• FOR LIFE AND FAMILY

About Together in Holiness

Where Spouses Discover God’s Plan for Their Family
Together in Holiness is a marriage conference series for dioceses that inspires spouses to grow together in holiness and empowers parents to form their children in the Catholic faith. To learn more about the Together in Holiness marriage enrichment initiative, click here.
  • “I joyfully invite all married and engaged couples to attend the fourth annual Together in Holiness conference in the Archdiocese of Detroit. I hope that this conference will build up your relationship with God and with your spouse and broaden your community with other couples. May this day of prayer and conversation assist your family in becoming a school of love.”
  • - Most Rev. Edward J. Weisenburger
  • Archbishop of Detroit

REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

FOR  MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT

  • Early Bird Couple: $54 | Early Bird Individual: $35
    •      Early Bird pricing ends August 25.
    •      A box lunch and a light breakfast is included for each adult registrant.
  • Couple: $64 | Individual: $40
  • On-site Childcare (2-12 yrs): $5/child | $20/family (4+ children)
  • Scholarships for couples and individuals are available.
  • Exhibitors*
  • Ministry (Non-Profit) Registration: $95 (includes registration for 2 people & 1 table)
  • Vendor (For-Profit) Registration: $165 (includes registration for 2 people & 1 table)
 
  • *Pre-approval for exhibitor booths is required and space is limited. Please email [email protected] for more information.
Sponsors
  • If you and/or your organization is interested in joining our mission as a supporting sponsor, please click here for the Sponsorship Form. You can also submit the form online by clicking here.
 
  • For questions or more information, please contact the conference coordinator at [email protected].
Scholarships
  • If you need assistance with the cost of the conference, we encourage you to apply for a partial or full scholarship (click here); if you feel called to contribute to our scholarship fund, you can do so at the time of registration.
Refund Information
  • If you are no longer able to attend the conference, after purchasing your ticket, you may choose to transfer your registration fees to a scholarship couple in need, or request a refund.
 
  • All refunds must be requested 2 weeks prior to the conference. The last day to request a refund is Friday, September 26. All refund requests made on or after September 27 will not be accepted, but the funds will automatically be transferred to a scholarship couple in need. Please email [email protected] to transfer your registration or request a refund.
   

SCHEDULE

 
8:00 AM
  • Conference Check-In
8:30 AM
    • Mass and Marriage Blessing
    • Most Rev. Jeffrey Monforton
 
9:45 - 10:00 AM
  • Words of Welcome
10:00 - 11:00 AM
    • The Gift of Love and Marriage
    • Mallory Smyth
     
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
    • Growing in Love as Spouses
    • Dr. Tim and Karen Hogan
 
12:15 - 2:00 PM
  • Break for Lunch and Prayer
2:15 - 3:15 PM
    • Becoming Witnesses to the Joy of Eucharistic Love
    • Mallory Smyth
 
3:15 - 3:30 PM
  • Closing Comments

Speakers

MALLORY SMYTH
National Speaker, Author, and Podcaster

Mallory Smyth is a national speaker, author, and podcaster having authored the book Rekindled and Walking with Purpose Bible Studies. Mallory has been in full time ministry for the past 13 years. She has worked formerly as a FOCUS missionary and a content creator for Walking with Purpose. It is her dream to see Catholics fall deeply in love with God and grab hold of the joy offered in the Gospel. She lives in Denver with her husband and five children.

PAUL ROULEAU
Director of Philanthropy, St. John Paul II Foundation

Paul Rouleau is the Director of Philanthropy for the St. John Paul II Foundation. After graduating from the University of Ottawa with a bachelor's degree in Philosophy he served on the development team at Catholic Christian Outreach in Canada. During this time, Paul discovered his passion for working with benefactors to help them achieve their philanthropic goals. Raised in a family profoundly influenced by the teachings and life of St. John Paul II, Paul is deeply committed to the Foundation’s mission of proclaiming the Gospel of life and family.

KAREN HOGAN, MA
Spiritual Director

DR. TIM HOGAN
Psychologist, Author, Certified Relationship Therapist

Karen and Tim Hogan have been on the marriage adventure for 38 years. From the beginning they have embraced marriage as a path of psychological and spiritual transformation. They have been offering marriage retreats and seminars for many years. Karen is a spiritual director and Director of Faith Formation. Tim is a psychologist and certified relationship therapist with a private practice in Plymouth, MI. He recently published The Gift of Cultural Hurricanes, a Catholic guide to spiritual and psychological growth in an age of smartphones and social media. They have three adult children and live in Plymouth, Michigan.

MOST REV. JEFFREY MONFORTON
Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Detroit

Jeffrey Marc Monforton was born in Detroit on May 5, 1963, to Marc Louis Monforton and Virginia Rose (Ackerman) Monforton. He is the eldest of three sons. Bishop Jeffrey Monforton attended Wayne State University, after which he entered Sacred Heart Major Seminary and subsequently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy in 1989. He received his Bachelor of Sacred Theology (STB) in 1992 and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Later, as a priest, he was awarded a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University. On June 25, 1994, Bishop Monforton was ordained a priest at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament by Archbishop Adam Maida. Following ordination, he served in the Archdiocese of Detroit as associate pastor at the National Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak. Then-Father Monforton served as personal priest secretary to Cardinal Adam Maida from 1998 to 2005. In addition to his responsibilities to Cardinal Maida, he was a member of the Sacred Heart Major Seminary faculty and was a weekend assistant at St. Paul on the Lake, Grosse Pointe Farms, from 1998-2002, and St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Sterling Heights, from 2002-2005. He served as pastor of St. Therese of Lisieux Parish, Shelby Township from 2005 until being named rector and president of Sacred Heart Major Seminary in August 2006. Also in 2005, Pope Benedict XVI conferred upon him the title of Monsignor as Chaplain to His Holiness. He served as pastor of St. Andrew Parish in Rochester, Michigan, for only two short months before Pope Benedict XVI named then-Monsignor Monforton the fifth bishop of Steubenville on July 3, 2012. He was ordained and installed as bishop on September 10, 2012. On September 28, 2023, Pope Francis named him auxiliary bishop of Detroit. His episcopal motto is, “Faith Comes From Hearing.”

SPONSORS

Venue

St. James Catholic Church

46325 W Ten Mile Road
Novi, MI 48374

For More Information:
Kirsten Zimmermann, Conference Coordinator
832.779.1070
[email protected]

CONTACT US

  • PHONE

    832.779.1070

  • PHYSICAL ADDRESS

    1177 W Loop South, Ste. 940
    Houston, TX 77027

  • MAILING ADDRESS

    P.O. Box 5927
    Katy, TX 77491

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