• 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.
  • "We love attending Together in Holiness every year! No matter how many times we've been to the conference, we always walk away with new things to ponder personally and as a couple to enrich our marriage and family life. Especially now that we have children, it is a great reminder for us to prioritize our marriage and not forget to pour into one another."
  • - 2023 Attendee
   

REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

FOR  MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT

  • Early Bird Couple: $54 | Early Bird Individual: $35
    •      Early Bird pricing ends August 19.
    •      A box lunch and a light afternoon snack is included for each adult registrant.
  • Couple: $64 | Individual: $40
  • On-site Childcare (2-12 yrs): $5/child
  • 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 13. All refund requests made on or after September 14 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

 
9:30 AM
  • Mass and Marriage Blessing
10:30 AM
  • Words of Welcome
10:45 - 11:45 PM
    • Called and Set Apart: Living the Call to Holiness in the Family
    • Ryan Hanning, PhD
     
11:45 - 1:45 PM
  • Break for Lunch and Prayer
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Nurturing Vocations in the Home
    • John Varkey
     
3:15 - 4:15 PM
    • The Eucharistic Mission of the Family
    • Blaine and Denise Wyninger
     
4:15 - 4:30 PM
  • Closing Comments

Speakers

BLAINE AND DENISE WYNINGER
Educators, and Former National Couple for Domestic Church

Blaine and Denise Wyninger are the proud parents of 8 children and live in Sulphur, LA. They are both educators by trade, and are the former National Couple for Domestic Church, a lay movement for Sacramentally married couples that focuses on living holy marriages and passing the faith onto their children. Blaine and Denise are both cradle Catholics, and speak often to engaged couples, married couples, and youth about the beauty of the Catholic Church.

RYAN HANNING, PhD
Fellow, St. John Paul II Foundation

Ryan Hanning, PhD, serves as the Executive Vice President of Catholics Come Home and Virtue Media which provides media and educational resources in 11 different languages. He coordinates the outreach for Catholics Come Home and its apostolates and has helped lead over 20 Diocesan campaigns in the US, Canada, and Poland. He has helped expand the Catholics Come Home online presence with over 10 million views, and over 600,000 online followers. Dr. Hanning earned a PhD in Theology from Maryvale Institute in England and has studied at the University of Dallas, Cambridge, and the Jagiellonian, St. John Paul II’s alma mater. In addition to being a Fellow for the Institute of Theology, the St. John Paul II Foundation, and Havard Virtuous Leadership Institute, he has served in non-profit leadership and published books, and articles with Ignatius Press, TAN Publishing, Sword & Spade, The Catechetical Review, Ressourcement, Catholic Rural Life, and Hearth & Field. He has presented at conferences in the US, Mexico, Canada, and Europe and has been featured on EWTN and various national and international podcasts. Ryan serves as a founding editor for Creed & Culture Books, as well as Hearth & Field. He currently homesteads in Tennessee with his beautiful wife Rebecca, and their ten amazing children.

ELISA MAZZAROLO
Program Coordinator, St. John Paul II Foundation

Elisa Mazzarolo is a Program Coordinator for the St. John Paul II Foundation where she serves to expand the Together in Holiness Formation series to parishes and schools across the country. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Carleton University. Prior to joining the St. John Paul II Foundation, Elisa spent five years actively involved with a Catholic ministry in Canada where her passion for sharing the gospel and journeying with others through life’s highs and lows was ignited. She also spent four years working in the healthcare sector in both Procurement and HR. Elisa is thrilled to be with a Catholic apostolate, supporting couples and families.

JOHN VARKEY

John Varkey and his wife Shiji have been married for 30 years and have three adult children. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors for the St. John Paul II Foundation, John has been an active member of the Catholic community. John has served in various roles, including prison ministry, RCIA, St. Vincent de Paul Society, and as a lay chaplain. Those roles have played an important part in John's life, but none have been more important than his roles as husband and father. As parents, John and Shiji are in awe of the journey God has called them on, and as such they take seriously their role as the primary spiritual guides in the lives of their children. Through the various stages of their children's lives, they have endeavored to cooperate with the Holy Spirit to pass on the gift of faith and help them embrace the vocations God has planned for them. When not engaged in his primary roles, John works as an executive at a Fortune 500 company in Houston.

SPONSORS

Venue

St. Helen Catholic Church

2209 Old Alvin Road
Pearland, TX 77581

For More Information:
Cameron Kelly, 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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