Mary Cass

Director of Catholic Outreach, Windrider Institute

With a passion for bringing people together around compelling stories, Mary Cass brings her talent and energy to Windrider outreach programs and the development of new partnerships. She is a member of the International Focolare Movement. As a freelance writer, Mary writes regularly for the award-winning international publication: Living City Magazine. She was co-director of Cinema/TV for NetOne, the International Communications Center of the Focolare Movement, whose headquarters is in Rome, Italy. Mary has collaborated for more than a decade with Windrider and Family Theater Productions, and was active in bringing the winners of the Angelus Film Festival for screenings of their films in Rome, Florence, Milan and Prague. Mary is a graduate of Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, in Social Sciences, with graduate studies accomplished in Florence, Italy, in Sociology, Philosophy and Theology.

In 2024 at the Windrider Summit, Mary received the Founder’s Award in recognition of her commitment to encouraging the creative spirit & impacting culture through film and media.