The Family Room (The Quest)

Join co-hosts Mari Cleveland from St. Jude the Apostle and John Gordon and Craig Wesemeyer from St. Peter Chanel as they speak with authors, theologians, and local priests and lay leaders to provide your family encouragement, resources, and hope. Enjoy heartfelt stories and engaging conversations with Catholics who are excited to share their life experiences and acquired wisdom to help your family continue to live out your faith with joy.
Evangelization and Ideology
May 28, 2025
Evangelization and Ideology
Dr. Matthew Petrusek, author and professor of Catholic ethics


Dr. Matthew Petrusek considered himself an intellectual problem solver even in his teen years. Growing up in a small Catholic community in LeGrande, Oregon, surrounded by Mormons, he never considered any other religion but saw religion as an intellectual puzzle to be solved.

Both his Masters and PhD were in religious ethics, and his latest book, Evangelization and Ideology: How to Understand and Respond to the Political Culture, offers an antidote to ideological thinking by introducing the principles of Catholic social thought. Secular political ideologies attempt to provide a total view of reality without reference to God.  Yet all of them are, at heart, forms of idolatry, leading them to the false gods of pleasure, self, tribe, or fortune. Petrusek shows how Catholic teaching, while respecting the genuine concerns of these worldviews, responds to their errors and deficiencies by providing a more rational and moral alternative.

With a genuinely hopeful view of the future, Dr. Petrusek is co-founder of advantageDES, a pioneering alternative to DEI programs built on the values of dignity, equality, and solidarity that assists companies in creating a workplace where everyone can thrive.   

Biography: Matthew R. Petrusek, PhD is the Senior Director of the Word on Fire Institute and its Professor of Catholic Ethics. In addition to serving as a Word on Fire Professor, he has written and hosted the bilingual show, Reasons to Believe / Razones Para Creer at WordNet TV, co-authored Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life (Word on Fire Institute), co-edited Ethics and Advocacy: Bridges and Boundaries (Cascade Books) and Value and Vulnerability: Contemporary Interfaith Dialogue on Human Dignity (University of Notre Dame Press), and is published in numerous academic journals. He received an MA (Yale University) and PhD (University of Chicago) in religious ethics. He specializes in Christian ethics and moral theology, though lectures broadly, in English and Spanish, on philosophy, theology, social issues, the new evangelization, and the Catholic intellectual tradition. Dr. Petrusek is the host of the Word on Fire Show with Bishop Barron. He lives with his wife and children in southern Minnesota.

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Men As Christ
May 21, 2025
Men As Christ
Gregg McDonald, corporate recruiter, entrepreneur, visionary


When Gregg McDonald’s father walked out on his young family, the toddler son had no way of knowing the legacy this would begin - not a legacy of abandonment but of empowerment. What could have shattered many mothers became an anchor which would solidify Gregg’s unwavering faith in God and the importance of Godly women who hold the lamp for their men.

Listen as Gregg and his wife, Michelle, speak of how God led them into cross-denominational groups so they could find common ground of the universal church.  Today’s culture offers a watered-down version of masculinity, but men need a strategic plan; they’re wired that way. Gregg realized a battle plan is critical because men are in the midst of a spiritual battle for the very souls of their families. What stuck out became the seed for Gregg’s first book, Muscle Car Faith, and the ensuing ministry, Men As Christ, an international faith group of over 70,000 that helps men embrace their Godly calling to be manly men and spiritual leaders of their homes.  

Men As Christ was never meant to be only for Catholics but is a repository of resources which point to God. Members are Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, atheist, and everything in-between. While diversity is their strength, their common goal of finding truth becomes their magnet.  

Biography: Both Gregg and Michelle are cradle Catholics who were touched in deeply personal ways that cemented their faith. Gregg met Jesus in a sweat-filled dream when he was seven, and Michelle’s mother was miraculously cured of cancer. Both engineers – Gregg industrial and Michelle a packaging engineer - they met while working at Ford Motor Company and married in 1998. They have three children –  two boys in their 20s and a teenage daughter. They live in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia.

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Millennials Seek Authentic Friendships
May 14, 2025
Millennials Seek Authentic Friendships
Paul and Ashlyn McNeil, Life Teen Missionaries


When text messages replaced face-to-face meetings, it created a vortex few saw coming. Was this new way of communicating an exciting prelude to the future or an ominous sign we were losing authentic relationships?

