Saint John’s Theology Day: Finding Hope in a Time of Change – Noreen Herzfeld, Ph.D.

We live in a time of rapid change—a changing climate, a changing nation, accelerating AI. These changes can leave us feeling disoriented or overwhelmed. Yet change is inevitable. What does hope meal when things look dark? Where can we find anchors during turbulent times?

• Thursday, January 29, 2026 in the Teresa of Calcutta Hall in the lower level of The Basilica
• Gathering/Check in/Food begins at 6:00pm.
• Presentation begins at 6:30pm

Registration is required.  Click HERE to register. Or call 320.363.3560.  There is no cost for attending Theology Day.

Noreen Herzfeld is the Director of Benedictine Spirituality and the Environment. She holds degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from The Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. in Theology from The Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. Herzfeld is the author of The Artifice of Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Spirit (Fortress, 2002), Technology and Religion: Remaining Human in a Co-Created World (Templeton, 2009) and editor or co-editor of Encountering AI: Ethical and Anthropological Investigations (Pickwick, 2024), Religious and Cultural Implications of Technology-Mediated Relationship in a Post-Pandemic World (Lexington 2023) and Religion and the New Technologies (MDPI, 2017).

Herzfeld is also a senior research associate at the Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies, Koper, Slovenia.