Deacon Michael Forrest

Our morning presenter stepped in for Fr. Larry Richards with a wonderful keynote titled “Seeing with Eucharistic Eyes"  

From the Diocese of Springfield MA, Deacon Michael Forrest is a Catholic writer, speaker and catechist who converted from the Baptist church in 1993. He earned a BS in economics and management from Babson College and a master's degree in theology from the College of Our Lady of the Elms. He is a partner at Forrest Insurance Agency and served for 10 years as vice president of  Haiti180, a 501(c)3 dedicated to helping the poorest of the poor in our hemisphere. He writes for the National Catholic Register and other Catholic publications and has given public presentations on various issues, with an emphasis on pro-life. He lives in the Springfield, MA area with his wife of 30 years. They have 4 children and 7 grandchildren.