Robin Teresa Beck
Robin Teresa Beck is an author, speaker, and recovery coach. In February of 2009 she showed up to receive ashes at a Catholic Church. At the time of her arrival she had been actively involved in the gay community for 35 years with no plans to ever leave (plus the likelihood of her becoming Catholic was slim to none). Six months later she recommitted her life to Jesus Christ, joined the Church in…
Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R.
Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R. is an American Redemptorist of the Baltimore Province. He holds an A.B. in English Literature from Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.), and M.R.E. and M. Div. degrees from Mt. St. Alphonsus Seminary (Esopus, N.Y.). After his seminary training, he went on to earn a Th.D. in Church History from Harvard Divinity School (Cambridge, Mass.), an M.A. in Medieval Studies from at…
Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse
Dr. Morse is the founder of the Ruth Institute, an inter-faith organization that addresses the lies of the Sexual Revolution. She has authored or co-authored four books and spoken around the globe on marriage, family and human sexuality. Her newest book is The Sexual Revolution and Its Victims.
She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Rochester and taught economics at Yale and George Mason…
Fr. Paul N. Check
Fr. Paul N. Check was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT in 1997. At the direction of Bishop Lori in 2002, he established a Courage chapter in his diocese for which he continues to serve as chaplain. He holds an STB from the Gregorian University and an STL from the University of the Holy Cross, both in Rome. He teaches fundamental moral theology and sexual and medical ethics to…
Fr. John Riccardo
Fr. John is a priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit. Ordained in 1996, he is currently the pastor at our Lady of Good Counsel in Plymouth, Michigan. In the words of Pope Francis, he is convinced that “Knowing Jesus is the best gift that any person can receive; that we have encountered Him is the best thing that has happened in our lives, and making Him known by our word and deeds is our greatest…
Dr. Mary Healy
Dr. Mary Healy is associate professor of Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit and an internationally-known speaker. Her doctorate is in biblical theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. She is a general editor of the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture, a series of commentaries that interpret Scripture from the heart of the Church, and author of its volumes…
Doug Mainwaring
Doug Mainwaring is a Marriage, Children’s Rights, & Grassroots Activist. He Cofounded National Capital Tea Party Patriots. Doug has written opinion and commentary for The Washington Times, The Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Baltimore Sun, Public Discourse, American Thinker and others. He has been a guest on FoxNews, Sky News, NPR, and has testified before the U.S. House of…
Dr. Ralph Martin
Dr. Martin is the Director of Graduate Theology Programs in the New Evangelization and a professor of theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit.
He is also the president of Renewal Ministries (www.renewalministries.net), an organization devoted to Catholic renewal and evangelization. Renewal Ministries is the sponsor of “The Choices We Face” a widely viewed weekly…
Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron
Appointed by Pope Benedict XVI, the Most Rev. Allen H. Vigneron was named archbishop of the Detroit Archdiocese on Jan. 5, 2009, succeeding Cardinal Adam Maida.
In January of 2003, Archbishop Vigneron was named coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Oakland, Calif. He served in that capacity for nine months before becoming the local ordinary (resident bishop). While in California, he oversaw the…
Thomas Cardinal Collins
Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, where his father was the circulation manager of the Guelph Mercury and his mother was a legal secretary. He is the only son and the youngest of three siblings. His childhood home was situated behind The Church of Our Lady, where he attended and served morning Mass.
Cardinal Collins considered being a teacher or a lawyer…