Fr. Constantine-Paul Belisarius graduated in 1965 from Saint Mary’s College in Saint Mary, KY, with an A.B. in philosophy, history and literature. He entered the New York Province of the Society of Jesus in 1965 to be a member of the Byzantine Assistency and later changed from the Latin Rite to the Melkite Rite in 1982. At Fordham University, he studied Russian language, literature and area studies (1968-1972) and taught at Regis High School, New York, NY (1972-1974). He took the S.T.B. Summa Cum Laude from the Collegium Maximum Faculty of Regis College, Toronto, Ontario, with the concommitant M.Div. degree from Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1978. He served in Melkite, Ruthenian and Ukrainian Catholic parishes in Toronto, and after leaving the Society of Jesus, was called to the Middle East by his Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch, Maximos V of Antioch, for whom he served as secretary in Lebanon. Assigned to the Patriarchal College in Heliopolis, Egypt, in January of 1982, he served as principal teacher of the English language there until June, 1995, when he returned to the United States. From 1983 to 1993 he served as Station Padre to the United Nations Treaty Supervision Organization headquartered in Heliopolis. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1982 by Patriarch Maximus, who also raised him to Archimandrite of Alexandria in 1998. Father has been a counselor, editor, and artist at Seton Home Study School since 1995.

     TOPIC:
Modesty: Shield of Purity
 


Fr. Paul Check is a native and priest of the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT. In 1981, he received a B.A. in History from Rice University and was then commissioned a lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served on active duty for nine years, during which time he commanded two different tank companies and was assigned as the second-in-command of the Marine Barracks in London, England. Fr. Check entered the seminary in 1992 and was ordained in 1997. He holds an STB from the Gregorian University in Rome and an STL in moral theology from the Atheneum of the Holy Cross, also in Rome. He is currently assigned as Parochial Vicar at St. John the Evangelist in Stamford, CT. Fr. Check also teaches moral theology at the St. John Fisher Seminary Residence in the Diocese of Bridgeport, as well as teaching in the Education for Parish Service program and to Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta.

     TOPIC:
When the Son of Man Returns,
        Will He Find Any Faith on the Earth?

 


Fr. Shannon Michael Collins, C.P.M, was born in 1964 and is a native of Cohasset, MA. After undergraduate and graduate work in history and education, he taught in Catholic schools for a number of years. Fr. Collins became a member of the Congregation of the Fathers of Mercy in August of 1994. Having completed his seminary training at St. Philip Neri Seminary in Toronto, Ontario, he was ordained to the priesthood on June 10, 2000. Presently, Fr. Collins serves on the mission band of the Fathers of Mercy and has been speaking at several home schooling conferences. (Note: Father will be celebrating his priestly anniversary on June 10th.)

     TOPICS:
Assembly of Satan
Homeschooling, Living the Sacrificial Life

 


Fr. Thomas J. Euteneuer (pronounced EYE-ten-our) was born in Detroit, Mich., in 1962, the third of six children born to Joseph and Marian Euteneuer. Father has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, as well as a licentiate degree in biblical theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. He speaks both Spanish and Italian. While in college, Fr. Euteneuer participated in the Marine Corps Officer Candidate Program and attended boot camp at Quantico, Virginia. After discerning that the Lord was calling him to the priesthood rather than the military, he entered the seminary. Since his ordination in 1988, Fr. Euteneuer has served as parish priest in five parishes of the Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida, (where he moved with his family at the age of 10), secretary to the bishop, director of vocations, and spiritual moderator for the diocesan Respect Life office. Father's pro-life activity began in the early years of his priesthood with prayer vigils and pickets at abortion mills, and has included speaking at conferences, sidewalk counseling, and the establishment of a crisis pregnancy center. He also serves the pro-life movement by leading annual pilgrimages to Mexico to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, for whom he has a deep devotion. He has taken upwards of 60 pilgrims with him at a time. These pilgrimages are offered for the conversion of abortion providers throughout the world. Since December 2000, Father has been President of Human Life International. Since becoming president, Fr. Euteneuer has traveled to more than 20 countries actively proclaiming the Gospel of Life. He has given more than 100 pro-life talks in the United States and abroad as well as appearing on EWTN and FoxNews numerous times.

