2025 Keynote Speaker for “Emerging Technologies: Promises and Perils,” for Newman University, Wichita, KS. April.  

2024 Teaching Video: “What is Integral Ecology?” Produced in collaboration with the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas.  Rome. March. 

2024 Plenary Address. Annual meeting of the Sacra Doctrina Conference. University of St. Thomas, in June. 

2023 Keynote Address. National Conference Celebrating The 100th Anniversary of Catholic Rural Life, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, in June. 

2022 Public Lecture. “The ‘Nature’ of Catholic Culture: Notes toward a Transformational Education.” Benedictine College, Atchison, KS. 

2019 Public Lecture. “Integral Ecology and the Promise of Green Thomism,” sponsored by the Jacques Maritain Center and the Environmental Change Initiative at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.  

2019 Conference Presentation. “Syntonic and Dystonic Desire: Augustine and Dysmorphic Identities” at the “Augustine in Contemporary Culture Conference.” Saint Paul Seminary, in August.  

2019 Keynote Address on “The Vocation of the Agricultural Leader” in Rome at the international gathering for Trimble Ag Connections, a global ag tech leader in precision agriculture, in December. 

2019 Keynote. “Integral Ecology and the Protection of the Unborn,” at Delbarton School in Morristown, NJ, March.  

2017 Seminar Presenter: “Recovering a Rural Aesthetic,” Wethersfield Institute, New York.  

2017 Presentation on “Catholic Social Thought and Integral Ecology,” University of Maine, Farmington, ME.  

2017 Presentation and Workshop on “Principles of Integral Ecology,” Diocesan Congress, “Siempre Adelante: Keep Moving Forward,” Diocese of Fresno, CA.  

2017 Presentation on Laudato Si’: The Association of Theological Field Educators, St. Paul, MN, in January.  

2017 Presentation on Integral Ecology for Diocesan Clergy Formation, Diocese of Victoria, TX. 

2017 Public Lecture: “Culture and Integral Ecology,” Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice, Montreal, QC. 

2017 Presentation for Aquinas Study Group: “Laudato Si’ and the Promise of Green Thomism,” Catholic Theological Society of America, Albuquerque, NM. 

2017 Conference Co-host and Presentation: “Laudato Si’ as an Occasion of Doctrinal Development,” Retrieving Traditions Conference, University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN. 

2016  Presentation: “Social Dialogue: Food Security, the Reduction of Poverty, and the Role of the Catholic University.” European Study Meeting on Strategy for Europe 2020: The Role of Social Dialogue for a Sustainable Agriculture and the Growth of Employment. Europäisches Zentrum für Arbeitnehmerfragen. Santa Marinella, Lazio, IT.  

2016 Lecture. “Foundations of Laudato Si’,” Centre for Catholic Studies, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO.  

2016 Paper Presentation: “Laudato Si’ and the Return of Natural Law,” Catholic Climate Covenant Conference, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C.  

2016  Public lecture and presentations. “The Theological Foundations of Laudato Si’.” Williams College, Williamstown, MA.  

2015 Press Conference: Spokesperson on behalf of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, Saint Paul, MN.  

2015   Presentation: “Laudato Si’ and the Rise of Green Thomism,” Conference sponsored by USCCB, Catholic University of America Conference, Saint Paul, MN.  

2015  Presentation on “Ecology and Catholic Social Thought,” Diocese of Winona, MN.  

2015 Presentation/Panelist on “The Importance of Laudato Si’,” Minnesota Catholic Conference, Saint Paul, MN.  

2015 Presentation on “Christian Theology and Ecology,” for the Muslim Christian Dialogue Center, University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN.    

2015  Presentation on “The Vocation of the Agricultural Leader” and member of the US Delegation, Vatican Exhibition, World Expo, Milan, IT.  

2015  Hosted national seminar in collaboration with the USCCB and the Center for Catholic Studies: “Human and Natural Ecology: Economic Political and Cultural Implications,” Saint Paul, MN.   

2015 Presentation on “The ‘Nature’ of the Diaconate,” National Diaconate Conference, Saint Paul, MN. 

2015 Presentation/Lecture. “The Rural Family,” L’agriculuture familiale: XXV Congress Journées Paysannes. Souvigny, FR.  

2015 On-line seminar: “The Vocation of the Agricultural Leader,” Diocese of Great Falls, MT.  

2015 Presentation on Ecology and Theology. Archdiocese of Anchorage, AK.  

2014 Presentation: Principles and Tasks of Catholic Stewardship, Catholic Social Ministry Gathering, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D. C. 

2014 Keynote Presentation: “The Place of Faith in the Geography of Hope,” at “The Evolving Theology of Creation Conference,” The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, Saint Paul, MN.  

2013 Presentation. “Green Thomism and the Challenge of GMO’s,” with David Andow, Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Insect Ecology. University of St. Thomas School of Law, Minneapolis, MN.  

2011 Public Lecture. “Assenting to the World and The Challenge of Thanksgiving,” Conference hosted with Catholic Charities and the Diocese of Stockton, Stockton, CA.  

2011 Presentation: “Agriculture as an ‘Ars Cooperativa’,” International Catholic Rural Association and the Europäisches Zentrum für Arbeitnehmerfragen. Vatican City. 

2009 Keynote Address. “The Person in Human Ecology,” for Faith, Food and the Environment National Conference. Hosted in collaboration with the International Catholic Rural Association and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Saint Paul, MN.  

2008 The Culture of Freedom and Natural Family Planning. Keynote Address to the National Convention of Couple to Couple League, Charlotte, NC. 

2007 Beholding the Logos: The Church, the Environment, and the Meaning of Man. Ireland Library Plenary Lecture, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, Saint Paul, MN.  

2006  Presentation, “St. Thomas and Clinical Psychology,” Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Dallas, TX.