Convert to Catholicism, Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, is a member of the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception.
Before his conversion, he was a high school dropout, was kicked out of a foreign country, institutionalized twice, and thrown into jail multiple times. After his radical conversion, he earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville.
He then earned his master of divinity degree and his bachelor’s in sacred theology from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. He also
has an STL (Licentiate in Sacred Theology) in Mariology from the Marianum in Rome.
He has written 12 books, including the best-sellers “No Turning Back: A Witness to Mercy,” and “Champions of the Rosary: The History and Heroes of a Spiritual Weapon.” He leads pilgrimages to Marian Shrines around the world and resides in Steubenville, Ohio.
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Nathaniel Binversie is a man devoted to Jesus Christ, his wife, and his two children. Though he is the Director of Mission for Exodus 90 he considers his occupational title to be first and foremost, missionary.
With a zeal for souls he earned degrees in Philosophy, Catholic Studies, and Theology. After his time in school he spent the next few years working as a missionary to college men at the University of Utah, University of Northern Colorado, and Franciscan University of Steubenville.
Inspired to do even more for the formation of men, he came to Exodus 90 with the hopes of helping the company take its necessary next steps in mission. Since he has been with Exodus 90, he re-authored the 90 day spiritual exercise, crafted a roadmap for Day 91 (life after Exodus), and has fulfilled speaking engagements when time has permitted.
Nathaniel is honored to be coming to the Bay Area this spring to share a powerful roadmap to freedom with you.
Ed Hopfner is the director of Marriage and Family Life for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. A popular speaker, Ed has given talks throughout North America, particularly on Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body (TOB), as well as teaching classes and conducting study groups and workshops.. Additionally, he has extensive training in moral theology, and education around the issues of sexuality and chastity.
Originally from Seattle, Ed has a master’s degree in Theology from the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, and a bachelor’s and master's degrees in chemistry. He has taught chemistry and mathematics at the high school and community college level in Seattle, taught English in Japan while studying Japanese, and has lived and studied Spanish in Mexico.
Since 2001, Ed has led workshops and trained teachers for the Catherine of Siena Institute, an organization devoted to implementing the teachings of Vatican II on the mission of the laity, and led workshops in English and Spanish on lay formation and parish governance. He is passionate about sharing the good news of the Gospel and Church teaching to a world that badly needs to hear it.
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone was born in San Diego on June 5, 1956 to Leon and Mary Cordileone, who raised their family in Blessed Sacrament Parish. Salvatore was the second son and the third of their four children.
In Deceomber of 1974, during his first year of college at San Diego State University, he was encouraged by a young parish priest he respected to attend a seminary vocation retreat. It was during this first year that the Archbishop discerned his call to the priesthood, entering St. Francis Seminary and transferring as a sophomore to the University of San Diego.
Salvatore Cordileone graduated in 1978 with a B.A. in Philosophy. He was accepted to study in Rome and continued in the seminary at the Pontifical North American College. He received an undergraduate degree in Sacred Theology in 1981 from the Pontifical Gregorian University and the following year returned to San Diego to be ordained and begin his first pastoral assignment.
On July 9, 1982, Bishop Leo T. Maher ordained the Reverend Salvatore J. Cordileone. In 1985 he was again sent to Rome, this time to study the new Code of Canon Law. He spent the next four years again at the Gregorian University completing his doctoral degree. Pastoral work called to him again in 1991 and he became pastor of Calexico’s Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, four blocks from the Mexican border.
In 1995 he was called to Rome and for the next seven years served as assistant at the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the Church’s highest canonical court. On July 5, 2002, Pope John Paul II appointed then-Monsignor Cordileone as Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego. He was ordained a bishop on August 21, 2002 by Bishop Brom.
On March 23, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop Cordileone as the fourth Bishop of Oakland. His Mass of Installation was celebrated on May 5, 2009 at the Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland. Three years later, on July 27, 2012, he was appointed the Archbishop of San Francisco and was installed on October 4, 2012, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.
Archbishop Cordileone is a member of the Canonical Affairs and Church Governance Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; and a member on the Governing Board of the International Theological Institute. He recently became chairman of the USCCB Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth and will serve a three-year term.
Archbishop Cordileone’s avocations include a life-long interest in jazz music. He also enjoys swimming, hiking and badminton, as well as spectator sports, especially professional baseball and football.