• 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.
  • "The ninth annual Together in Holiness conference will take place in the Bay Area on September 27; I  encourage all engaged and married couples throughout the Bay Area to attend. The conference is a valuable part of our local Radiate Love initiative for couples and families. It affords an opportunity for couples to spend time with the Lord, with one another, and with other Catholic couples. Authentic renewal is rooted in prayer, the Sacraments, and ongoing formation in communion with others.  Now more than ever we need every married couple to become a true icon of God’s love."
  • - Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone
  • Archbishop of San Francisco
 

REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN JUNE 2

FOR  MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT

  • Early Bird Couple: $54 | Early Bird Individual: $35
    •      Early Bird pricing ends August 11.
    •      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 12. All refund requests made on or after September 13 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

             
10:00 AM
  • Conference Check-In
10:45 AM
  • Words of Welcome
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • The Gift of Love and Marriage
    • Renzo and Monica Ortega
     
12:00 - 1:45 PM
  • Break for Lunch and Prayer
2:00 - 3:00 PM
    • A Love that Spreads the Gospel
    • Rev. Jerome Magat, SThD
 
3:15 - 4:15 PM
    • Icon of the Holy Family and the Reality of Our Home
    • Renzo and Monica Ortega
     
4:15 - 4:30 PM
  • Closing Comments
5:00 - 6:00 PM
  • Vigil Mass and Marriage Blessing
  • Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone

Speakers

GENEVIE ALEJANDRO
Senior Business Development Coordinator

Genevie Alejandro is a Senior Business Development Coordinator for the Together in Holiness Formations series. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Texas State University. During her time in college, Genevie was involved with Bobcat Awakening and L.I.G.H.T. Ministries- retreat coordinator. Prior to joining the St. John Paul II Foundation, she spent 10 years in the food industry, in sales working with food manufacturers. She is excited to work with and help provide tools and empower families to grow together in holiness through St. John Paul II's teachings.

MOST REV. SALVATORE J. CORDILEONE
Archbishop of San Francisco

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone was born in San Diego on June 5, 1956. He attended public school through 12th grade and earned his BA in philosophy from the University of San Diego in 1978.  He earned a second bachelor’s degree in sacred theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1981.  Archbishop Cordileone was ordained to the priesthood on July 9, 1982.  He continued his studies at Gregorian University from 1985-89, earning a doctorate in canon law.   He was appointed Judicial Vicar for the Diocese of San Diego in 1990 and served as an assistant to the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura from 1995-2002.  On July 5, 2002, Pope John Paul II appointed him the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, where he served until his appointment as Bishop of Oakland on March 23, 2009. On July 27, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as the ninth Archbishop of San Francisco.  He was installed on October 4, 2012.   Archbishop Cordileone chairs the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage and sits on the Committee for Canonical Affairs.  He is a member of the Governing Board of the International Theological Institute and the Subcommission on the Liturgy for the Anglican Ordinariates.

RENZO AND MONICA ORTEGA
Co-founders of Two Become Family

Renzo and Monica Ortega are Catholic ministry leaders, podcast hosts, authors, and speakers. They host the popular marriage podcast, Two Become Family (also available on YouTube), and are co-authors of the children's devotional, Go to Joseph for Children. Renzo is also the author of the men's devotional, Go to Joseph. Their online marriage ministry, Two Become Family, has been featured in the National Catholic Register and EWTN's "Life on the Rock" show, and their conversion story has been featured in the documentary St Joseph: Our Spiritual Father. Many of their talks can be found on Catholic Lighthouse Media. Renzo holds a MA in Theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary. The Ortegas live in Connecticut with their 5 children where they facilitate youth ministry and marriage prep ministry.

REV. JEROME A. MAGAT, SThD
Vice-Rector and Professor of Moral Theology, St. Patrick Seminary and University

Fr. Jerome A. Magat, SThD. is currently serving as vice-rector, program director for the Master of Divinity program and professor of moral theology at St. Patrick Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California. Fr. Magat, is a member of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia serving in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. He is a 1995 graduate of the University of Virginia (B.A. Government) and was ordained in 2002. He holds four advanced degrees in theology including a Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Theology (summa cum laude) from Mt. St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland and a licentiate and doctorate in moral theology (summa cum laude) from the Accademia Alfonsiana (Pontifical Lateran University) in Rome.  In his eleven years of diocesan service in Arlington, Fr. Magat was a parochial vicar in four parishes, a marriage Tribunal auditor, an episcopal master of ceremonies and a peer-elected member of the presbyteral council. He also founded the Guadalupe Free Clinic of Colonial Beach in 2005, his diocese's first free medical clinic for the poor and is the author of two books, including Honoring the Covenant: Sunday, Solemnity and Feast Day Mass Meditations for Busy Married Couples. Fr. Magat is also a Koterski Research Fellow and a member of the Academy of Catholic Theology, based in his native Washington, DC.

SPONSORS

Venue

Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church

1040 Alameda de las Pulgas
Belmont, CA 94002

For More Information:
Jessie Sonnen, 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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