Speakers
Use this page to learn more about the speakers for the Archdiocese of Boston Eucharistic Congress 2009.
Cardinal Seán O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop of Boston
Cardinal Seán is an active member of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops. He was elected to serve as Chairman of the USCCB Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations.
Currently he is a member of the Committee on Shrines, the Committee on Marriage and Family Life, the Committee on Migration and the Commission on Religious Life and Ministry. Cardinal Seán has served as Chairman of the Committee on Missions, a member of the Committee on Hispanic Affairs and the Church in Latin America, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development and Department of Social Development and World Peace.
Read Cardinal Seán's blog at: www.cardinalseansblog.org
Fr. Matthew Williams
Director of the Office for the New Evangelization of Youth and Young Adults for the Archdiocese of Boston
Fr. Matt was ordained as a priest for the Archdiocese of Boston in 2003 and until recently served as Parochial Vicar at St. Marys Parish in Dedham, MA. In January 2008, he was asked by Cardinal Sean O'Malley to head up a new office at the Archdiocese and was named Director of the Office for the New Evangelization of Youth & Young Adults.
Fr. Matt is also a member of LIFT Ministries, a Catholic ministry that seeks to lead people to the Heart of Christ through dynamic preaching and inspiring worship. He also has been involved in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal for several years. Fr. Matt is a priest who loves to speak passionately about the truth of Jesus Christ, His love for us, and how His message relates to us in our daily lives.
Fr. Daniel Hennessey
Vocation Director, Archdiocese of Boston
Mother Mary Assumpta Long, O.P.
Mother Mary Assumpta Long, O.P., is the Prioress General of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She holds a S.T.L. in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. She has taught at the elementary, secondary and junior college levels, and served as President of Aquinas Junior College in Nashville, Tennessee.
Mother Assumpta is a former President of the Forum of Major Superiors, and was invited by John Cardinal O'Connor to assist with the initial formation of the Sisters of Life in New York. She currently serves on the Board of Regents for Ave Maria University in Naples, Florida.
Lisa Epperson
Passionate and energetic, Lisa Epperson shares her love for Jesus and the truth of His Church with teens and young adults around the world. She has been involved with Life Teen for 16 years as a teen, Core member, and youth minister. Lisa currently serves as the Resource Director for Life Teen, Inc, where she creates catechetical resources for high school and middle school ministry.
She lives in her hometown of Atlanta, GA and enjoys skydiving, hang gliding, dancing, and a rousing game of Scrabble.
Christine M. Wohar, speaking on:
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Christine M. Wohar, Executive Director of FrassatiUSA, is a World Expert Speaker on the Life and Devotion of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. She will give a talk on Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati titled:
"Pier Giorgio Frassati: Meeting Christ in the Eucharist and in the Poor"