As millennials, Paul and Ashlyn McNeil carried cell phones everywhere. It was part of who they were, and yet there was an invisible barrier they couldn’t predict. Paul talks about how his job left him restless and unhappy. As a couple, they began seeking God in a deeper way and, after they married, Paul enrolled in a Master’s degree program in Denver. There they found a community who offered something new and unique. Their friends back home were great fun, but this new group cared about their souls. They wanted to help them become saints, calling them to holiness in ways Paul describes as the “launchpad of their marriage.” Even their professors lived lives of powerful witness. 

This left them longing to imitate them, leading to the mission field. First they joined FOCUS, which is a ministry aimed at college students. Now Paul is the Director of Life Teen’s Hidden Lake campground, which focuses on bringing teenagers to Christ. Living on campus and learning to build an authentic Catholic community now fulfills a dream Paul and Ashlyn can proudly pass on to their own children.

Bio: Paul grew up Catholic, attending Catholic schools, but he admits never paying much attention to the details. Ashlyn’s mom converted to Catholicism when she was in kindergarten, but her dad never went to church. They met in high school where Ashlyn became enamored when Paul spent spring break on a mission trip, and her friends went to the beach. They began dating in high school and the rest, as they say, is history! Paul is now the Director at Life Teen’s Hidden Lake Campground in Dahlonega, Georgia, and they have four young children.  

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Radical Feminist Becomes Radical Catholic
May 7, 2025
Radical Feminist Becomes Radical Catholic
Lorraine Murray, author and columnist


Lorraine Murray, a regular columnist for the Atlanta archdiocesan newspaper, The Georgia Bulletin, shares her incredible faith journey. Born into a nominally Catholic family, Lorraine would describe herself as a “cafeteria” Catholic, picking and choosing what to believe. During college she fully embraced the feminist movement and rejected God. 

Eventually attaining a doctorate in philosophy, with an emphasis on feminism, Lorraine became a college professor where she tried to persuade students that God didn’t exist. Her story of how God pursued her in spite of herself will capture your imagination and give hope to anyone who has lost loved ones to the culture wars. Now an award-winning author and freelance writer, Lorraine’s book, Confessions of an Ex-Feminist, details her conversion story.

Biography: Lorraine Grace Viscardi Murray is an American author, columnist, and freelance writer living in Decatur, Georgia. She is the widow of Tolkien artist Jef Murray, who died in 2015. Ms. Murray was born in Yonkers, New York, and grew up in Miami. She received her bachelor's degree in English from the University of Florida and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received her doctorate in philosophy from the University of Florida. She won the first place Catholic Press Association award for "Best regular column - family life" in 2014 and won the second place Catholic Press Association award for "Best regular column – general commentary" in 2006. She writes columns for publications such as The Georgia Bulletin, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and National Catholic Register.  

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The Power of The Cross
Apr 30, 2025
The Power of The Cross
Fr. Mitch Pacwa, Scripture scholar, author,  TV and radio host


Nobody likes crosses and yet we are asked to take up our cross daily in order to follow Jesus. Father Mitch Pacwa has uncovered a deeper meaning behind carrying that cross and shares it with us in his book, St. Paul on the Power of the Cross. In this interactive study guide, Fr. Pacwa breaks down the importance of suffering as seen through the eyes of St. Paul, who writes, “The word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.”  (1 Cor 1:18)  Using historical context and Scripture meditations, Fr. Pacwa introduces St. Paul’s theology of the cross, which drives home the importance of embracing our suffering as a way to overcome the power sin has over us.

He further explains how, by the power of the Holy Spirit and the words of Jesus, the priest unites our suffering to Christ’s on the altar. What we personally offer of our own lives at Mass becomes united with His death at that moment. Through Fr. Pacwa’s careful exegesis of Paul’s writings, you will come to understand the power of the cross to transform us when we embrace it rather than run from it.

Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J. is a renowned Jesuit Scripture scholar, author, popular EWTN television and radio host, as well as the founder and president of Ignatius Productions. Fr. Pacwa is fluent in twelve languages and has received his Master of Divinity and S.T.B. at Loyola University, magna cum laude, and a Master of Arts and Ph.D. in Old Testament at Vanderbilt University. He has authored over twenty books, including Wheat and Tares: Restoring the Moral Vision of a Scandalized Church.

