STEVE AND BECKY GREENE
Catholic Speakers, Writers, and Co-hosts of “The Catholic Conversation”
Steve and Becky Greene are co-hosts of the award-winning podcast, The Catholic Conversation. They present together on Catholic teaching regarding marriage, family, Natural Family Planning, pro-life issues, and Pope St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. A cradle Catholic, Steve presents on Catholic philosophy, theology, and anthropology as Director of Holy Family Institute of Catholic Faith and Life, host of the Reasonably Rational YouTube podcast, and Associate Fellow of the Steno Institute of Faith and Science. Becky, a convert to Catholicism, is a
former agnostic feminist who now writes and directs for a local Catholic theatre company and presents on authentic femininity, the vocation of motherhood, and her conversion story. The Greenes are also parents of five wonderful children, two in college, and three still schooled at home.
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.