Beth Davis is a lover of Jesus, a recently retired youth minister and the Director of Ministry Advancement for Blessed is She. She is passionate about teaching women how to develop an intimate relationship with Jesus and speaking hope to weary hearts.  Her favorite things include being an aunt to her fantastic niece and four nephews, the Saint Name Generator and whatever book she’s currently reading.

Heather has been serving in ministry since 1994 and passionately shares the Gospel through leading worship and speaking. She desires to help create environments for people to encounter God. She attended Franciscan University of Steubenville where she studied theology with a concentration in catechetics. In 2005, Heather and her husband, Jake, founded Life Restoration, a ministry which seeks to help people become fully alive and experience freedom and restoration in Jesus. Currently, Heather lives in Abbotsford, BC with her husband Jake and their 3 children Maria, Judah, and Evangeline.

Tricia Tembreull is a California girl with a boundless passion for life. After two decades of ministering to teens and youth ministers as a trainer, ministry mentor, and speaker in Catholic youth ministry, Tricia now serves as Campus Minister at USC Caruso Catholic Center. She loves adventure and seeks it everywhere she goes. As an avid foodie, she enjoys testing new recipes out on friends and family, gathering them around the table to encounter Christ in one another and be drawn to the satisfying unity we crave in the Eucharist.

Mary Castner is a Catholic worship leader, speaker, and youth minister in Phoenix, AZ. Her ministry’s mission is to bring healing and freedom to God’s people through music. You can read more about Mary on her website www.marycastnermusic.com.

Sister Mary André is a member of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, a religious congregation based in Ann Arbor, Michigan and devoted to contemplation and evangelization. Sister Mary André is currently living outside of Kansas City, Missouri, where she teaches English at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic High School.  She loves discussing poetry with her students and occasionally challenging them to a game of one-on-one basketball.

Fr. Andrew Mattingly is a priest for the Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph. Currently, he is associate pastor at Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish while also serving as diocesan director for young adults and campus ministry. A lifelong Catholic, Fr. Mattingly had a personal conversion during high school and after a semester at Benedictine College, transferred to seminary. He was sent for theology studies in Rome and was ordained a priest in the summer of 2015. In his free time, Fr. Mattingly enjoys playing disc golf, reading about Church history, and listening to sacred music.

Raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fr. Patrick completed his initial studies in theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Ordained a priest in May 2016, he presently serves at St. Pius V Parish in Providence, Rhode Island, and as Deputy Senior Editor of Aleteia.org. Since joining the Dominican Order, he has served in campus ministry, as a missionary in Kenya, at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, DC, and he has taught at Providence College. During the Jubilee Year of Mercy, he worked on special assignment for the Knights of Columbus in Krakow, Poland, as an organizer at the World Youth Day Mercy Centre.

Méabh Carlin is Primary School teacher from County Armagh in the North of Ireland. When she isn’t drinking tea in good company she loves spending time with her nieces and nephews. Méabh is passionate about helping women unwrap the gift of their dignity. She entrusts the details of her every day to the Holy Family and has a special friendship with Saint Joseph!

Rachel Leininger serves as the full-time Chastity Educator for The REAP Team, a retreat ministry of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis that provides seriously fun retreats to young people of all ages. She wrote a book for your high school-aged friends which you can find here and would really like to be Joanna Gaines when she grow up. Some of her favorite things include Cardinals baseball, being outside but not doing anything, coffee, reading, writing, and baked goods. She and her professional nerd husband, David, live in St. Louis with their two hilarious and adorable baby girls and you can connect with her on Twitter and Instagram at @raleininger.

Sarah Kroger is a songwriter and worship leader. She has been leading worship at a range of national and international events for the past nine years. Her passion is to create a safe, prayerful space through her music in which people can encounter the love of God. She has released two albums, ‘Your Time’ and ‘Hallelujah Is Our Song’. Her third album, ‘Bloom’, is set to release Spring of 2019. Sarah lives in Nashville, TN with her husband, Dom.

Michelle is a wife, mother of six (four born from her body /biological and two born from her heart/adopted from Haiti), coffee addict, reader, college football fanatic, dreamer, and design lover. Michelle has a heart to inspire other women to understand that they have a voice and divine mission. She wants to empower women and families to come together, to build that mission, and to become a force of beauty for the good of all mankind. She believes that once this beauty is recognized and lived out, it will transform families, communities, cultures, and our world.

Jenna Guizar is a wife and mama in sunny AZ. She pretends to love football for her husband, reads lots of books to her daughters, and tries not to burn mac n cheese on the daily. In between tweeting, reading books, and [not] burning mac n cheese, she is the Founder + Creative Director of Blessed is She women’s ministry + community.

Sarah is a worship leader originally from Abbotsford, BC. She attended Trinity Western University where she studied Communications and Catholic Studies and discovered a new personal relationship with Jesus. Following a call from the Lord she moved to Ireland where she now works full time, leads worship and frequently pretends like she knows how to pronounce anything Irish. Other than coffee, videos of babies laughing, and the sound of rain, what makes Sarah most excited is seeing people experience intimate and wild encounters with Jesus especially in and through worship.

Debra Herbeck, a Jewish convert to the Church, has worked extensively in youth and women’s ministry. She has directed Pine Hills Girls Camp for the past 32 years, is the founder and Director of the Be Love Revolution, and also helps lead a ministry called i.d.916. She has written a number of books that can be found here. Debra and her husband Peter live in Ann Arbor, Michigan and are the parents of four children and five adorable grandchildren.

Fr. Jacob Bertrand Janczyk, O.P. was born and raised in Connecticut. He entered Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 2010, and after completing his studies at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, was ordained a priest in 2017. After his ordination, Fr. Jacob Bertrand served as the assistant chaplain at Dartmouth College for one year. Currently, Fr. Jacob Bertrand lives in Washington, DC and is Director of Vocations for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph. In his free time, Father like to run and play racquetball, read fiction, especially written by Catholic authors, and listen to Americana and folk music.

Sister Mary Rachel Capets, O.P. is a Dominican Sister of Saint Cecilia. She currently serves as the Local Prioress of Saint Cecilia Motherhouse in Nashville, Tennessee as well as the Dean of Education at Aquinas College, Nashville. Sister has taught in schools throughout the US and in Australia. She recently received her PhD from the University of Notre Dame, Australia focusing on pilgrimage as a means of formation for the Catholic educator.

Sister Maria Kim Bui is a Daughter of Saint Paul, women religious dedicated to evangelization in and through the media. She is originally from Tempe, AZ, spent most of her fourteen years in religious life in the northeast, some time in Texas, and now was recently asked to serve as the director of marketing and sales at the Sisters’ publishing house in Boston. Find out more about her at vocations.daughtersofstpaul.com.