Get ready for the most exciting Conference to date! We have an amazing line-up of speakers as well as great music, Mass, and Adoration. More information and registration will be up this week!
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
The Why be Catholic Conference is an annual invitation to everyone who is interested in deepening their relationship with Jesus Christ - by learning more about Him and His Church, through the sacrifice of the Holy Mass, by spending time with Him in Adoration, and in communion with other members of the body of Christ.
We are all called to know God, to love Him and to serve him, so why not answer this call by registering for this year's Why Be Catholic Conference which will not only enrich your faith life but also equip you to spread the Good News that is Jesus Christ!
2019 Conference Theme
Ephphatha
"Always be prepared to make a defence to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you..."
1 Peter 3:15
Ephphatha means to "be open"; to be open to the Spirit. What or who is this Spirit? It is the Spirit of truth that sets us free from the slavery of sin, as Our Lord tells us (John 8:32). It is this truth that brings hope, a hope that must shine so brightly that anyone who encounters us knows that we are disciples of Christ. It is a hope that is rooted in Revelation and safeguarded by the Magisterium of the Church. Do we know why we believe what we believe?
This year, you are invited to an amazing few days of prayer and discovery that will inspire you to a deeper relationship with Christ and to be a beacon of hope to those around you and to the world.
Registration Now Open
2019 Registration Information
Price per person: Full Registration $110, Thursday Night $30, Friday Night $30, Saturday Day Pass $50;
Priests, Deacons, Seminarians and Religious Free
There will be no meals provided this year - please bring you own if needed
2019 Ministry Team
Tim Staples was a fallen-away Southern Baptist who as a teen came back to faith in Christ through the witness of televangelists. During his four-year tour with the US Marine Corps, he became friends with a Marine well-versed in his Catholic Faith who challenged Tim to study Catholicism from Catholic and historical sources. That sparked a two-year search for the truth. Immediately after his tour of duty, Tim attended Jimmy Swaggart Bible College and became a youth minister in an Assembly of God community. He was determined to prove Catholicism wrong, but he studied his way to the last place he thought he would ever end up: the Catholic Church.
He converted in 1988 and spent six years in formation for the priesthood, earning a degree in philosophy and studying theology at the graduate level. Realizing that his calling was not to be a priest, Tim left the seminary in 1994 and has been working in Catholic apologetics and evangelization ever since.
Karlo Broussard, a native of Southern Louisiana, left a promising career in Cajun music to devote himself full-time to the work of Catholic apologetics. As a staff apologist for Catholic Answers, he travels the country giving talks on the Bible, theology, and philosophy. Karlo is a dynamic speaker, and the clarity and precision of his presentations reflect his training in philosophy. The takeaway for his audiences is a deeper understand and appreciation of the Faith. And whether his audience is a First Communion class, a youth group, a college or young adult group, or a parish gathering, Karlo engages people of all ages and levels of sophistication. Let this Cajun apologist set the hearts of Catholics in your area on fire with a renewed understanding of their Faith and a joyful desire to share it with others.
Stacy A Trasancos earned a doctorate in chemistry from Penn State University and a master's in dogmatic theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary. She worked as a chemist for DuPont before leaving to raise children and then becoming Catholic. Now she teaches chemistry and physics for Kolbe Academy and theology and science courses for Holy Apostles and Seton Hall University. She has bee na frequent guest on Relevant Radio, Ave Maria Radio, EWTN, Catholic Answers Live, and Subject Matters with Sebastian Gomes of Salt & Light TV. She has written numerous articles for Catholic publications and is the author of Science Was Born of Christianity: The Teaching of Fr Stanley L Jaki and Particles of Fatih: A Catholic Guide to Navigating Science. Dr Trasancos has seven children, three grandchildren, two German Shepherds, and lives with her family in Hideaway, Texas.
Cy Kellett is the host of Catholic Answers Live. He formerly hosted The Bright Side with Cy Kellett on the Immaculate Heart Radio network. For more than a decade Kellett was editor of San Diego's diocesan newspaper, The Southern Cross. Before that, he taught high school in and then spent several years working with the homeless mentally ill in Massachusetts while living in a Catholic Worker house. Kellett and his wife, Missy, have three children.
Tommy Segoro, worship leader, has been serving in music ministry for more than 15 years. His passion is to spread the message of hope in Jesus Christ through music. Tommy has composed a couple of Mass settings entitled "Mass of God's Grace and Mercy" and "Mass of Peace", as well as released his Christian music singles. He has also been involved with various Catholic groups such as the Perth Indonesian Youth Catholic Charismatic Group (TOM), Impact by the Catholic Guy, Ignite Live and Catholic Youth Ministry (CYM). He is currently serving at St Benedict's as one of the music leaders.
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