Dr. Bob McCarty is a pastoral ministry consultant and trainer and adjunct faculty at The Catholic University of America and The University of Dallas. He offers consultations, retreats, workshops and training programs in ministry skills and issues internationally. Bob serves as the project coordinator for the Saint Mary's Press research project, "Going, Going, Gone: The Dynamics of Disaffiliation in Young Catholics". His most recent book is, "Faith Talk: Having Conversations with Young People That Matter!" (Saint Mary's Press 2018). Bob is a volunteer in his parish youth ministry and adult faith formation program at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Fulton, MD. Bob has a D.Min. from the Graduate Theological Foundation in Indiana and an MA in Religious Education from LaSalle University.