The End of Babies: Why Birth Rates Are Really Falling & What It Means for Parenting Girls
January 10, 2026 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm CST
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6:00pm Wine & Cheese Social
7:00pm Keynote
Join us for the winter installment of our parent formation speaker series, Raising Great Girls. We are excited to host Dr. Catherine Pakaluk, renowned speaker and author of Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth.
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About the Event
The global decline in birth rates has far-reaching effects both for society and the individual. Join us for an evening with Professor Catherine Pakaluk, an expert in this field and well-known for her engaging and winsome approach to difficult topics. Dr. Pakaluk will draw on economics and philosophy to give a fast-paced overview of falling birth rates and why it matters, followed by an eye-opening analysis of what is really going on. (Hint: it’s not what people say!) She will finish by pointing the way to how we can reclaim the value of the child, and what that might mean for raising girls who see children as their purpose and treasure.
About the Speaker
Catherine R. Pakaluk, Ph.D, is an assistant professor of Social Research and Economic Thought at the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Her primary areas of research include economics of education and religion, family studies and demography, Catholic social thought, and political economy. Pakaluk is the 2015 recipient of the Acton Institute’s Novak Award and author of Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth. She is a widely-admired writer and sought-after speaker on matters of culture, gender, social science, the vocation of women, and the work of Edith Stein. She lives in Maryland with her husband Michael Pakaluk and eight children.