STEVE AND BECKY GREENE
Catholic Speakers, Writers, and Co-hosts of “The Catholic Conversation”
Steve and Becky Greene present together and individually about the Church’s teachings on the Theology of the Body, marriage, family, Natural Family Planning, and pro-life issues. A cradle Catholic, Steve is the Director of Holy Family Institute of Catholic Faith and Life and host of the Reasonably Rational YouTube podcast and regularly writes and speaks on true masculinity, fatherhood, and modern philosophical errors. His articles have been featured in Crisis Magazine and The Catechetical Review, and he was the editor for Creation or Evolution, a companion to the 10-part video series of the same name that he co-wrote and produced. Becky, a former agnostic feminist, writes and speaks on her conversion story, authentic femininity, and motherhood. She is a writing instructor with Write These Words, and has written plays, articles, and essays. Her work has been featured in the Catholic Sun, Hearth and Field, and in the book The Church is My Mother: 7 Ways She Inspires to Love. She also homeschools three of the couple’s five children and helps her color-blind husband match his ties and shirts. When they're not shuttling children to sports, stepping on Legos, or reminding someone to clean the cat litter, the couple hosts the podcast “Cradle and Convert", formerly known as “The Catholic Conversation.”
MOST REV. DANIEL H. MUEGGENBORG
Bishop of Reno
Born and raised in rural western Oklahoma, Bishop Mueggenborg graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1984 with a geology degree and a related computer science degree. He attended the pre-theology program at St. Meinrad Seminary in Indiana and the theology program at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Tulsa in 1989.
Bishop Mueggenborg completed a Licentiate degree in Biblical Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1990. During his 30+ years as a priest, Bishop Mueggenborg has served as parochial vicar and pastor in several parishes and in a variety of ministerial roles, including high school chaplain and teacher, Newman Center chaplain, Director of Clergy and Education, and Vicar for Religious. He also served on the administrative staff of the Pontifical North American College and was adjunct professor at the Gregorian University. Pope Francis appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle on April 6, 2017, and he was ordained bishop on May 31, 2017.
Bishop Mueggenborg comes from a farming and ranching family and enjoys mountain biking and hiking in his free time. He has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and has hiked the Grand Canyon as well as a substantial portion of the Camino de Santiago. He credits his love for the outdoors to his rural upbringing and his involvement in the Boy Scouts of America.
REV MARK HANIFAN
Fr. Mark Hanifan was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Reno in 2007. For 12 of his
15 years as a priest he has been a pastor. He now serves as pastor of St. Gall’s in
Gardnerville, Nevada. He grew up an avid outdoorsman and believes the majesty and
goodness of God is clearly displayed in creation. In his 15 years helping married
couples understand their vocation to love one another, he has always loved sharing with
them the integral connection between the spoken marital vow and sex, which is the
embodiment of the marital vow. He has also loved sharing with them the three senses
of love (eros, philias, and agape) and how agape is the love that will help them most in
their married life.