Title: The School & The Sacramental Imagination
Date: October 16-17, 2025
Where: Carroll College, Helena, MT
Description:
Coming soon…
Schedule (tentative):
Thursday, Oct 16
5:30 Mass at Cathedral of St Helena
6:00 Reception, Dinner, Night Prayer
Friday, Oct 17
8:30 Morning Prayer
9:00 Keynote
10:30 Breakouts
12:00 Mass at All Saints Chapel, Lunch
2:00 Breakouts
3:00 Closing Plenary
Registration:
Kindly complete your conference and hotel registrations by Friday September 5, 2025.
Hotel Reservation:
The diocese has reserved a block of rooms at the Helena Home2 Suites. Home2 is managing reservations. You can make reservations at this link:
Please note:
- Room reservations are first come, first serve.
- Most rooms have a single queen bed with a pull-out sofa bed.
- In order to accommodate families, we have reserved a number of rooms with two queen beds and a pull-out sofa bed.
- If you and a colleague plan to share a room, please communicate this to the hotel when making your reservation.
- When making your reservation, you will be required to provide credit card information. This is only for incidentals. The Diocese is covering the cost of the reservation.
Sister Mary Agnes Greiffendorf, O.P., Ph.D. is a Dominican Sister of St. Cecilia Congregation of Nashville, TN, a community that has engaged in the apostolate of Catholic education for over 160 years. Since entering the congregation in 1997 she has taught at all levels of Catholic education, and served in numerous administrative positions including elementary school principal, Director of Education and Coordinator of New Evangelization Initiatives for her religious congregation, and President of Aquinas College in Nashville.
Most recently, she was the founding Director of the Institute for the Transformation of Catholic Education at The Catholic University of America. She is currently the vice principal of St. Gertrude School in Madeira. Sister Mary Agnes holds a bachelor’s degree in teacher education from Aquinas College, a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of Notre Dame, a master’s degree in theology from Providence College, and a Ph.D. in Catholic Educational Leadership from The Catholic University of America. She served on the Board of Directors for the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) from 2016-2022, and is currently a Consultant to the Committee on Catholic Education of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).