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Recent News
SLI President Invites Re-Dedication to Healing and Hope on Eve of September 11 Anniversary
Rev. Patrick J. McDevitt, CM, PhD, CEO & President of Saint Luke Institute (SLI), offered the following reflection to staff and colleagues at SLI on the eve of the anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Capacity Crowd at Saint Meinrad Considers Personality and Ministry Preparation
Nearly 200 vocation directors, formators, major superiors, seminary personnel, and lay ministers attended our fifth Conference on Human Formation, under the title “The Complicated Candidate: Navigating Personality in Discernment & Formation.”
SLI President Offers Opening Plenary at Organization’s Conference on Human Formation
Rev. Patrick J. McDevitt, CM, PhD, welcomed 200 participants, offering an opening plenary which helped frame the overall theme for the 4-day event.
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Upcoming Events
Virtual Presentation: “The Art of Accompaniment – A Way of Being” (Session 2)
Saint Luke Institute President & CEO, Rev. Patrick J. McDevitt, CM, PhD will be presenting a three-part virtual session on accompaniment in the work of ministerial formation.
The Art of Aging Gratefully: Learning from Religious Women – A Global Virtual Conference
The virtual event will lift up the way in which Catholic sisters model, resource, and respond to the needs of aging in ways that are holistic, holy, and a proven model from which everyone in the Church can learn – religious, clergy and lay.
Multiple Presentations: Canon Law Society of America Convention 2026
A pre-conference presentation and in-conference seminar on mental health topics for canonists, including “Dealing with Vicarious Trauma: Coping Strategies for Managing Tribunals and Decreasing Burnout.”
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