     TOPIC:
Teaching Children, A Supernatural Perspective


Fr. Robert J. Levis, Ph.D., priest of the Diocese of Erie, PA, since 1948, received his Ph. D. in Religious Education from the Catholic University of America and served at Gannon University in Erie as Professor and Chair of the Department of Theology, Chair of the Liberal Studies Curriculum, Founder and Chair of the Pontifical Center for Catechetical Studies, where for 19 years, he supervised and instructed candidates for the Master's Degree in Catechetics. This Center enjoyed approval and affiliation with the Sacred Congregation of the Clergy, the highest possible Roman Curial certification in Catholic catechetics. He has also taught catechetical courses at the undergraduate and graduate level at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH. He is a Co-Founder of the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, a national association of priests, seminarians, and deacons, and presently serves as its Vice President. He edited its newsletter, Sapientia, for many years, and sponsored an annual convention at Gannon University for almost 20 years. When the Catechism of the Catholic Church appeared in 1994, he pioneered the preparation of two widely accepted catechetical programs for use on the computer, one for grade school students, the other for high school students, in fidelity to this official catechism. In 1997, he wrote a popular catechism, Jesus, the Catechism, and Me, a condensed and faithful text in support of the official catechism. This catechism is also published in the Philipino tongue. He co-edited John Paul II, Catechist, now translated into French and Spanish, edited the History of Gannon University, has written regularly for the Canadian Challenge, National Catholic Register, Lake Shore Visitor, Catholic Encyclopedia, and many other publications. He has spoken often on theological topics across the States and in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Presently, he co-hosts the show Web of Faith on the international cable network, EWTN.

     TOPIC:
Parents: Unlikely Contemplatives


Fr. Seamus P. O'Kielty was born in County Mayo, Ireland, and is the eighth child of ten. He underwent seminary training in England, Belgium, Germany, and Scotland, and was ordained a Priest in 1954. Father spent the next eleven years as a bush missionary in Tanganyika/ Burundi. In 1965, he came to America, where he was lent to the Paterson Diocese to teach high school. In 1966, he served in the Missions in Bolivia, where he became a temporary chaplain with the Bolivian Army during the Che Guevara emergency. While there, he set up a catechetical program to better evangelize the Aymara Indians by training more than a hundred catechists, despite opposition from the government. Fr. O’Kielty later attended Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ; where he received his M.A. in Education, and became certified by the state as an accredited teacher of German, French and Spanish. Father is still fluent in Spanish and French; rusty in Italian, German, Kirundi, Irish, and Swahili; reads Latin and Greek, but has almost forgotten all Aymara Bolivian, Japanese, Flemish and Kihaya. He received his M.A. in Linguistics at New York University, and became a Ph.D. candidate. In 1974, he returned to Burundi after hearing there was a critical priest shortage after the massacres, and became a Parish Pastor replacing the Hutu priests who were killed. In 1979, Father was inducted into the Navy as a Chaplain. His experiences included deployment to Libya, Lebanon, Turkey, Morocco, and near Cuba. He conducted Mass and memorial services for the slain French troops in Lebanon in the aftermath of the Marine Corps Barracks Disaster. Father was Valedictorian at the U.S. Navy Chaplain School. He also completed Arctic Survival and Skiing Training in the Arctic Circle in Norway. He later qualified as expert marksman with pistol and M16. He did Jungle Fighting Training with the Marine Corps on Okinawa Island, Japan, where he completed P.O.W. Survival Training, and was awarded the Super Fitness Marine Corps Citation. During his Navy career, Father was awarded the Humanitarian Service, Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary, and Sea Service Deployment medals. He later enrolled in the Ph.D. Philosophy Program at Fordham University and retired in 1995. Since then, Father was adjunct professor at Farleigh Dickinson University's School of Education; spent three months at Knock Shrine, and has been active in pro-life meetings, demonstrations and Masses. He returned to the Paterson Diocese, and due to the acute shortage of priests in the area, Father has been assisting the local parishes, until last semester, when he came to Christendom College to assist there.

