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Michael Dopp is the founder of the New Evangelization Summit, Mission of the Redeemer Ministries, and is co-founder of uevangelize.org, a new online forum dedicated to the New Evangelization. He holds degrees in Philosophy, Business Administration, and Theology, including a Licentiate in Sacred Theology (STL) from Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit.

Michael speaks globally about the New Evangelization where he inspires lay Catholics to live out more fully their vocation, teaches and encourages priests, and equips parishes for renewal. He lives with his wife and young family in Ottawa.

Barbara Mason has been involved in evangelization work in the UK and abroad for over 40 years. She has done this through giving talks and leading retreats for laity, religious, and seminarians. Barbara is the author of Catholic Truth Society pamphlets: “The Gift of Faith” and “Mercy, the Greatest Gift,” as well as the Kerygma Retreat manual and several other publications.

Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ is a Catholic Priest in the Jesuit order and is currently the President of the Magis Center of Reason and Faith, which produces materials to show the close connection between faith and reason, and the Spitzer Center, which produces curricula to strengthen strategic planning, culture, and spiritual practice of nonprofit and for-profit Catholic organizations. He is the President, Master of Ceremonies, and speaker at the Napa Institute in Napa, California and Washington, D.C.

Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ has published 10 books and is currently the host of a weekly EWTN program - Father Spitzer’s Universe. He has given hundreds of presentations to universities, professional societies, corporations, and government agencies both nationally and internationally and has contributed to countless resources, journals, and literature regarding the link between faith and science.

Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ has taught as a professor of Philosophy as well as business, has founded six major national institutes, and produced nine television series for EWTN.

Brett Powell has been a leader in the new evangelization for the past 25 years. He has held various roles including parish youth minister, campus missionary and as an executive with Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO) Canada. He is currently serving as the Archbishop’s Delegate for Ministries and Development in the Archdiocese of Vancouver and Lead Strategist for the Proclaim Movement, a new evangelization initiative. He has a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and has been a leadership coach/consultant in the Church and corporate world for several years. Brett has given presentations throughout Canada, the United States, Europe and Africa. He has been a contributing writer for various publications including, The Word Among Us. His popular blog, Leadership Where it Matters Most, can be found at www.brettpowell.org. Brett co-creates a podcast for men: www.wayoftheheartpodcast.com.

Brett and his wife Andrea are high school sweethearts and the proud parents of 8 children.

Sherry co-founded the Catherine of Siena Institute (CSI) in 1997 with Fr. Michael Sweeney, OP. CSI trains Catholic leaders in the art of 21st century evangelization and fostering parishes of intentional disciples, in facilitating the discernment of charisms and vocations among all the baptized, and in the theology, formation, and mission of the laity. To date, Sherry and her international team of collaborators have worked directly with 120,000 lay, religious, and ordained Catholics in well over 500 parishes in 137 dioceses.

Sherry is the author of the best-selling book, Forming Intentional Disciples: the Path to Knowing and Following Jesus (2012) (also available in Spanish as Formacion de Discipulos Intencionales) as well as the editor of and a contributor to Forming a Parish of Intentional Disciples (2015). When she is not hanging out in airports, she enjoys tending her high altitude Tuscan garden in the Colorado Rockies.