Roy Petitfils

Roy Petitfils earned his Masters in Counseling from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette and is a proud alumnus of St. Joseph Seminary College in Covington, LA. For two years he studied ministry and spirituality in Rome, Italy at the Angelicum, the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas.

For eight years he served as a Religion Teacher and Director of Campus Ministries at St. Thomas More Catholic High School. Following his time at STM he served as a counselor and administrator at St. Cecilia School in Broussard, LA. Today he is a Counselor Intern at Pax Renewal Center in Lafayette, LA. His counseling ministry draws upon my own experience of the therapeutic process.

Roy has written the following books: A Practical Guide to High School Campus Ministry (2007), What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About the First Five Years of Marriage (2010), God Wears Running Shoes: Spiritual Reflections for Those Ministering to Young People (2009), What Teens Want You to Know But Don’t Tell You (IN PRESS–2012)

Judy McDonald

An alumnus of University of San Diego, Judy has been performing stand-upsince 1994. In college, she worked at KFMB studios in radio and television. She also worked for the Republican National Convention, the Commission on Presidential Debates and the Academy Awards.

Judy's professional comedic experience includes an appearance on the Dennis Miller show, the weather channel and opening for such comedians as Paula Poundstone, Mark Curry, Caroline Rea and Mitch Hedberg. She performs at corporate and private events, universities is a regular at the La Jolla Comedy Store in San Diego.

For the past five years Judy has been touring nationally and internationally bringing her Catholic Comedy to Parishes, conferences even Military bases. When she doesn't have a microphone in her hand you might find Judy participating in adventure races, triathlons,surfing and an occasional sandbagging round of golf.

Dj Bill Lage

Dj Bill Lage creates a fun and exciting environment for everyone in attendance. Whether it is kicking off a youth rally with some fun and exciting energy while people are arriving, speaking and connecting with youth through personal stories or performing a unique, high-energy interactive concert/dance to close out any event and send everyone off wanting more. The vision of the day is to challenge all youth to make their homes, parishes and lives better.

Since 1994, I have been creating fun, energetic and memorable events for all of the wedding receptions, school dances, church events and corporate clients throughout the United States. I bring my unique mix of high interaction and family friendly entertainment to every event I perform.

Perpetual Motion Ministry

We are a lay ministry based out of Dallas TX that is dedicated to building up parish communities and ministries by providing short term contract labor that informs, supports, and empowers the gifts that are already present in the community. Our primary focus is youth and young adult ministry but we also work with adult communities on a regular basis. So whether you need a dynamic retreat to kick off your year, help tweaking your curriculum to achieve a more comprehensive ministry, large scale needs analysis, help forming a vision for your ministry, or to build skills on your leadership team we would love to talk to you.