Deacon Patrick Lappert

Deacon Patrick Lappert is a retired US Navy captain and a board-certified plastic surgeon. In 2013 he was ordained a deacon for the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama, where he serves as the Courage chaplain.

Andrew Comiskey, M.Div.

Andrew Comiskey (M.Div.) has worked extensively with the healing of the sexually and relationally broken.  He is founder and Director of Desert Stream/Living Waters Ministries, a multifaceted outreach to the broken.  Andrew’s ministry grows both out of his own commitment to overcome homosexuality and his experience as a husband to Annette and father of four children.  He is author of Pursuing…

Paul Darrow

Since his adolescence, Paul Darrow’s world travels, glamorous careers and ties to high society have given him invaluable insight about many aspects of the alternative lifestyle. Several days after graduating college, Paul moved to Manhattan where he became an international fashion model. Shortly after his recent conversion and at his very first public speaking engagement, Paul was surprised to…

Rev. Msgr. Charles E. Pope

Msgr. Charles Pope has a Master of Arts Degree in Moral Theology from Mount St. Mary’ University, Emmitsburg, MD. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 24, 1989 and is currently a pastor in Washington DC. He has conducted a weekly Bible Studies in the U.S. Congress and the White House. He has served on the Priest Council, as an Archdiocesan Consultor, and a member of the Priest Personnel…

Dr. Edward Peters

Dr. Edward Peters holds the Edmund Cardinal Szoka Chair at Sacred Heart Major Seminary. He received his civil law degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia and his licentiate and doctoral degrees in canon law from the Catholic University of America. Peters served in diocesan administrative positions for more than ten years and has been teaching graduate level courses in canon law for…

Rilene Simpson

Rilene Simpson has spent most of her adult life living as an atheist in a same-sex relationship. She was one of three people profiled in the documentary film Desire of the Everlasting Hills, a story of redemption and conversion to Christ. After returning to the Catholic faith in 2009, Rilene has shared her story at conferences, on radio interviews, and on an EWTN special (airing this summer).…

Deborah Savage, Ph.D.

Deborah Savage is a member of the faculty at the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota where she teaches philosophy and theology and also serves as the Director of the Masters in Pastoral Ministry Program. She received her Doctorate in Religious Studies from Marquette University in 2005; her degree is in both theology and philosophy. Dr.…

Dr. Janet E. Smith

Janet E. Smith holds the Father Michael J. McGivney Chair of Life Ethics at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit.  Her scholarly work is largely in the area of sexual ethics and bioethics. She is best known for her talk “Contraception: Why Not.” She is the author of Humanae Vitae: A Generation Later, Right to Privacy; the editor of Why Humanae Vitae Was Right: A Reader and with Chris Kaczor…

Is “Gay” Just Another Adjective?

In the current debate about the wisdom of the proposals being made by those who call themselves “gay celibate Christians,” many find a problem with their self-identification as being gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer or anything other than their God given male or female natures. The usual response they give to their critics is that those who criticize them simply don’t understand what they are saying…