     TOPIC:
Mary, the Magnificent

 


Fr. Frank E. Papa, S.O.L.T., J.C.D., Cand. S.R.R. Adv., spent more than 25 years working with youth before his ordination to the priesthood in 1989. He was Founder and Executive Director of Teens, Incorporated, a recreational character-building organization that expanded into "Teen Homes" for homeless youth. He earned his Doctorate in Canon Law from the Angelicum in Rome, graduated Magna Cum Laude, is a Candidate for Advocate for the Sacred Roman Rota, and taught at Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, CT. He was a guest on radio and television shows from 1963 to 1978, and is a guest lecturer at State Agencies and Institutions, as well as Catholic home schooling conferences. As a priest with extensive backgrounds in both Canon Law and working with teenagers, Fr. Papa is uniquely qualified to give parents important tips from a Catholic perspective.

     TOPICS:
Why Homeschool?
Teen Pressures, Teen Issues

 


Fr. John A. Perricone was ordained a priest in 1976 in Newark, NJ. He is a Professor of Philosophy at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY, and has taught and lectured on subjects ranging across the entire spectrum of the Catholic life, from politics to prayer. He is also the Founder and Director of ChristiFideles, an organization established in 1989 that furnishes ascetical, spiritual, doctrinal, theological and philosophical formation for Catholics. He regularly conducts the Campion Series, the Aquinas Distinguished Lecture Series, and Chesterton/Belloc debates. He has published numerous articles, worked on the bi-monthly newsletter Exclesis, and hosted the 13-part EWTN series, "The Most Glorious Act: Understanding the Mass." Fr. Perricone holds Masters Degrees in both Biblical studies and Dogmatic Theology, and has completed all his course work for his Ph.D. in Philosophy at Fordham University.

     TOPIC:
Confession: Horizon of Grace
 


Fr. Paul Scalia was born in Charlottesville, VA in 1970, was ordained deacon at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City -State in 1995, and was ordained a Diocesan priest on May 18, 1996 at St. Thomas More Cathedral. After receiving his BA at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1992, Father then went on to receive his STB at the Pontifical Gregorian university in Rome in 1995, and his MA at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas also in Rome the following year. He was the Founder, Editor, and Publisher of The Fenwick Review at the College of the Holy Cross. Father is now Parochial Vicar at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He has written articles in Catholic Twin Circle Magazine, Human Life Review, Religion and Liberty and Adoremus Bulletin.

     TOPIC:
Eucharist: Model of Family Life
 


Fr. Pablo Straub is a missionary priest of St. Aphonsus' Redemptorist Order. After being ordained in the Hudson Valley in 1958, he spent twenty years evangelizing literally every city, town and village in Puerto Rico. Father has lived these last eighteen years in rural Mexico, where he is helping found two new Religious Orders, one of men and one of women, both orders contemplative and missionary. The local Archbishop often calls on Father and the Brothers and Sisters to evangelize Mexico's poorest. In the United States, Mexico and Guatemala, Father Pablo directs missions, retreats and Marian Eucharistic Conferences, besides evangelizing on Mother Angelica's EWTN and on Mexican Catholic television. Over the years, Father Pablo's travels have included going to the shores of Lake Titicaca giving retreats to Inca Indians and to the streets of Manila preaching Father Peyton's Family Prayer Crusade. Father spends his time now directing the two new religious orders, furthering the education of sisters and future priests, evangelizing the poor, as well as supervising the construction of a convent-Motherhouse and seminary-Motherhouse on a beautiful mountainside overlooking the Pacific in Mexico. Father Pablo adores Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, loves the Blessed Virgin Mary, and obeys the Pope. He hears confessions on missions from before sun-up to beyond midnight, preaches with a quiet passion born of love, and finds time to write an occasional Catholic tract for layfolk. He has produced audios and videos of the Catholic Catechism and Rosary meditations. Father is bilingual, and even in Spanish, his mother's Irish humor comes through.

