| Our Pastor, Fr. Lalo Jara, OFM, invites you to our Lenten Retreat on Saturday, March 8th, 2025, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. The theme is: Don’t Lose Hope! |
“Lent is a good time to recover the joy and hope that makes us feel like beloved sons and daughters of the Father.” Pope Francis, St. Peter’s Basilica, Homily, 14th Feb 2016
Recover your joy and hope! Meet our Lenten Retreat Speaker!
Meet our Lenten Retreat Speaker, Dr. Javier Orozco, OFS, PhD! Javier is the Executive Director of Human Dignity and Intercultural Affairs for the Archdiocese of St. Louis, where he also serves as the Ecumenical and Interreligious Officer. He is a Secular Franciscan and theologian with over twenty years of professional experience in religious, educational, and community affairs. His skills include Catholic theology and ministry, ecumenical and Interreligious leadership, intercultural competence, teaching, writing, and consulting.
He serves on various diocesan, regional, and national committees and organizations. He is the current president of the National Catholic Association of Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers (CADEIO) and the past president of the National Catholic Association of Diocesan Directors for Hispanic Ministry (NCADDHM). Javier is the founder and principal consultant of Convivencia Church Project, an expression of pastoral ministry and public theology.
His recent consultations include serving as a lead theological consultant for the Preaching Academy of Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis and teaching for the Institute of Pastoral Studies, Loyola University Chicago. His academic formation includes a BA and MA (Philosophy), STB (Sacred Theology), and PhD (Theology). Javier and his wife, Theresa, live in St. Louis.
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