Gilberto Cavazos-González, OFM Professor of Christian Spirituality, John Duns Scotus Chair of Franciscan Spirituality Education STD, Pontificio Ateneo Antonianum, Roma STL, Pontificio Ateneo Antonianum, Roma MA, Incarnate Word University, San Antonio, TX MDiv, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago BA, Quincy University, Quincy, IL Contact otrebligcg@ctu.edu jdscotus@ctu.edu Biography Dr. Gilberto Cavazos-González, OFM is a Tejano, a Friar Minor (Franciscan) and Full Professor of the Theological Study of Christian Spirituality. Gilberto taught for 15 years at the Catholic Theological Union before moving to Rome to work in Educational Technology at the Franciscan school, the Pontifical University Antonianum. He was also a translator/interpreter for the OFM General Curia. While in Rome, Gilberto continued to be a member of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality and the Foro di Profesori di Teologia Spirituale in Italia. As such he and a team of three other professors organized an International Congress on methods and approaches to the study of Christian spirituality and spiritual theology in 2019. Along with another professor, he is currently editing the Acta of 2019 International Congress for the study of spirituality. In March of 2020 he became the pontifically appointed Secretary of the Pontificia Academia Mariana Internationalis (PAMI). In June of 2022 Pope Francisco freed him from his position with PAMI so that he could return to CTU as Professor Spirituality, the John Duns Scotus Chair of Franciscan Spirituality and Director of CTU’s Certificate in Franciscan Spirituality Friar Gilberto presents regularly in Spanish, Italian and English on Christian spirituality and spiritual growth for contemporary Christians. He organizes and preaches retreats and workshops for the Franciscan family, especially focusing on the five pillars of Franciscan Spirituality. Finally, he continues his work with various parishes and schools of leadership in Hispanic/Latin@ spirituality and ministry. As past president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States and as a member of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality, he continues to pursue his research and writing in the area of Latin@ and Franciscan Spirituality. He is currently working on a book on the Marian Spirituality of Sor Juana de la Cruz Vasquez Gutierrez, a Spanish Franciscan sister who was a mystic, a pastor and a preacher to royalty, prelates, nuns and her parishioners in the early 1500s. Neomi De Anda, Ph.D. Neomi De Anda, serves as the Executive Director for the International Marian Research Institute. She is also a tenured Associate Professor at the University of Dayton Department of Religious Studies. She teaches courses in religion, languages and cultures, Latinx and Latin American studies, race and ethnic studies, and women and gender studies. She is a Marianist Educational Associate and a Human Rights Center Research Associate. Dr. De Anda is a Catholic Lay Marianist and part of the Micah Theotokos Marianist Lay Community. Since its inception on Easter 2020, Dr. De Anda has worshiped with the online community of the Holy 42. Dr. De Anda holds a Ph.D. in Constructive Theology from Loyola University Chicago. She also has master’s degrees in Theology (Oblate School of Theology) and Educational Leadership (St. Mary’s University). Dr. De Anda has scholarly presentations, publications and exhibitions on her research interests of Mary and breast milk; chisme; LatinoXa Christology; migrations in conjunction with the Marianist Social Justice Collaborative Immigrant Justice Team. She maintains a commitment to a border theology at the intersections of the environment, migrations, labor, and women because of her roots in El Paso, Texas. Dr. De Anda hosts the Chisme Symposium at the University of Dayton. Learn more at www.chisme.space. She is the recipient of the 2021 University of Dayton Award for Faculty Teaching; the 2021 University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Service Award for faculty; and the First Book Prize for Minority Scholars from the Louisville Institute, where she now serves on the board. She is a past president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS). She has also served as “Theologian in Residence” for First United Methodist Church of Boulder and “Scholar in Residence” for the North American Center for Marianist Life (NACMS). Dr. De Anda also has received various grants from the Hispanic Theological Initiative, the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Religion and Theology, and the Association of Marianist Universities. Dr. Gloria Dodd Dr. Gloria Falcão Dodd is originally from the Washington, D.C. area. She received her B.A. in theology from Christendom College, a Masters of Divinity and a License of Sacred Theology from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. before earning her Doctorate in Sacred Theology at the International Marian Research Institute with the University of Dayton. She is the author of the book, The Virgin Mary, Mediatrix of All Grace: History and Theology of the Movement for a Dogmatic Definition from 1896 to 1964, as well as book chapters and articles. She works at the same Institute as a Research Professor teaching Marian courses to undergraduate and graduate classes. She is a member of the International Pontifical Marian Academy, the President of the Mariological Society of America, and an officer of the Legion of Mary in Ohio, along with her husband, Ennis. More at the following link https://udayton.edu/directory/artssciences/imri/d oddgloria.php