Fr. Bart Geger, SJFr. Geger, from St. Louis, Missouri, entered the Society of Jesus in 1990. In 2010, he received a doctorate in sacred theology at Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid with a dissertation on the Jesuit Constitutions. He is general editor of the quarterly monograph series Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits. Since 2017, he has been Assistant Professor of the Practice at the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College, where he teaches on the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus and prayer and discernment in the Spiritual Exercises,
and a research scholar at the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, also at Boston College, where he is currently revising Fr. George Ganss’ ground-breaking 1970 English-language edition of the Jesuit Constitutions. His personal project is a translation of an obscure, heretofore unpublished manuscript by Fr. Pedro Ribadeneira, SJ (1527-1611) on perseverance in a Jesuit vocation.
The following hierarchs/dioceses have hosted the National Catholic Singles Conference over the last nineteen years:
Cardinal Francis George, Archdiocese of Chicago (of blessed memory)
Archbishop Charles Chaput, Archdiocese of Denver (now Archdiocese of Philadelphia, retired)
Archbishop Jose Gomez, Archdiocese of San Antonio (now Archdiocese of Los Angeles)
Archbishop Bernard Hebda, Archdiocese of Saint Paul & Minneapolis
Archbishop William Skurla, Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh
Archbishop Allen Vigneron, Archdiocese of Detroit
Bishop Earl Boyea, Diocese of Lansing
Bishop Emeritus Robert Brom, Diocese of San Diego
Bishop Oscar Cantú, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of San Antonio (now Diocese of San Jose)
Bishop James Conley, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Denver (now Diocese of Lincoln)
Bishop Andrew Cozzens, Archdiocese of Saint Paul & Minneapolis
Bishop Salvatore Cordileone, Diocese of San Diego (now Archdiocese of San Francisco)
Bishop Cirilo Flores, Diocese of San Diego (of blessed memory)
Bishop Thomas Olmsted, Diocese of Phoenix
Bishop Michael Olson, Diocese of Fort Worth
Bishop David Ricken, Diocese of Cheyenne (now Diocese of Green Bay)
Bishop Peter Sartain, Diocese of Joliet (now Archdiocese of Seattle)
Bishop Michael Sheridan, Diocese of Colorado Springs (retired)
Bishop J. Mark Spalding, Diocese of Nashville
Bishop David Zubik, Diocese of Pittsburgh
Sampling of Past NCSC speakers:
Greg and Julie Alexander
Monica Ashour
Dr. Suzanne Baars
Danielle Bean
Mary Bielski
Mary Beth Bonacci
Pete Burak
Sr. Helena Burns
Sr. Raffaella Cavalin
Kerrie Caviezel
David Clayton
Fr. Nathan Cromly
Dr. Kerry Cronin
JP DeGance
Lisa Duffy
Jason Evert
Fr. Robert Faricy
Sr. Miriam James Heidland
Matthew Kelly
Fr. Thomas Loya
Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse
Anastasia Northrop
Damon Owens
Fr. John Parks
Steve Pokorny
Dr. Jonathan Reyes
Dr. Mario Sacasa
Fr. Richard Simon
Bart Schuchts
Dr. Bob Schuchts
Dr. Edward Sri
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Vicki Thorn
Dr. John van Epp
Dr. Christopher West
Katrina Zeno