     TOPICS:
Question of Desire (Sanctity)
Sacramental Grace and Actual Grace:
   
     The Life and The Spark
 


Fr. W. Ray Williams grew up in a nominally Protestant family in the southeastern United States. He traveled extensively before his conversion, and first began to seriously consider his lifelong attraction to the Catholic Church while doing work for the U.S. government and a mission society in Nepal. He was received into the Catholic Church in 1989, and was ordained a priest in Charlotte, NC, in 1997. Aside from his parish work, he regularly gives retreats and assists in the leadership of a small society of priests that he helped found in order to aid priests in their priesthood.

     TOPIC:
Educating Children for Heaven
 


Deacon Eugene McGuirk has a B.A. from Queens College in New York, an M.A. from the University of California at Santa Barbara, a M.B.A. from Adelphi University, and has partially completed an M.A. in Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio. Deacon Eugene McGuirk also completed four years of study at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Lloyd Harbor, New York, where he was first in his class, and was ordained to the Diaconate in May, 1988. Deacon McGuirk served for 11 years at St. Hedwig's Church in Floral Park, NY as the Director of Adult Education, Pre-Cana Conferences, Youth and Pro-Life Activities. He then relocated to Immaculate Conception Church in Forest City, North Carolina, where he served for over three years as Co-Director of the CCD Program and was Director of Pro-Life Activities, where he was known for writing letters to the local newspaper to defend the Faith. His article entitled, "Easter Reflections on the Role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Salvation History" was published in Reflets, the Journal of the Haitian American Cultural and Educational Foundation. Recently, he presented a paper entitled, "United Christian Charity International: Performing the Works of Mercy for the Culture of Life," to the Society of Catholic Social Scientists at Ave Maria Law School. Deacon McGuirk and his wife, Catherine, recently celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary. They have four children who have all been home schooled over the past seven years and his eldest is currently a senior at Christendom College. Deacon McGuirk and his family reside in Front Royal, VA, where Deacon McGuirk is the Marketing and Admissions Representative for Seton Home Study School. He also serves on the Board of Directors for United Christian Charity International in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, and is Conference Director for the organization.

     TOPIC:
Fatherhood: In the Image and Likeness of God

 


Congressman Robert K. Dornan, life-long Catholic, congressman for 20 years and now retired, was born to an Irish Catholic family in New York City. He served in the Air Force for 22 years as a fighter pilot and intelligence officer, and became active in the Civil Rights movement. Bob was the Host and Producer of the Emmy Award winning television talk programs "Tempo" (1967-1970), and "The Robert K. Dornan Show" (1970-1973). In 1970, Bob originated the POW/MIA bracelet, which was worn by over 10 million people. From 1973 to 1976 he was the National Spokesman for CDL, Citizens for Decency through Law, and in the fall of 1976 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives where he served three terms before he was forced out by redistricting. Robert Dornan served in Congress continually from 1984 to 1997, was Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and was Chairman of the Intelligence Committee. During his years in Congress, he had the distinction of being one of the top three pro-life legislators. Currently Bob is the Host and Producer of “The Robert K. Dornan Show: Defending Faith, Family, and Freedom” on the Talk Radio Network (TRN), which is heard in 42 states. Mr. Dornan and his wife Sallie have five married children and thirteen grandchildren.

