The Rev. Catherine Amy Kropp
Keynote Speaker
The Rev. Catherine Amy Kropp currently serves as Vicar of Christ Memorial Episcopal Church on Kaua’i in Kilauea, Hawai’i. She spent seven months in 2022-2023 as an international volunteer in north Lebanon at a safe house for vulnerable youth with Relief & Reconciliation.
Previously she served in Alaska as Associate Rector at St Mary’s Episcopal Church in Anchorage, and as a traveling instructor and Episcopal priest for Dancing with the Spirit, a music ministry and social change outreach program connecting Alaska Native elders and youth through the joy of music and preserving Alaska Native music, language and culture. She holds an M.Div. and a S.T.M. from Yale Divinity School and a Diploma in Anglican Studies from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale.
Originally from Maine, where she taught high school science and became a registered Maine Guide, she has guided spiritual pilgrimages for all ages in New England, Alaska, and the Northwest Territories.
In her keynote, The Rev. Catherine Amy Kropp will reflect on her experiences as an Episcopal priest and volunteer teacher in Lebanon working with refugees, drawing wisdom from the power of human connection across differences and inspiration from the voice of the youth within a remote and fragile geography.