7:00pm—Happy Half-Hour
7:30pm—Conversation & Q+A with Natalia
The Stories We Tell: Latinx Narratives & the Future of Catholicism
ABOUT NATALIA:
Natalia Imperatori-Lee is a professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Catholic Studies program at Manhattan College in the Bronx. She is the author of Cuéntame: Narrative in the Ecclesial Present (Orbis Books, 2018).
Dr. Imperatori-Lee teaches courses on contemporary Catholicism, touching upon Vatican II, feminism, faith, and the Latinx communities in the US. Her work focuses on the intersection of Latinx theologies, feminist theologies, and Catholic ecclesiology. She has published in Theological Studies and The Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Catholic Theological Society of America and is a member of the American Academy of Religion and the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the US.
Dr. Imperatori-Lee earned her bachelor's from Fordham University and a master's from the University of Chicago. She received her doctorate from the University of Notre Dame. Her writing has appeared in Commonweal and America magazines, and she has appeared as a guest expert on Pope Francis on CNN and MSNBC. A native of Miami, Florida, Dr. Imperatori-Lee lives in the Bronx with her spouse and two sons.
CONTACT:
SFDS: Jayne Porcelli—jayneporcelli@sfdsnyc.org
The Weal: Milton Javier Bravo—milton@commonwealmagazine.org