HEAR THE CALL TO A CONSECRATED VOCATION

A Talk Via Video Call on the Topic: The Virtues and Interior Freedom

Dr. Ian Murphy left his Baptist church position as head pastor to enter the Catholic Church in 2004. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon, Ian also earned an M.A. in theology in Texas and completed the Ph.D. in systematic theology at Duquesne University, defending his dissertation on the New Evangelization in the United States. In addition to working as a fulltime professor at Rosemont College, Murphy has taught a range of courses in world religions, comparative religious studies, Catholic thought, Christian spirituality, and Biblical studies for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Penn State, and Duquesne. He recently published both installments of a two-part series on Marian Consecration. Ian is the author of “Dying to Live,” which shares the story of his conversion to Catholicism.

A Talk Via Video Call on the Topic: The Beauty of the Consecrated Vocation

A priest from St. Michael’s Norbertine Abbey in Silverado, CA, and a native of Southern California, Fr. Gregory is now a member of a new foundation of his Abbey: Corpus Christi Priory in the diocese of Springfield, Illinois. He was born (1964) the youngest of 14 children in San Diego, CA and raised in Orange County, CA, entering St. Michael’s Abbey in 1986. He served his Abbey community by overseeing the monastery facilities through the years and then assisting in the building of a new abbey in its current location, Silverado, CA. He assisted in formation for the Norbertine Lay Order, has helped in parish supply ministry, and has given retreats through the years for various groups of laity, religious, and priests. He is now working with four other Norbertine confreres to build up a new foundation and apostolate in Springfield, IL.