In keeping with its second-century mission to continue providing leadership in thoughtful, insightful Catholic discourse on faith, politics, and culture, Commonweal appointed three new board members—Drs. Hosffman Ospino, Meghan Sullivan, and Michael Okincyzc-Cruz—at its May 20, 2025 board meeting. The magazine is thrilled to welcome these three distinguished scholars, theologians, and activists, who will continue to strengthen the magazine’s rich engagement with Catholic thought.
Dr. Hosffman Ospino, who is a native of Colombia and teaches at Boston College’s Clough School of Theology and Ministry, is a professor and researcher whose work explores the role of Hispanic Catholics in shaping the American Church and the impact of dialogue between faith and culture and Catholic education, among a litany of other subjects in practical theology. He has authored or edited over a dozen books, served as principal investigator on several national-level studies about the Hispanic Catholic presence, and is involved in faith formation efforts across the United States.
Dr. Meghan Sullivan the Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, where she directs the university’s Ethics Initiative and serves as the founding director of Notre Dame’s new Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, a hub for Notre Dame’s ethics research. Sullivan’s work, focused on ethics and the good life, has shaped both the university and its student population at Notre Dame, where she developed one of the school’s most popular and acclaimed introductory courses, “God and the Good Life,” which has reached thousands of undergraduates.
Finally, Dr. Michael Okinczyc-Cruz is the cofounder and executive director of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership (CSPL), a Chicago-based grassroots movement to mobilize religious communities in a liberative and action-oriented faith formation—and a community organizer who has trained thousands of leaders in the principles of faith-based organizing. Okinczyc-Cruz, who is a professor at the Institute of Pastoral Studies at the Loyola Institute of Chicago, incorporates lessons from his organizing work in the classroom through courses on Catholic Social Teaching, Christian Ethics and Leadership in Social Justice Organizations, and Kingian and Gandhian nonviolence.
Commonweal looks forward to working with the new board members to shape the magazine’s future for a strong second century, and is eager to be graced with their wisdom, vision, and mission.