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America’s Future Saint
Apr 23, 2025
America’s Future Saint
Dr. Peter Howard, author, speaker, and founder of Fulton Sheen Institute


Having been saturated in the culture of relativism for decades, there is a growing hunger in the world for truth. Young people clamor for it and are flocking to our churches for answers. At the advent of television, a fiery prelate known for his pithy quotes took advantage of that new technology to get people excited about God. Today, he is well on his way to sainthood, and we know him as the Venerable Fulton J. Sheen. Recognizing this current hunger for truth, Dr. Peter Howard founded The Fulton Sheen Institute to bring back these dynamic truths and help society rediscover a total vision of man according to God's design. They are as relevant today as they were when Sheen spoke them more than 70 years ago.   

Through a multitude of live and online events, the Institute’s robust website contains more than 300 talks as well as formation courses, retreats, and dynamic opportunities to engage and transform the modern culture. Their Jubilee Pilgrimage to Guadalupe this August 2025 is selling out quickly, so be sure to check it out.  

Dr. Peter Howard is married to Chantal Howard and they have seven beautiful children. Dr. Howard earned his Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St.Thomas Aquinas [Angelicum] in Rome, Italy. Peter is a renowned international Catholic speaker, scholar of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, author, professor, Catholic theologian, Mariologist, Catholic entrepreneur, and founder of Heroic Families and The Fulton Sheen Institute.  Peter has spoken at national, diocesan, and family conferences in the United States and Philippines; the United States Air Force Academy; the Apostolate for Family Consecration; and diocesan and parish retreats. He has been featured on Catholic television and radio programs such as EWTN, Catholic Answers Live, the Patrick Madrid Show, CatholicTV, Shalom World, Radio Maria, and Relevant Radio.

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Love Heals
Apr 16, 2025
Love Heals
Sonja Corbitt, author, speaker, podcaster


You’ve heard all your life that the first and greatest commandment is to love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. Sonja Corbitt, also known as the Bible Evangelista, will help you understand how this concept can heal you from within.

Her book, Love Heals, uses her extensive knowledge of Scripture to draw out the causes of our common weakness and childhood wounds. These wounds create destructive emotional eruptions that can cripple relationships. Sonja calls these eruptions "pop quizzes" because God is calling us to recognize the destructive patterns that keep us stuck in sin and woundedness without knowing why. Love Heals will teach you how to spot these cycles. Sonja’s practical, down-to-earth ways of explaining the power of God’s love will transform your mind, using simple acronyms like her STOP Tool and her free 4-part email course to help heal your heart, soul, mind and body. In Love Heals, Sonja will walk with you, hand in hand, through the process of opening your heart, mind, body, and soul to the healing love of God.

A Carolina native who was raised as a Southern Baptist, Sonja Corbitt attended Mitchell College and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary center in Jackson, Tennessee, before converting to Catholicism. She has since served as director of religious education at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Gallatin, Tennessee, and executive director of Risen Radio in Lebanon,Tennessee. She lives in Tennessee with her husband, Bob, and their two sons.

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Pregnancy Aid Clinic
Apr 9, 2025
Pregnancy Aid Clinic
Sarah Weikert, Executive Director, and Andre White, Fatherhood Program and Facilities Manager 


Sarah Weikert and Andre White from Pregnancy Aid Clinic (PAC) share the incredible work they are doing to provide help and hope to mothers and fathers. Operating from the Catholic belief in the sanctity of life, PAC compassionately delivers services and programs created to lift up women, men, and families during moments of uncertainty or grief, through a journey designed to reveal their own dignity and claim their own future.

Pregnancy Aid Clinic is a non-profit center that has been providing medical services, patient advocacy, parenting education, and post abortion healing regardless of financial ability, race, age, or religion since 1984. PAC’s care addresses the whole person - mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual - in a compassionate and nonjudgmental way.​ The clinic offers comprehensive programs for mothers and fathers to navigate from pregnancy to parenthood with a focus on parenting and life skills. They strive to protect children by strengthening families.​ PAC has clinics in Roswell, Atlanta, and Forest Park.

PAC’s services are free thanks to donations, grants, and committed volunteers who work together to create a support system that makes it possible for mothers and families to choose life. Operating from a Catholic philosophy, they are blessed to have the endorsement of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

The Fatherhood Program at Pregnancy Aid Clinic is designed to empower men to embrace their roles as fathers, offering them resources, guidance, and a supportive community to help them succeed. Classes geared toward men cover key areas like spirituality, childcare, parenting, career development, and leadership skills. The program equips men to become engaged, responsible fathers who protect and nurture their families while building essential life skills.

