Featured Artists & Speakers
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Jamie GraceOriginally from Atlanta, Georgia Jamie Grace is a 2x GRAMMY Nominated singer- songwriter, musician and actress based in Los Angeles, California.
Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at the age of 11, she began living life with a streak of resilience and dedication that is well beyond her years. Through her music and words, Jamie Grace hops to encourage other kids who may also have struggles in life. She has since founded ImAFighter.org and the Jamie Grace Foundation, both which advocate for children and families. When Jamie Grace was 14, she created youtube channels for her music and for “ImAFighter” which, over the years, garnered the attention of record labels and producers. At the age of 17, Jamie Grace became a cast member on TBN’s iShine KNECT and began touring with iShine LIVE with her self-produced Pop/Hip Hop CD. Her Youtube channel continued to open doors which included being signed a major record label and joining the national tour The Revolve Tour (by Women of Faith) as a keynote speaker. At just 25 years old, now independent artist Jamie Grace has 4 #1 radio singles, many nominations as a singer/songwriter, millions of views on her weekly Youtube videos and a “crazy but awesome” (as Jamie Grace explains it) tour schedule. She is also half of Harper Still, a country-influenced pop duo with her older sister and writing partner Morgan Harper Nichols. When she isn’t on tour or in the studio, Jamie Grace co-hosts the food & lifestyle podcast On The Plate Again with her sister Morgan, The Jamie Grace Show, a webshow and podcast and the podcast God Girl’s Club, a weekly mini-devotional for young girls and their families. In the Summer of 2017, Jamie Grace launched LoveWill.net, an extension of The Jamie Grace Foundation, as a way to advocate for children in foster care. Jamie Grace’s 3rd studio album, ’91, was released on 9.1.2017 and quickly soared to #1 on the Christian & Gospel Charts! Be sure to buy your copy today, catch Jamie Grace weekly on her YouTube channel and get your tickets for a concert in your area! |
Fr. Rob GaleaFr Rob Galea is an ordained Catholic Priest and is currently serving in Sandhurst Diocese, Victoria after moving to Australia from Malta, his home country. He is a singer and songwriter with an international fan base. Apart from a series of recordings and CD releases, Fr Rob has also written a number of songs for various campaigns and international conferences.
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Dr. Ansel AugustineDr. Ansel Augustine is the Director of the Office of Black Catholic Ministries for the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Previously he served as the Associate Director/Coordinator of Black Youth & Young Adult Ministry for the CYO Youth & Young Adult Ministry Office. He is also on the Faculty of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana. Ansel has served on the board of directors for the National Catholic Young Adult Ministry Association (NCYAMA) and the National Federation of Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM). He began his career in ministry over 18 years ago when he became the youth minister at his home parish of St. Peter Claver in the Treme area of New Orleans, which he helped to rebuild following hurricane Katrina. He has presented workshops and keynotes around the country and has written various pieces related to ministry. Ansel presently serves on the board for the New Orleans Black Indian Alliance (NOBIA) and is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. the Knights of Columbus, the Knights of Peter Claver, and the Wild Tchoupitoulas (Black Masking) Mardi Gras Indians.
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Will HinceWill specializes in speaking on wilderness and spiritual survival. With personal tales of wilderness expeditions and life or death survival situations, Will draws in listeners to discover the awesome reality of divine life and how the fire of our faith can survive and thrive beyond the wild.
Will’s Catholic youth ministry experience includes: • Founding Beyond the Wild, a Catholic charity offering unique wild camping retreats and events which teach people how to survive in the wilderness and how our faith can survive in our world. • Global outreach through a “Beyond the Wild” episode of “Real Life Catholic” filmed in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado airing in March 2019 to millions of viewers on EWTN and Amazon Prime. • Over a decade of full time professional Catholic youth ministry including working on evangelization teams running retreats, parish missions, and outreach, working in Catholic retreat centres, working as a Catholic high school and sixth form lay chaplain, and coordinating youth ministry across Portsmouth Diocese. • Will has been DBS checked and trained in safeguarding in accordance with Beyond the Wild’s safeguarding policy. Will is happily married to his very supportive and loving wife, Maria with four beautiful children, Nicola (6), Joanna (4), William (2), and Lucy (6 months). |
His outdoor living and survival background includes:
• 5 years in the Army Reserve (6 Rifles) as a Rifleman infantry soldier. • Time spent training with the Royal Marines on the Commando Training Course, and with the Army on the Combat Infantry Course. • 4 years spent travelling overseas with countless nights spent wild camping, and many wilderness expeditions in extreme conditions including the Southern Alps of New Zealand, the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, the Alps, Scandinavia, and a 1000 mile pilgrimage from Le Puy to Santiago De Compostela. • Will is a skilled bushcraft instructor with extensive experience teaching groups how to survive in the wild. “By fusing together wilderness and spiritual survival Will Hince equips young people so their faith can survive and thrive allowing them to become fully alive and fully who they were created to be as children of God.” -Chris Stefanick |
Rokafuerte |
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Rokafuerte is a Catholic band dedicated to the arduous task of evangelization through contemporary music. Rokafuerte's specific approach is to bring believers to an intimate encounter with their creator, through songs of praise, adoration and reflection.
In 2008 the vision of Rokafuerte started to take shape and so began the recording of the first album titled “Penetrar en lo Profundo" which was released on May 13, 2011. Currently Rokafuerte consists of 5 members; Francisco, Juan, Manuel, Ricardo, and Sam. Rokafuerte has two productions “Penetrar en lo Profundo" (2011), “Yo Te Necesito" (2014), also with its most recent single “Rendidos Ante Dios” (2017), and are currently generating a third album, which
will be launched later in 2019.
The vision of Rokafuerte believes in providing service to the community through music with purpose; in concerts, in the liturgical celebration, in retreats of evangelization, etc. Rokafuerte's work does not stop in just composing, recording, and playing music. The desire of Rokafuerte is that through the work of each of its members, inside and outside the religious field, people may see the reflection of a living God.
In 2008 the vision of Rokafuerte started to take shape and so began the recording of the first album titled “Penetrar en lo Profundo" which was released on May 13, 2011. Currently Rokafuerte consists of 5 members; Francisco, Juan, Manuel, Ricardo, and Sam. Rokafuerte has two productions “Penetrar en lo Profundo" (2011), “Yo Te Necesito" (2014), also with its most recent single “Rendidos Ante Dios” (2017), and are currently generating a third album, which
will be launched later in 2019.
The vision of Rokafuerte believes in providing service to the community through music with purpose; in concerts, in the liturgical celebration, in retreats of evangelization, etc. Rokafuerte's work does not stop in just composing, recording, and playing music. The desire of Rokafuerte is that through the work of each of its members, inside and outside the religious field, people may see the reflection of a living God.
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Manuel JaimezManuel Jaimez is a member of the parish Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in the city of Sun Valley, CA since 1992. He is a musician and teacher, leader and organizer. Manuel currently serves as a member in the Latin American Youth Committee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. He is also a graduate of Loyola Marymount University with a Masters in Pastoral Theology.
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Cecilia Florez
Cecilia Flores has served the Lord since encountering him in the Eucharist at the age of 16. She followed his call to Honduras where she lived for 6 years as a missionary. She is now on a mission as a wife and mother of two toddlers in the golden state of California. She holds an MA in Global Development and Social Justice from St. John’s University NY, and currently serves as Programs Director for Catholic Charities of Yolo-Solano. Cecilia is a proud Filipina and finds joy in loving those in need, worshipping the Lord through music, and eating McDonald's french fries.