Twenty-second Annual Cardinal O'Connor Conference on Life

Georgetown University · January 30, 2021

The largest collegiate pro-life conference in America.

The theme of this year’s conference is “Global Pro-Life Approaches in the 21st Century.” The event will feature a distinguished panel of pro-life advocates who will examine how to build a technologically innovative pro-life movement in our nation and around the world, as well as a virtual Holy Hour, and a Mass for Life.

This online gathering will include:

A keynote speech from Aimee Murphy, the founder and former executive director of Rehumanize International. A panel discussing the consistent life ethic and its role in the 21st century. It will feature notable advocates such as:

• Reggie Littlejohn, founder and president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers

• Valerie Huber, M.Ed., Special Representative for Global Women’s Health

• Dr. Alveda King, niece of Rev. Dr Martin Luther King and Executive Director of Priests for Life’s outreach branch Civil Rights for the Unborn

• Sr. Dede Byrne, Little Workers of the Sacred Heart

• Gloria Purvis, Catholic Radio and Television Host.

The panel will be moderated by Catherine Hadro, Host and Managing Editor of EWTN Pro-Life Weekly.

A Mass For Life will be live-streamed from Georgetown University's Dahlgren Chapel.

Asynchronous, recorded concurrent sessions that will be released in the week leading up to the Conference, featuring speakers who are pro-life advocates in their respective fields.

Schedule on the day

10:00 am - 11:00 am: Holy Hour

11:00 am - 11:15 am: Welcome and Invocation

11:15 am - 12:15 pm: Keynote Address

12:15 pm - 12:30 pm: Fr. King Award Presentation

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm: Virtual Tabling

1:15 pm - 2:25 pm: Panel Discussion

2:25 pm - 2:40 pm: Closing Prayer & Adjournment

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm: Mass for Life

Logistics:

Due to the developing nature of COVID-19 and the University's operating status for Spring 2021, the 22nd annual Cardinal O'Connor Conference will be virtual. Although admission is free, we are requesting $10 per ticket in order to help offset the costs of our conference.

About the Conference:

Each year, the Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life strives to promote intellectually rigorous discourse on the sanctity of human life as well as build a culture of life both within and beyond the Georgetown community. Georgetown students founded the Conference in 2000 and remain both the organizers and facilitators of what has become the largest student-run, pro-life Conference in the United States. Rooted in the Catholic tradition, the Conference is named in the honor of His Eminence John Cardinal O’Connor, who principally committed himself to advocate for the defenseless and eloquently defend pro-life positions.

For more information, please visit our website.

Accommodation requests related to a disability should be sent to director@oconnorconference.com by 1/22/2021. A good-faith effort will be made to fulfill requests. A captioned version of this presentation will also be made available shortly by 2/15/2021 at oconnorconference.com.