Local academic, Christopher Klofft, to speak at Women’s Conference

On Saturday, Oct. 7, St. Joseph School in Webster will host the upcoming 2023 Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference. The theme is “Male and Female: He Created Them.”
Christopher Klofft, an associate professor of theology at Assumption University, will speak at the conference.  
Mr. Klofft, who holds a doctorate in moral theology from The Catholic University of America, is also well-versed in the areas of sexual ethics, gender issues in moral theology, and St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body.
His talk is titled, “Men are from Muck, Women are from Ribs: The Garden of Eden and why we are what we are.”
Mr. Klofft also studied at Pope John XXIII Medical-Moral Research and Education Center and Assumption College.
He has been a main lecturer or guest speaker at numerous parishes in the Worcester diocese and events across the nation. In addition, he has been published in journals such as: Ethics and Medics, Theological Studies, and Catholic Digest. He is known to present topics with much passion and oftentimes, humor. He is the author of Living the Love Story: Catholic Morality in the Modern World, published by Alba House.
Have you ever wondered about the Catholic Church’s teaching on topics such as the relationship between gender and moral development, masculine spirituality, contemporary feminist thought, the life and dignity of the human person, Christian marriage, or “hook up culture”? Mr. Klofft has experience speaking and teaching on these subjects.
Also speaking at the conference will be Father Colin Blatchford, Patricia Sandoval, Father Derek Mobilio and Deborah Savage.  
In addition to speakers, the sacrament of reconciliation will be available during the lunch break. The conference will begin with adoration and the rosary led by Bishop McManus, who will also celebrate the vigil Mass at 5 p.m. in St. Joseph Basilica, 53 Whitcomb St. There will also be many exhibitors.