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  • Visit PAC's website to learn more about their services and volunteer opportunities or call 404-763-4357.
A God-sized Faith Project
Apr 2, 2025
A God-sized Faith Project
Dr. Will Boegel, podiatrist and founder of Opal House Guatemala


Throughout the Gospels, Jesus says those who leave everything behind to follow and serve Him will reap innumerable rewards in the present age and eternal life in the age to come. Most know this Scripture promise, but few live it out. 

Dr. William Boegel and his wife, Diane, found that God had a plan for their lives only after they let go of their own dreams to follow God’s prophetic nudges. Dr. Will’s early childhood traumatically prepared him to be vulnerable, opening a conduit to God at an early age. He and Diane met over a scrub sink after surgery and, once married, made a commitment to serve God by serving others in the medical mission field.

What they never expected was the supernatural tug to purchase a dilapidated avocado farm in a rural Mayan lake region that has become Opal House, a refuge for medically compromised, impoverished children of Guatemala. There they provide physical, spiritual, and educational nourishment to these children as well as medical and surgical services to the surrounding community. To date, Dr. Will estimates they have performed more than 500 children’s orthopedic surgeries, giving hope of normalcy to these children and their families. 

Everyone, including Dr. Will and his board, volunteer their time. All donations go directly to the Guatemalan people through the efforts of Opal House and the many volunteers who visit the farm to help out. Check out their website for volunteer and fundraising opportunities.  

Bio: Dr. William Boegel and Diane were married in early 2004. They have always volunteered as medical missionaries and have served in Mexico, Guatemala, Egypt, and Vietnam, performing surgeries for Healing the Children and Operation Serve International. After years of short-term mission trips, they were called by God to make a long-term investment into Guatemalan society for broken and impoverished children. Dr. William Boegel is a Physician of the Foot and Ankle (Podiatrist) and Diane is a Surgical Technologist.

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Living God’s Plan for Your Family
Mar 26, 2025
Living God’s Plan for Your Family
Kathleen Conklin, educator, innovator, and mom


Kathleen Conklin always had an apostolic heart and felt called to mission when she was still a young mom. With a degree in Education, she searched for an organization where she could use her skills as an educator as well as find support for her young family. She started a preschool as well as a business, but felt something was missing. After hearing of a new initiative starting up in Texas, Kathleen and her husband made the huge leap of faith and moved their family from Michigan, first with Catholic Kids Net and eventually launching Kids for Jesus (K4J) which ran for 20 years and reached tens of thousands of families across North America.  

Motivated by this success and a yearning to see Catholic families thrive, Kathleen and her team have developed First Fruits, whose vision is for communities of young families to live a dynamic Catholic life and support one another. First Fruits has been set up as a two-year program of faith building with small groups meeting six times yearly in order to learn the twelve Guiding Principles which will become the guideposts to help their families grow in virtue. We can no longer give our children a set of rules and expect them to obey and thrive. The internet has leveled the playing field and with First Fruits, each family uncovers the unique story God is writing for their family and discovers the joy of living God’s plan for their lives.  

Kathleen Conklin grew up in a Catholic family with five sisters, meeting her non-Catholic husband, Don, at a red light. He was smitten enough to begin attending Mass with her every week and within six months they were married. Within 13 months they had their first child and are now parents of 7 children and 13 grandchildren, having just celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary! Their oldest child, Ronald, is a priest with the Legionaries of Christ.    

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What’s a Catholic Mentor?
Mar 12, 2025
What’s a Catholic Mentor?
Jack Beers, speaker, founder of The Catholic Mentor


As a previous guest, Jack Beers' insight into the importance of relational mentorship left us wanting to know more.

Everyone agrees 2020 was such a watershed moment that conversations pivoted dramatically, often making relationships more difficult. People started to be controlled by their feelings, unable to cope with the hard decisions life threw at them. Finding help often brought more angst as differing world views offered solutions which were harmful to spiritual growth. Jack believed their ability to grow depended upon access to someone who shared their values and was trained to accompany them with an intensity that would boost their confidence. What he created is The Catholic Mentor, which is not life coaching or therapy or spiritual direction. Rather, it incorporates aspects of each one in a relational format which is based on sound psychology, focusing on both the spiritual and emotional needs of each person. 

