Officers

Co-President: Theo Austin

Year: 2026

Majors: Philosophy, Theology

Minor: Constitutional Studies

Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA

Contact: jaustin5@nd.edu

Co-President: Kate Apelian

Year: 2026

Major: Theology

Hometown: Boonton, NJ

Contact: kapelian@nd.edu

Secretary: Molly Foote

Year: 2026

Major: Marketing

Minors: Constitutional Studies, Real Estate

Hometown: Hoxie, KS

Contact: mfoote@nd.edu

Media & Graphics: Catalina Scheider Galiñanes

Year: 2025

Majors: Economics, Political Science

Minor: Constitutional Studies

Hometown: Washington, D.C.

Contact: cscheid2@nd.edu

Faculty Advisor: Abigail Favale is a writer and professor who work in the area of women, feminism, and gender from a Catholic perspective. She holds a concurrent appointment in the Department of Theology, where she teaches on topics like Edith Stein’s Theology of Woman and Religion & Literature.

Abigail has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from George Fox University, as well as a master’s degree in Women, Writing and Gender and a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Her first book, Irigaray, Incarnation, and Contemporary Women’s Fiction (Palgrave 2013) was awarded the 2014 Feminist and Women’s Studies Association Book Award. Her second book is Into the Deep: An Unlikely Catholic Conversion (Cascade 2018), a spiritual memoir that traces her journey from birthright evangelicalism to postmodern feminism and, finally, to the Catholic Church. Abigail’s most recent book, The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory, was published in 2022 by Ignatius Press and has already been translated into multiple languages. Her numerous essays have appeared in MICL’s Church Life Journal, The Atlantic, First Things, Public Discourse, Comment, and elsewhere. Abigail is also was awarded the J.F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction in 2017.

She lives with her husband, Michael, and their four children in South Bend, Indiana.

Contact: afavale@nd.edu