Location

Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church

2319 Johnston St. Lafayette, LA 70503

Date & Time

August 24th, 2024
8:00 AM – 2:35 PM

Registration: Knight Hall

Coffee & Donuts: Knight Hall

Lunch: Fatima School Cafeteria

BRIEF SCHEDULE

7:00 Late Registration

7:45 Proceed to Church

8:00 Invocation

8:30 1st Speaker

11:20 Holy Mass (Not an anticipated Mass)

12:10 Lunch

2:25 Closing Remarks

2024 CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

Fr. Daniel Reehil Man to Man Catholic Conference

Father Daniel Reehil

Father Daniel Reehil was born on Mineola, NY on August 4, 1965, to parents Dan and Gladys; he is the oldest of four children. His father was a NYC Fire Chief and his mother was a court reporter after the children were in school.

After graduating from the University of Dayton, he worked in Global Trade and Finance in Manhattan for American Express and Citicorp for ten years, and then three years as the Sales Director of a Corporate Communications PR Firm.

In 1998, Fr, Reehil made a pilgramage to the village of Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This was a life altering trip upon which he experienced a miraculous conversion after being away from the church for twenty years. This is where the seeds of his vocation to the priesthood were planted when the priest who heard his twenty-year confession told him that he believed he had a vocation to the priesthood.

Upon his ordination on July, 26th, 2014, Fr. Reehil was assigned to St. Edward Parish in Nashville TN as the Parochial Vicar; two years later he was elevated to Pastor.

Beginning July 27th, 2020, Fr. Reehil was made Pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Church in Columbia, TN, and the Vicar Forane of the Southern Deanery. He is also the exorcist for the Diocese of Nashville, and the National Director of Radio Maria USA where he has a daily radio program called Battle Ready with Fr. Dan Reehil.
Fr. Reehil has been the National Director for Radio Maria USA since 2020. Under his leadership Radio Maria has flourished and expanded into new states and expanded the listening audience. His greatest joy is bringing people to Jesus through His mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary!

Curtis A. Martin

Curtis A. Martin founded the fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) in 1998. He holds a master’s degree in theology and is the author of the best-selling books, Made for More, and Making Missionary Disciples. This year, Pope Francis appointed Curtis as a Consultor to the Section for the Fundamental Questions of Evangelization. Curtis and his wife, Michaelann, live in Colorado. They have been blessed with nine children, and nine grandchildren… so far.

Ryan Verret

Ryan Verret is an internationally recognized speaker, author, television show host, and the co-founder of Witness to Love, a grassroots marriage movement renewing the Church through relationships since 2012. Together Ryan and his wife, Mary-Rose, speak on evangelization, marriage, and discipleship. In June 2021 the Verret’s were invited by the Vatican to present at the International Forum: Where do we stand with Amoris Laetitia? – on the impact of mentor couples in evangelization. They have been interviewed by: Rome Reports, The National Catholic Register, EWTN, The Catholic World Report, Catholic News Agency, and Aleteia. They are the authors of Witness to Love, publishers and co-authors of The Road to Family Missionary Discipleship, and the creators of “Be Light”, a marriage mystagogy used in

24 countries. In 2021, they co-hosted the 12-episode TV show ‘Family’ with Shalom World. In December of 2023 the Verret’s were appointed as Consultants to the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life by His Holiness Pope Francis. They are passionate about teaching couples to share their marriage with others and understand their home is a missionary outpost of the local church parish. The Verret’s reside in Louisiana with their six children.