A critical difference is The Catholic Mentor format gives each client access to their mentor through daily text messages, thereby introducing and reinforcing real-time coping skills. They learn their feelings no longer need to control them and graduate with a newfound confidence in their ability to handle the daily challenges of life. He invites listeners to contact him for a free 30-minute conversation to learn more. 

Jack’s father is Jewish and his mother is Episcopalian, which he jokingly says led him to be a “confused Jew” by his teen years. Enticed to attend a Catholic Mass by a girlfriend at 17, Jack had a supernatural encounter which led him to explore the Catholic Church, finally entering in 2012. He and his wife, Katie, have three children, ages four, two, and a newborn. 

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The History of Transgenderism
Mar 5, 2025
The History of Transgenderism
Dr. Quentin Van Meter, pediatric endocrinologist


Few topics cause more confusion than transgenderism. The internet opened doorways to ideologies unheard of when today’s parents were teens, and they feel totally unprepared. Dr. Quentin van Meter helps clear the confusion. As a colleague of Dr. John Money, the psychologist who first attempted to transform an infant boy into a girl after a botched circumcision, Dr. Van Meter explains how prestigious Johns Hopkins University became the unwitting accomplice of Dr. Money’s personal theories on gender identity. 

The first transgender clinic opened in Boston in 2007. Back then boys wanting to transition outnumbered girls 2-to-1. Now, girls outnumber boys almost 4-to-1. What happened? Today there are approximately 70 clinics nationwide, not including Planned Parenthood and online clinics that dispense puberty blockers. International studies now show puberty blockers cause permanent infertility. 

Rejecting the notion that gender can be changed with medicines and surgery, Dr. Van Meter states unequivocally, “You can never become the opposite sex.” Understanding that hormones are the keys to unlock the body’s receptors, the endocrinologist started a medical practice which uses the correct biological terminology, helping patients safely navigate into adulthood. Allowed to mature naturally, most gender-confused teens grow into well-adjusted adults.

Much of Europe has begun to ban both hormonal and surgical manipulation of people who suffer from gender confusion. Thankfully, with the guidance of doctors like Dr. Van Meter, we are beginning to see similar closings in America. See his excellent resources below. 

Born to an Orthodox/Ukrainian mother and agnostic father, Quentin was attracted to both Kathy and her love of Catholicism while in college. Married now for 55 years, they are the proud parents of four children and seven grandchildren and attend the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta.

Dr. Van Meter graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1969. He attended the Medical College of Virginia where he received his medical degree in 1973. Dr. Van Meter did his pediatric internship (1973-1974) and his pediatric residency (1974 to 1976) at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Oakland, through the University of California, San Francisco. He completed his pediatric endocrinology fellowship from 1978 to 1980 at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Dr. Van Meter worked as a staff pediatric endocrinologist at the Naval Hospital in San Diego from 1980 to 1986 and was Chairman and Director of the residency training program at the Naval Hospital Oakland from 1986 to 1991. In 1991, he retired from a 20-year career in the Navy Medical Corps and moved to the Atlanta area where he joined the Fayette Medical Clinic as a Pediatrician and Pediatric Endocrinologist.

To better serve the ever-expanding population of pediatric patients with endocrine disorders, he developed his own full-time endocrine practice which today bears his name. He is a clinical associate professor of Pediatrics at Morehouse School of Medicine and former adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. He is also the past president of the American College of Pediatricians. 

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The Morning Quest
Feb 26, 2025
The Morning Quest
 Allison Dalloul and Josh Harris, hosts of The Morning Quest


Atlanta has a vibrant Catholic community, but until recently there was no outlet to pull them together with exciting radio programming that speaks to their Catholic identity in a way that invigorates their faith and encourages them to find kindred spirits. Such a venue, The Morning Quest, was created last September by Atlanta’s locally-owned Catholic radio station, AM 1160 The Quest Atlanta. Co-hosts Allison Dalloul and Josh Harris are the first to admit this gig took them by surprise and is living proof God orchestrates our steps beforehand.

Josh, a professional comedian, brings his quick wit to the show, where his love of comedy is overshadowed only by his zeal for sharing the faith. As a busy single mom raising three children, Allison tempers Josh’s hilarity with a good dose of maternal wisdom. Her easy laugh makes every guest and listener feel at home.  

The Morning Quest airs Monday through Friday from 8-9 a.m. Talented local guests discuss important national topics, and local priests step in to share reflections on that day’s Mass readings and saints. They augment their discussions with local news and traffic so those on their daily commute can stay informed.