     TOPIC:
Hand-to-Hand Combat in the Culture War


Dr. Mary Kay Clark has taken an active role in educational and political issues for over 30 years. Since 1982, she has been Director of Seton Home Study School. Under her direction, Seton Home Study School has grown from 340 students in 1985 to more than 10,000 students currently enrolled in the United States and internationally. Besides being a frequent speaker at home education and family conferences, Dr. Clark is also a frequent guest on radio and television programs. She has written many articles on home schooling, and has authored the book, Catholic Home Schooling: A Handbook for Parents. Dr. Clark is the mother of seven children, all of whom she has educated at home.

     TOPIC:
Academic and Spiritual Preparation for College
 


Dr. Alice von Hildebrand is an internationally renowned lecturer, philosopher, and author, who currently works as a host on Mother Angelica's EWTN television network, and has lectured widely in Western Europe, Canada, the U.S., Venezuela, Colombia, and Mexico. She is a Professor Emerita of Philosophy at Hunter College of the City University of New York, where she taught for over thirty years, and currently serves as a trustee for the Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH. She has also taught at catechetical institutes in Arlington, VA, and Dunwoodie, NY, as well as Thomas More College in Rome and the Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH, where she received the Doctoris Honoris Causa. Dr. von Hildebrand has written many widely acclaimed books from a traditional Catholic perspective, including: The Soul of a Lion: Life of Dietrich von Hildebrand, a loving biography of her deceased husband; By Love Refined: Letters to a Young Bride; By Grief Refined: Letters to a Widow; and recently The Privilege to Be a Woman.

     TOPIC:
Love and the Meaning of Marriage
 


Dr. Marguerite Anne ''Peg'' Luksik has been a national leader of the Pro-Life movement for twenty years and has founded and chaired Mom’s House, a God-centered comprehensive support program for single parents and their children, which was recognized by President George H.W. Bush as a National Point of Light. She received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Stonehill College in Massachusetts in 1997, and has earned many credits towards a Masters degree in Special Education from Clarion University, PA. Dr. Luksik, acclaimed as an expert in education areas such as Outcome-Based Education, School-to-Work, and Phonics, has been an outspoken critic of the “God-free School Zone,” and is a co-author of Outcome-Based Education: the State’s Assault on our Children’s Values. An effective advocate for the rights of parents in public policy and a staunch supporter of the traditional family, she has served as an Educational Consultant for the Free Congress Foundation. She was a participant in the White House Briefings on Alternatives to Abortion, and in 1990, as a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania on a pro-family platform, she received 46% of the vote in the Republican primary. Formerly the Host of ''The Learning Curve'' on National Empowerment Television, Dr. Luksik now co-hosts the weekly program ''Welcome Home.'' She is currently President and CEO of the National Parents Commission.

     TOPIC:
Separation of Family, Church, and State
 


Dr. Joseph A. Strada received his Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering and Mathematics, his Engineer’s Degree in Aeronautical Engineering, and his M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering and Mathematics from the Naval Postgraduate School, and he received his B.Sc. in Mathematics from Villanova University in 1967. After graduating from Villanova University, Dr. Strada was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. In 1968, designated a naval aviator, he went on to operational tours in carrier-based anti-submarine squadrons. He deployed with naval forces to the South China Sea during the Vietnam War, and to the Mediterranean during the Yom Kippur War. Dr. Strada was assigned to the Naval Postgraduate School from February 1974 to June 1977, where he completed his M.Sc. Degree, Engineers Degree, and Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering and Mathematics. In 1979, he was selected as one of 208 national finalists for NASA’s Mission Specialist Program for the Space Shuttle, and in 1983 was one of 39 national finalists for the White House Fellowship Program. As an Aerospace Engineering Duty Officer, Dr. Strada was assigned to acquisition and program management assignments in the Naval Electronics Systems Command, the Naval Air Systems Command, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, and the Office of Naval Research. He served as Joint Test Director for the Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS) Program; Deputy Program Manager of the Navy Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) Program; and Program Manager of the Milstar Joint Terminal Program Office. After serving as Senior Military Advisor to then Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney, he retired from the Pentagon with the rank of Captain in 1993. He joined the Aerospace Corporation in 1993, serving as Principal Director for Low-Earth Orbiting (LEO) Systems in Northern Virginia. In 1998, he became General Manager of the Electronic Programs Division, overseeing all Aerospace technical support to the Signals Intelligence Directorate of the National Reconnaissance Office. Dr. Strada is a member of the Advisory Council of the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation, and has made presentations at the Kolbe Center's International Conferences on Creation both in June, 2001 and in October, 2002. He has spoken to school and parish groups on the theory of evolution, in light of modern scientific tools, disciplines and discoveries. Dr. Strada and his wife, JoAnne, have six children and six grandchildren.

