VIDEO: 2023 Christifidelis Award Recipient


March 14, 2023 | National Catholic Prayer Breakfast | Washington D.C.


On Tuesday March 14, 2023, Mary Rice Hasson was a Christifidelis Award Recipient at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast for her work in the gender ideology problem that prevails in today’s society.

Watch on the Sycamore Trust Vimeo website.

Mary Rice Hasson, J.D., is the Kate O’Beirne Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. She directs the Catholic Women’s Forum, a network of Catholic professional women and scholars, and co-founded the Person and Identity Project, a new initiative that equips parents and faith-based institutions to counter gender ideology and promote the truth of the human person. An attorney and policy expert, Mary served as keynote speaker for the Holy See during the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, addressing education (2018), women and work (2017), caregiving (2019), and gender ideology (2019). She currently serves as a consultant to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family, Life and Youth.


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