Lesley Kirzeder

Lesley Kirzeder is the Program Director for the Contours of Wonder Initiative at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. Operating within the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, this initiative proposes a renewal in children’s liturgical formation that both confronts the challenges of the digital age and cultivates liturgical imagination. Formerly, Lesley worked as the Director of Ministries at St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Parish in South Bend as well as a freelance graphic designer and communications consultant for Catholic parishes, schools, and organizations locally and abroad. Most recently she served as the Program Director for the Church Communications Ecology Program at the McGrath Institute. She is a 2003 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, having earned her BA in History with an honors concentration in Russian History. Presently she is working toward her MA in Theology at Notre Dame. Lesley is the wife of a Catholic school teacher and mother of three one-of-a-kind kiddos, who are her daily inspiration.