Meet The Team
Josh Blakesly
Week 1 Worship Leader
Josh Blakesley has acknowledged a simple calling: to make music that moves people into prayer and action. Josh and his bandmates have dedicated themselves to making music for liturgy in today’s era by answering the question, How do I create a song that will honor traditions, yet speak to people in the modern Church and lead them to worship? He has led music for 20-plus years at various events, churches, festivals, and conferences including Steubenville Conferences. In addition to touring, songwriting, and producing, Josh serves as the music director at St. Anthony of Padua in The Woodlands, Texas.
Fr. Brian Fallon
Week 1 Team Priest
Lisa Cotter
Week 1 Speaker
Lisa Cotter is a leading Catholic speaker and author known for her practical insights on relationships, femininity, and living life with excellence. She served with FOCUS missionaries for over 10 years, created and hosted the popular “How-to Catholic” podcast, authored Dating Detox and Reveal the Gift, and has traveled widely as a presenter at SEEK, Steubenville conferences, NCYC, and more. Lisa resides in Denver, Colorado, with her husband, Kevin, and their four children.
Matt Regitz
Week 1 Speaker
After graduating from Texas A&M and pursuing an oilfield sales career Matt took a leap of faith and became the youth minster at his parish in Houston, Texas. The mission has grown to include parishes around the world as he serves as a global leadership coach with Divine Renovation Ministries. Matt and bride, Stephanie, started Survive and Thrive Ministries to share their story of healing and hope with other families. The rest of the Regitz clan includes their four kids at home and a daughter in heaven, Mary Clare, love soccer games, barbecues, minivan road trip, and the communal life.
Kyle Huelsing
Week 2 Worship Leader
Fr. Rufino Corona, TOR
Week 2 Team Priest
Fr. Rufino Corona is a friar on the campus of his alma mater, Franciscan University of Steubenville. Shortly after his graduation, he entered the Third Order Regular of St. Francis and was ordained in 2020. Having grown up in California as a self proclaimed "conference kid," Fr. Rufino is excited to minister at the conferences for the first time this summer.
Sr. M. Karolyn Nunes, FSGM
Week 2 Speaker
Sister M. Karolyn Nunes entered the Franciscan Sisters of the Martyr St. George in 2005. Since graduating from Franciscan University, the native of Rhode Island has worked in the field of catechetics and youth ministry in parishes and schools around the country. She loves to share the fullness of life and the merciful love of Christ with others and to help them to find the same in God's incredible plan for their lives; this is her current apostolate as vocation director for her community. She enjoys arts and crafts and is known to be a human jukebox.
Joel Stepanek
Week 2 Speaker
Joel Stepanek has been passionately involved in youth ministry for over 15 years and has traveled throughout the United States and world proclaiming the Gospel. He is the author of several books, including Beginning Well, Chasing Humility, and True North: A Roadmap for Discernment. Joel is an avid Packers fan and enjoys cooking, Spartan races, and reading. Most importantly, he loves spending time with his wife, Colleen, and three children, Elijah Daniel, Sophia Grace, and Micah James.