Chris is the Director of Youth Ministry at SS. Peter & Paul Parish in Cary, Illinois and has been adjunct faculty in the Certificate in Youth Ministry since 2003. Chris holds a Master of Pastoral Studies degree from Loyola University in Chicago, and a Master in Religious Education degree from Loyola University New Orleans. She has over 30years of parish youth ministry experience that includes work with junior high youth, high school youth, and young adults. She is a regular contributor to Youth Ministry Access and is the author of No Meeting Required: Nongathered Strategies for Ministry with Young People (Saint Mary's Press) and a contributor on several other books. Chris teaches Practices of Youth Ministry and Evangelization and Catechesis in the Certificate Program.