On Thursday, May 9th, YCP NYC is excited to host celebrity matchmaker, Alessandra Conti, and author, Rachel Hoover Canto, as panelists for an Executive Panel Discussion on the theological virtue of love. This is an event you won’t want to miss!

“Thus there are three things that endure: faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love.” – 1 Corinthians 13
“Charity [Love] is the theological virtue by which we love God above all things for his own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God.” – 1822, Catechism of the Catholic Church
“The great moral power of true love lies precisely in this longing for the happiness of the other person, that is, for his true good.” – Love and Responsibility, Pope John Paul II

Alessandra Conti is a Celebrity Matchmaker & Co-Founder of Matchmakers In The City​, an old-school, personal Matchmaking firm headquartered in Beverly Hills. Conti is the Celebrity Matchmaker for shows like Bravo’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, NBC’s Access Hollywood, and was a Matchmaker behind 2 seasons of MTV’s, Are You The One. Her dating, relationship, and business advice has been featured on Forbes, Fox News, The New York Times, The LA Times, and more. She is a Leonine Forum Fellow, a Member of Junior League of Los Angeles, and is actively involved in her Catholic church community in Los Angeles. Instagram: @matchmakeralessandraconti​

Rachel Hoover Canto is a graduate of Christendom College and works as a tech writer and freelance journalist for several Catholic news outlets. She is also the author of Pretty Good Catholic: How to Find, Date, and Marry Someone who Shares Your Faith ​(Vianney Vocations, 2024). She previously founded a Catholic singles’ ministry in Nashville which boasts four engagements (and counting!). While writing Pretty Good Catholic, she took her own advice and found the love of her life. She lives in Nashville with her amazing new husband. Instagram: @rachelhooverjournalist​

RSVP
The event is free for all YCP Belong members and $20 per person for non-members. Please RSVP to reserve your spot!

Schedule
5:30-6 pm: Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral (Archdiocese of NY Holy Day of Obligation – Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus)
6-7 pm: Networking and Cocktail Hour at 3 West Club
7-9 pm: Panel Discussion
9-10 pm: Networking + After-party