• 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.
  • "My husband and I have never had the opportunity to do anything like this before now. Having enough time to go to Confession and then attend Eucharistic Adoration together was amazing. It felt like a little retreat mixed into the conference, which I thoroughly enjoyed and benefited from."
  • - 2025 Conference Attendee

REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

FOR  MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT

  • Early Bird Couple: $54 | Early Bird Individual: $35
    •      Early Bird pricing ends September 14.
    •      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, October 9. All refund requests made on or after October 10 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
11:00 AM
  • Words of Welcome
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
    • Hope Does Not Disappoint: A Firm Foundation for Marriage and the Family
    • Greg Schutte, MSW, LISW-S
     
12:15 - 2:00 PM
  • Break for Lunch and Prayer
2:15 - 3:15 PM
    • In Good Times and In Bad
    • Rev. Jim McCormack, MIC
 
3:30 - 4:30 PM
    • The Family as a Beacon of Hope for Others
    • Greg Schutte, MSW, LISW-S
     
4:30 - 4:45 PM
  • Closing Comments
5:15 - 6:15 PM
  • Vigil Mass and Marriage Blessing
  • Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone

Speakers

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.

DR. LEONORA BUTAU
Theologian, Educator, Speaker

Dr. Leonora Butau is a theologian, educator, and speaker based in San Antonio, Texas, where she lives with her wonderful husband, Rufaro, and their three sons. After spending 8 years teaching Theology at St. Mary’s Catholic University in London, England, she moved with her family to Texas in 2018. Dr. Butau has offered formation on topics in Spiritual Life, St. Joseph, Our Lady, Marriage and the Family, and the Theology of the Body to a wide range of audiences, including seminarians, diaconal candidates, and in parishes and schools nationally and internationally. She worked as a Program Director for the St. John Paul II Foundation in Houston, Texas. She is a Formator in the School of Mary, an apostolate dedicated to empowering Catholics in their spiritual life through the Church’s rich mystical tradition. She serves as a Board Member for Natural Womanhood, an Advisor for Pilgrim Ways, and also has the joy of teaching Theology at Incarnate Word High School in San Antonio, Texas.

GREG SCHUTTE, MSW, LISW-S
Senior Director of Marriage Works! Ohio, Marriage Therapist, Author

Greg Schutte achieved a Masters Degree in Social Work from Ohio State University and has an Independent License in Social Work. For the past 19 years, he has been the Senior Director of Marriage Works! Ohio which is a department of the Elizabeth’s New Life Center in Dayton, Ohio. He is also a marriage therapist and the author of the Discovering Our Deepest Desire ( www.ourdeepestdesire.com ) Catholic marriage enrichment program and the Building a Eucharistic Marriage ( www.eucharisticmarriage.org ) Catholic marriage enrichment video series, which is being taught in several parishes throughout the Cincinnati Diocese and nationally. He has spoken at numerous national marriage events and has done several talks for Franciscan University’s Catechetical Institute. Greg and his wife Stephanie have been happily married for 32 wonderful years and they are the parents of 7 children and 2 grand children. Greg also plays in the Catholic music band “ROMANS”.

REV. JIM MCCORMACK, MIC
Assistant Professor and Spiritual Director, St. Patrick’s Seminary and University

Fr. Jim received his Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Yale University and his Master’s at Stanford University. Following graduate school, he worked for seven years as an electrical engineer for Hewlett-Packard in Colorado. It was during graduate school when Fr. Jim had his first sense of a calling to the priesthood, “but I did my best to ignore it,” he says with a smile. After he broke up with his fiancée, he decided to take God’s call more seriously. Fr. Jim was given the grace to follow the Lord’s call during a pilgrimage to Italy in 2002. “Due to Mary’s help, I came away from that pilgrimage with a deep sense of peace about becoming a priest,” he says. In 2005, he joined the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception because of their devotion to Our Blessed Mother, their active apostolic spirit, and their desire to spread devotion to Jesus, the Divine Mercy. Father Jim professed his perpetual vows as a Marian on Aug. 16, 2009. Following his priestly ordination on July 10, 2010, he was sent to Rome where in 2013 he earned his Licentiate degree in the Theology of the Consecrated Life. Since then, he served as Novice Master for the American Province for 10 years and Parochial Vicar at St. Patrick’s Parish in Yorkville, IL for nearly two years, before being assigned to St. Patrick’s Seminary as the Rector of the Marian Seminarians, assistant professor, and spiritual director.

SPONSORS

Venue

St. Patrick's Seminary

320 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025

For More Information:
Christel Vallagomesa, 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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