The Most Rev. José H. Gomez, S.T.D. was installed as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio on February 15, 2005 after previously serving as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Denver since his ordination in March 2001.

Archbishop Gomez was born on December 26, 1951, in Monterrey, Mexico. He holds a doctorate in Sacred Theology. He earned his accounting degree in 1975 as well as a B.A. in Philosophy. In 1978, the year he was ordained a priest of the Opus Dei Prelature, Archbishop Gomez completed his B.A. in Theology at the University of Navarre, Rome Campus. He then began working on a Doctorate in Theology at its Main Campus in Pamplona, Spain, receiving his Doctorate in 1980.

Archbishop Gomez is an enthusiastic supporter of vocations to the priesthood and religious life, and constantly encourages all Catholics to witness their faith in their daily lives. He played a key role in the recent establishment of the Hispanic Seminary of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, which opened in August 2000. This Seminary educates Hispanic seminarians who will later serve in the United States.

In 2003 Archbishop Gomez earned the annual National Association of Hispanic Priests Award, "El Buen Pastor". This award honors a priest who is outstanding in the field of Hispanic Ministry. In 2005 he was named one of Time Magazine's 25 most influential Hispanics in the United States. On July 25, 2008 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as a consultant to the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, whose purpose is to assist the human and spiritual needs of the Church in Latin America.

For his Episcopal motto, Archbishop Gomez chose a scriptural passage from the Letter to the Hebrews: "Let us go forth with confidence to the Throne of Grace." (Heb. 4:16).

Daniel diSilva is a poet, an athlete, a scholar, a woodworker, an administrator, and a composite musician, all rolled into one. The early years of his professional career took him around the world as a musician on tour with bands and artists of wide-ranging styles from Celtic with fiddler Natalie MacMaster and The Chieftains, to Jazz with Joseph Vincelli and Joe McBride, to Folk with James Taylor, Mark O'Connor and Alison Krauss, and Blues with B.B King. After an impressive 10-year career in the music industry, he felt called to take a sabbatical to learn the art of woodworking and returned to school. It was during this period that Daniel began writing songs and poetry that would later become the music of Crispin, the Catholic Funk Band. During the seven years spent on the road with Crispin, Daniel began addressing teens around the globe about abstinence and chastity using his firm grasp of John Paul II's Theology of the Body.

Currently, Daniel lives in Fairhope, Alabama, and is the station manager of WNGL Archangel Radio in the Archdiocese of Mobile. You can visit him at CRISPINMUSIC.ORG, and at ARCHANGELRADIO.COM.

Several years ago Greg and Julie Alexander were at a point where they concluded that a divorce was the only way out of what they thought to be a troubled marriage. Living a life based on the things that society says are important took them spiraling downward until they literally hit rock-bottom. Through learning the truths about marriage and incorporating them into their lives they were able to restore the love that they once had for each other. After miraculously returning from the brink of divorce Greg and Julie began working on what is now known as The Alexander House, a non-profit apostolate dedicated to the education and enrichment of marriage and family life.

Greg and Julie have presented numerous workshops, seminars and talks to thousands of participants across the nation; they’ve appeared on Closer Walk Ministries and Life on the Rock (EWTN). They are frequent guests on talk radio programs including Relevant Radio and various Catholic Radio stations. Their breakthrough work in marriage and their story has been profiled in Patrick Madrid’s Surprised by Truth 3, One More Soul’s Sterilization Reversal Book ~ A Generous Act of Love, Envoy Magazine, Catholic Herald, Denver Catholic Register, Zenit, Archdiocese of Chicago, Global Nation, Family Research Council and Our Sunday Visitor. Greg and Julie have been married for 22 years and have six beautiful children.  Their insights on marriage and relationships are valuable not only for singles who wish to get married or remarried, but for anyone who wants to better understand the effects of the culture in which we live and encounter a new way of viewing love and relationships.

Monica Ashour is a co-founding member of TOBET, the Theology of the Body Evangelization Team. Miss Ashour holds two Masters from the University of Dallas, one in Theological Studies and one in Humanities. She has traveled throughout the United States, particularly in Texas, giving talks about the Pope John Paul II's revolutionary Theology of the Body. As an author of a curriculum on the Theology of the Body for religious education and Catholic schools, Monica seeks to spread the Gospel in the light of the Holy Father's profound understanding of the dignity of the human person made in the image and likeness of God.  In 2010 Monica will become the Theology of the Body Institute's first woman speaker.

Vicki Thorn is the founder of Project Rachel, a Catholic ministry for post-abortion healing and the Executive Director of the National Office of Post-Abortion Reconciliation & Healing in Milwaukee, WI. She is an international expert and speaker on abortion recovery. Her work with women and men healing after abortion loss led her to research how we, as humans, fall in love and bond to each other. She is a trauma counselor, spiritual director, prenatal loss and bereavement facilitator. She and her husband have 6 children.  Back by popular demand, this year she will be speaking about the affects of technology on relationships and on society.  Her talks are always full of thought-provoking research and practical insights!