Saturday March 1, 2014

Past Conference Speakers

Jon Leonetti


Jon Leonetti is an international Catholic speaker, author and radio host who conveys a message of lasting fulfillment in Jesus Christ.  Jon desires to cultivate an intimate relationship with Jesus and help others do the same through prayer, the Sacraments, family life, Mary and the saints. Engaging Catholics in all walks of life, Jon's keynote presentations and intergenerational Surge of the Heart Parish Mission continues to help thousands of Catholics each year discover the freedom Christ offers by way of His life and love.

Jon’s first book Mission of the Family is published and featured in Matthew Kelly’s Dynamic Catholic Book Program and has been endorsed by the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, Jeff Cavins, Immaculee Ilibagiza, Allen Hunt, Tom Peterson and more.

Jon believes that our deepest longing for happiness and wholeness is fulfilled within the encounter with Jesus Christ, and thus must be nurtured by way of continual and daily conversion. With this message Jon has been featured and interviewed on many of the nations top Catholic websites, blogs, and radio shows helping others to better fall in love and stay in love with the living God.

In addition to his Catholic faith, Jon enjoys reading, sports, exercising, coffee, and most of all, spending time with his wife Teresa and their son Joseph. Jon is currently pursuing a masters degree in Moral Theology.


John Martgnoni


John Martignoni John is Founder and President of Queen of Heaven Catholic Radio; 1480 AM in Birmingham and Founder and President of Bible Christian Society; an apologetics and evangelization apostolate that reaches tens of thousands in more than 50 countries around the world with the truths of the Catholic Faith.  He equips people with the tools to share and defend the faith. 

For the past 10 years he has Hosted “EWTN Open Line”, a live, nationally-telecast, call-in radio program of Bible apologetics; every Monday afternoon on the EWTN Global Catholic Radio Network. 

He currently works as Director of the Office of the New Evangelization & Stewardship of the Diocese Birmingham. 
 

Trent Horn


Trent Horn holds a Master’s degree in Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville and is currently an apologist and speaker for Catholic Answers.

He specializes in training Catholics to intelligently and compassionately engage people of different faiths, or no faith at all, and helps pro-lifers to engage pro-choice advocates in genuine dialogue. 

He also just published his first book, titled Answering Atheism: How to Make the Case for God with Logic and Charity. 

He is a seasoned public speaker and enjoys blogging to defend the faith online where it is often vigorously attacked.  With the secularistic modern world turning increasingly hostile to religious believers, he believes it has never been more important to be able to defend the faith.