     TOPIC:
The Creation/Evolution Debate
 


Mrs. Marianna Bartold is both a Catholic home schooling mother of six children and a professional writer. Marianna published The Catholic Family's Magnificat! Magazine, edited the home schooling section of Sursum Corda, and is the author of the new Keeping It Catholic Home Education Guide series. While publishing Magnificat!, Marianna gained interactive moderating experience as the home schooling Forum Moderator for CRNET (now EWTN Online), where many of her magazine and news articles are currently indexed. In the last twelve years, Marianna founded or helped establish four different Catholic home schooling organizations: KIC (Keeping It Catholic Faith, Family and Home Education Network), CHSNA (Catholic Home School Network of America), MCHE (Michigan Catholic Home Educators), and MARY (Mothers Alliance for Religious Youth). Also a charter member of the Round Table of Catholic Home School Leaders, Marianna wrote "The Catholic Family and Catholic Home Education," a document presented to the Holy Father and various Vatican officials in 1995. Marianna promotes Catholic home schooling in the media with guest appearances on metro-Detroit radio and television stations. Currently, she is writing the continuing Keeping It Catholic Home Education Guide Series, which is the first of its kind for Catholic home schooling families, with spiritual and practical home-teaching tips, insights into various educational methods, as well as details, reviews and "Red Flags" on products, programs, publishers, and suppliers. Marianna is also the main moderator of the "Keeping It Catholic" email home school support group. Her Keeping It Catholic website is now the largest and most frequently visited Catholic home schooling website on the Internet.

     TOPIC:
Keeping It Catholic:
         Recognizing Red Flags in Educational Materials
 


Mrs. Catherine Moran has fourteen years of experience home schooling her five children, and is currently serving as the President of the Catholic Home School Network of America (CHSNA). She received a bachelor’s degree with majors in biology, chemistry, and speech/hearing therapy as well as a Masters of Science in Education in learning disabilities from Kent State University, and has successfully home schooled her second son who is a dyslexic and had ADHD. Mrs. Moran is a member of the “Round Table,” a national organization of Catholic home schooling leaders. She is a founder and past leader of the Ohio Educators’ Catholic Home Schooling Network, and was a member of the CHSNA delegation to Pope John Paul II in 1995 and 1997. Mrs. Moran is a secular Franciscan and served as prefect of her fraternity for three years. She is currently the Secretary-Treasurer of the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima in Warren, OH.

     TOPIC:
Myths and Facts of the
        Attention Deficit Disorder Child
 


Mrs. Virginia Seuffert, a native of New York, currently resides in Illinois with her husband and the nine youngest of her twelve children. While in New York, she lectured and wrote articles for the pro-life movement, and after moving to Illinois she became a founding member of the Network of Illinois Catholic Home School Educators, helped establish the "Round Table" Catholic home school leadership discussion group, and became a founder and officer of the Catholic Home School Network of America. Mrs. Seuffert has appeared on EWTN and has spoken at Catholic family conferences all over the U.S. and Canada. She is also the author of numerous articles on home education, teaching purity and other virtues, and home management.

     TOPIC:
Home Management and Organization
Catholic Child Training


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