JULIA DEZELSKI

Julia Dezelski, STD is Assistant Director for Marriage and Family Life at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. She holds a licentiate and doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. She has written and spoken on the gift of life, motherhood, woman in church and society, the domestic church and liturgical life and presented at the World Meeting of Families (Dublin), the National Association for Catholic Family Life Ministers, and the Society for Catholic Liturgy, among others. Julia and her growing family live in the DC metro area.

TERESA TOMEO

Best selling authors, syndicated Catholic talk show hosts, and international speakers with more than 30 years of experience in print and broadcast media. Tomeo and her husband, Deacon Dom’s keynote address focusses on their book Intimate Graces, how practicing the woks of mercy brings out the best in marriage. Deacon Dom was Ordained a deacon in the Archdiocese of Detroit in 2012, Dominick Pastore ministers to couples at retreats, pilgrimages, conferences. He serves as a deacon at St. Isaac Jogues church in suburban Detroit. Pastore has a master’s degree in pastoral studies from Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. For more information visit: TeresaTomeo.com 

DAN HARMS
Dan Harms is a speaker and musician and has been one half of Popple (an acoustic-humor-beard ministry) since 2004. Growing up in a military family, Dan moved a dozen times in his first 18 years which gave him a chance to live up and down both coasts of the US and twice in Japan. He went to high school in San Diego, CA and attended Purdue University studying Organizational Communication and rowing on the Crew team.
Dan directs Youth Ministry for a parish in Richmond, VA where he resides with his wife and kids. His hobbies include photography, traveling, and acoustic guitars.
PATRICK & CHRISTINA JACOBEEN

Their positive yet challenging presentation of the Gospel message resonates deeply with young people who are longing to know Jesus loves them and to realize their own worth. Patrick and Christina spent the first six years of their marriage working in full time youth ministry together in one of the largest parishes in the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia. 

GREG SCHUTTE

Holds a Master’s Degree from the Ohio State University and has an Independent License in Social Work. For the past 18 years, he has been the Senior Director of Marriage Works! Ohio in Dayton, Ohio. He is a Catholic marriage therapist and author of the Discovering Our Deepest Desire (www.ourdeepestdesire.com ) Catholic marriage enrichment program and the Building a Eucharistic Marriage (www.eucharisticmarriage.org ) Catholic marriage enrichment video series, which is being taught in numerous parishes throughout the Cincinnati Diocese and endorsed by several Dioceses nationally. He is a national speaker on marriage and has completed several talks for the Franciscan University’s Catechetical Institute. Greg and his wife Stephanie have been happily married for 30 wonderful years and they are the parents of 7 children. Greg also plays in the Catholic music band “ROMANS” (www.romanscatholic.com).