2024 Keynote Speakers

  • Muji Kaiser

    Muji Kaiser is Founding Director of the Okaja Foundation, a 501c3 charitable organization that aids Catholic institutions serving orphaned and impoverished children in her home country of Nigeria. She emigrated to the US at the age of three and was raised in Northeast Ohio, where she graduated from Cleveland State University with degrees in Journalism and Psychology.

    Muji is also a speaker, writer, and an occasional guest contributor to the Theology of Home blog. She resides in Southern California with her husband and five children, ages 1-7.

  • Kendra Tierney Norton

    Kendra Tierney Norton is grateful to be a wife, mother, and stepmother. She lives in the wilds of unincorporated Los Angeles County in a big old fixer-upper with her husband and a varying number of their combined fourteen children, plus one fish, two cats, and twenty chickens. She likes to say that her goal is keeping Catholicism weird. To that end, she is the author of books with Ignatius Press and Emmaus Road Publishing, the creator of Catholic All Year At Home on FORMED, and the CEO of Catholic All Year, an apostolate dedicated to helping parents live out their Catholic faith and pass it along to their children.

  • Fr. Tim Grumbach

    Growing up in Santa Monica, Fr. Tim Grumbach developed a great love for music and for the outdoors, spending a few years before seminary surfing competitively. He was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 2017. As the chaplain of Bishop Alemany High School, he utilizes his degrees in philosophy and theology to teach, which is one of his great joys. He is blessed to be able to share his love for Christ and His Church in the classroom. He has been able to share his passion for young adult ministry throughout the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, and nationally with missionary groups like NET Ministries, Life Teen, and Focus.

  • Kathleen Benelli

    Kathleen Benelli lives in Santa Barbara with her husband Gordon of 40 years. They have three children and two grandchildren. Kathleen worked for Quest Diagnostics as a Program Director for 20 years and retired from corporate life to join Fairest Love Shrine in 2023 bringing her business organizational and operations skills to the Shrine. Kathleen also has experience in Sales, Education, and Change Management. She is a member of the Old Mission Santa Barbara Parish where she serves as a lector and catechist. In addition to apostolic work, she also enjoys lap swimming, hiking, cooking, and chatting with little kids.

Stay tuned for further speaker announcements!

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Registration opens August 15!

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Stay tuned for further speaker announcements! 〰️ Registration opens August 15! 〰️