Kelley E. Spoerl, PhD, with speak on “Marie de l’Incarnation: Missionary Passion in a Multicultural Quebec,” focusing on several extraordinary women who were involved in the early settlement, development and Christianization of French Canada in the seventeenth century.

Kelley Spoerl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theology at Saint Anselm College, where she has taught since 1996. Her published research is in the area of fourth-century Greek theology, but she has a great interest in early modern Catholicism and the history of Quebec. Tonight’s talk is based on one Dr. Spoerl gave in 2009 at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio as part of a series entitled “Catholic Women Encountering Religious Pluralism.”