Oratorical Festival
2027 Oratorical Festival Theme
“By one spirit we were all baptized into one body” - 1 Corinthians 12:13
Prompts for the 2027 Oratorical Festival will be available in early 2027.
2026 Archdiocese Oratorical Winners
Click on each photo to read the orations from the contestants.
2026 Archdiocese Judge’s Choice
Kai Friedrich of the Diocese of Oakland, Charleston, and the Mid-Atlantic.
Diocese Coordinators
Archdiocese Oratorical Coordinator
Julie Abboud
Ottawa, Eastern Canada, and Upstate New York
Diala Habib Makhlouf
New York and Washington D.C. / Charleston and the Mid-Atlantic
Sh. Bonnie Flowers
Toledo and the Midwest
Zaina Zawahri
Worcester and New England
Caitlin Beberman
Miami and the Southeast
Sh. Shell Keim
Wichita and Mid-America
Cassidy Irwin
Los Angeles and the West
Amanda Sahawneh