Deputy Director of Education, Philos Project
Simone Rizkallah is Deputy Director of Education at the Philos Project, a frequent guest on Catholic Answers Live, and a faculty member of the Avila Institute. Before discovering her passion for the Faith and the call to evangelize, Ms. Rizkallah worked in marketing, communications, media, radio and her first love, theatre. Her graduate degree is in Theological Studies with an emphasis in Systematic Theology from Christendom College.
Ms. Rizkallah has worked at the parish level for both youth and adult formation at St. Ambrose parish in Annandale, VA, and taught moral theology and Church History and chaired the Theology Department at St. Mary’s Catholic High School in Phoenix, AZ. She also served at Endow, an apostolate for women dedicated to cultivating a New Feminism according to the vision of Pope St. John Paul II. You can find her thoughts on the prophetic value of Church documents on The Endow Podcast from 2020-2023.
As a first-generation American of Egyptian-Armenian descent, Ms. Rizkallah is particularly interested in matters of religious freedom, culture, and the Eastern roots of the Faith. She currently hosts the Beyond Rome podcast, which seeks to reconnect Catholics to their Hebraic and Near Eastern Christian Roots.
You can find her talks and publications on culturalgypsy.com.