Josh Harris grew up Jewish, and by his early teens decided to explore the many ways a teen could entertain himself. He knew his quick wit would bring attention, and by the time he was 23, Josh realized his life was a mess. He quickly acknowledges a 12-step program changed his life. Since then, Josh has grown closer to God, even spending 2 years in seminary. Now he joyfully joins Allison every morning on air and continues his career as a professionally-clean comedian.  

Allison is one of four girls born into a nominally-Catholic family, and it was her engagement to a non-denominational Christian that propelled her into a deep dive on Catholicism. She spent more than 20 years as the “Lenox Lady,” representing Lenox china here in Atlanta. After a subsequent marriage, divorce, and annulment, Allison lost her job when COVID hit. After a few quick years in the mortgage business, her vibrant personality as a volunteer at The Quest compelled management to invite her to be a co-host of The Morning Quest.

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  • The Morning Quest airs weekdays 8-9 a.m. ET and can be heard on your radio dial at AM 1160. You can also listen live or on demand on The Quest Atlanta website or app.
  • Learn more about Josh’s comedy
Sister, Soldier, Surgeon
Feb 19, 2025
Sister, Soldier, Surgeon
Leisa Marie Carzon, PhD, educational leader, author


It’s not every day you meet a modern-day Joan of Arc, but when Dr. Leisa Marie Caron heard the story of Sister Deirdre Byrne, M.D., there was no going back. She wanted to know more about this woman who was a religious sister, an Army colonel, and a double-board-certified surgeon and physician. That was in 2020, and Dr. Leisa Marie Caron, a self-professed "mama bear" who was concerned about the country’s future, decided to look up this incredible woman and meet her in person.  Deeply impressed, it was at that meeting where Dr. Leisa asked permission to write a book about this woman who embraced three vocations at once. 

The book is called Sister, Soldier, Surgeon: The Life and Courage of Sr. Deirdre Byrne, M.D. With great love and precision, Dr. Leisa Maria paints a beautiful portrait of a woman whose surgeon father encouraged her to take care of others physically while magazines of missionary Sisters overseas challenged her to love them sacrificially. This spunky yet humble Sister will make you laugh and cry as you follow her life through battlefield surgeries and abortion-reversal miracles; a woman who personifies both the modern feminine genius and a living saint. 

Dr. Leisa Marie Caron is a lifelong Catholic who met her husband in church, and they have a 22-year-old son. Dr. Dede Byrne credits her lifelong love of both God and others to her parents, who instilled in their children a love of daily Mass and of serving others. Sr. Dede belongs to The Little Workers of the Sacred Heart and while their Mother House is in Italy, she serves in Washington, D.C., where she has a clinic in the basement of the convent. She also mentors local medical students on weekends.

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  • This website is dedicated to Sister Dede’s story, where you can purchase the book, Sister, Soldier, Surgeon: The Life and Courage of Sister Deirdre Byrne, M.D.
  • Abortion pill reversal website or call 1-877-558-0333

Don’t Stay Stuck
Feb 12, 2025
Don’t Stay Stuck
Jack Beers, speaker, founder of The Catholic Mentor


Every child dreams of becoming a successful adult with good, healthy relationships. Then life collides with dreams and they struggle, often stuck or aimlessly wandering without a rudder. As a young man, Jack Beers saw the incredible difference it made when a priest accompanied him on his spiritual journey. His direct accompaniment, even to the point where the priest’s challenge put an exclamation point on Jack’s level of commitment, solidified Jack’s determination to help others in much the same way.

Still a young father today, Jack’s passionate determination led him to seek out a program through The Catholic Psych Institute to be trained to accompany individuals through the storms of life by integrating sound psychology and authentic Catholic anthropology. This led Jack to create The Catholic Mentor whereby he helps people become the man or woman God created them to be. Jack explains how his program, unlike a spiritual director or life coach, provides daily, one-on-one accompaniment with an intensity that not only helps his clients discover their hidden obstacles, but challenges them to integrate God into their lives in order to eradicate those obstacles. In this way, his clients can achieve true healing in a spiritual, emotional, and physical way.

Jack’s father is Jewish and his mother is Episcopalian, which he jokingly says led him to be a “confused Jew” by his teen years. Enticed to attend a Catholic Mass by a girlfriend at 17, Jack had a supernatural encounter which led him to explore the Catholic Church, finally entering in 2012. He and his wife, Katie, have three children, ages four, two, and a newborn.  

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