Oratorical Festival
2026 Oratorical festival theme
"You shall be to me a royal priesthood and a holy nation.” Exodus 19:6
Click the photos below to read the wonderful orations from 2025 the winners of each Diocese!
Sophia Griffith - 2025 Judge’s Choice, representing the Diocese of Miami
Diocese Coordinators
Archdiocese Oratorical Coordinator
Julie Abboud
Ottawa, Eastern Canada, and Upstate New York
Kh. Sandra Saikaly Laham
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