During this weekend’s conference, Mark and Joyce Markowski from St. Gerard Majella Parish in Kirkwood, MO are serving as what they affectionately call “Priest Ubers,” though their official title is “Priest Hospitality.” This is the 4^th year that they have been helping in this way, though it is the 5^th year attending Steubenville for each of them. Joyce has also attended previously an usher, and Mark as a chaperone. They have been married for 30 years.

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Logan from Franciscan LEAD is a member of Holy Rosary Parish in Monroe City, which is a church in the Diocese of Jefferson City, MO. He is going to be a junior at Monroe City High School this fall.

Tonight he shared with us how much he appreciates the power of the Sacrament of Reconciliation in his life.

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This year, Christopher Kennebeck is serving as our Liturgy MC (Master of Ceremonies) for both of our conferences; his job includes not only planning our liturgies, but making sure that they run smoothly. He attended three of our conferences as a teen participant, and this is his second conference as a seminarian staff member.

This fall he will be a junior at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, and, God willing, will be ordained a priest seven years from now.  When he is not working as our Liturgy MC, you can find him hanging out with other seminarians, going to the movies with his brother, watching his sister perform in theater, playing disc golf, baseball, and dodgeball, as well as singing in the seminary choir.

His two favorite parts of the weekend are seeing the joy on everyone’s face as they come out of confession, and the men’s talk.

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Our event photographer Lisa Masek graciously put together this summary video of our conference that was held on July 20– 22, 2018.

“May you always remember that you are in the holy presence of God.”