrocchi is the co-anchor KYW CBS 3's Eyewitness News at noon. A winner of both a local Emmy Award and the prestigious Gabriel Award from the National Catholic Association of Broadcasters, Pat has been a visible Catholic leader in the community for years. She is involved with The Breast Health Institute, The Women's Domestic Abuse Project, and the Sisters of Blessed Sacrament. She has been honored for her local community work by the CYO Hall of Fame and this past year served as co-chair of BLOCS (Business Leaders Organized for Catholic Schools). Pat is a lector at St. Matthias in Bala Cynwyd, and is married with two sons.
Sr. Constance Marie Touey, IHM - As principal of St. Francis de Sales grade school in West Philadelphia for the past twenty years, Sr. Constance Marie has been a consistent model of leadership in Catholic education. She has taken the school where more than 60% of the student body fall below the national poverty line, off of diocesan subsidy and last year added a $2 million addition for arts and music. In 1992 Sr. Constance Marie started an innovative peace program to stop violence among children. The center is the "Peace Table" where students with disputes of any nature are asked to come to mediate their differences. The program has received local and national recognition, including the Philadelphia Bar Foundation Apothaker Award and the National Catholic Education Association MacNamee Award.
Matthew Pinto is the founder and president of Ascension Press and Luminous Media, a co-founder of CatholicExchange.com and Envoy Magazine, and a best-selling author of a variety of works including Did Adam and Eve have Belly Buttons?, the creator of the Friendly Defenders Catholic Flash Cards, co-editor of the Amazing Grace Series. In 2004, Matt co-authored and published A Guide to the Passion: 100 Questions About the Passion of the Christ, which sold over 1 million copies worldwide and made the Amazon and New York Times best-seller lists. He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs explaining and defending the Catholic Faith, and has conducted seminars on a variety of Catholic issues throughout the country. Matt and his wife, Maryanne, live in West Chester, PA and are the parents of four boys.
Cardinal Justin Rigali - A native of Los Angeles, Cardinal Rigali is currently the spiritual leader of 1.5 million Catholics in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. He was ordained a priest in 1961 and has served in a number of roles around the world including Vatican Secretary of State. His eminence came to Philadelphia in 2003 after leading the Archdiocese of St. Louis for nine years. Presently, Cardinal Rigali serves on the Board of Trustees of The Catholic University of America and on the Board of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Order of the Knights of Malta, the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher and the Knights of Columbus. He is the Episcopal Advisor to Serra International and Episcopal Liason to the Council of Major Superiors and Women Religious. In 2004, Cardinal Rigali invested in a four day leadership workshop for every priest in his diocese and personally.
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