Greg and Mary Wood

have walked over 1200 miles combined on the Camino Frances and Camino Portuguese in Spain, the Via Francigena in Italy, and the California Camino Mission Trail. They also established and coordinate the annual St. Junipero Serra Walking Pilgrimage locally. Greg is a founding Board Member of the Camino de California and the California Mission Walkers…

is a therapist who helps people heal by reconnecting with themselves, others, and God. Raised at St. Paschal Baylon, studied at Franciscan University and Divine Mercy University, he now practices at The Catholic Therapy Center in Westlake Village. Blending psychology, neuroscience, and Catholic spirituality, Kolbe invites people to encounter Christ’s healing through presence and genuine…

is a Professor of Economics and the Blanche Seaver Chair of Social Science at Pepperdine University. His research crosses the boundaries between economics, natural law philosophy, and Catholic theology. He has published four books on Catholic ethics and economics. His current book project is “Catholic Social Teaching from the Ground Up.” He publishes two substack…

believe that music is an integral and important part of any liturgical celebration. The SPC music ministry is called to serve the assembly in worship, and serving as choir members in our church is both a privilege and a responsibility.

is composed with Heidi Vass, Melissa Birch, Emma Grace Roche, and Dana Rouse, an all-female quartet dedicated to the preservation of sacred canon. Highlighting unaccompanied classical sacred gems celebrating the beauty of the female voice, presenting pieces from the Renaissance to present day, and commissioning new works, their music celebrates the tradition of beauty spanning…

graduated from Caltech, received a Ph.D. in High Energy Physics from Stanford, and taught at Harvard. He is the author of 50 physics books, many for curious non-scientists and others for advanced students. Since ‘retiring,’ he has taught “Physics for Poets” at the Osher Institute at UCLA and CSUCI, where students voted him “Teacher of…

will be represented by Teresa Runyon, Padre Serra’s Pastoral Associate who holds a Masters in Pastoral Ministry, who will moderate the forum; Michael Lotker, the Community Rabbi for Ventura County’s Jewish Federation and author of A Christian’s Guide to Judaism representing Judaism; and Tim Helton, who holds a Doctorate in the Anthropology of Religion, who…

draws from 15+ years of experience in evangelizing to equip Catholics to share Christ, including at universities, Fortune 500 companies, and other secular environments. He’s worked with Georgetown University on Young Adult Latino Ministry. He has a Masters from Yale University and Bachelors from George Washington University. He is a spokesman for The Mary Foundation.…

is the Coordinator of Adult Faith Formation and Young Adult Ministry in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He has two master’s degrees from LMU: Clinical Psychotherapy and Pastoral Theology. Ernesto has a specialization in Guadalupe studies from the Higher Institute of Guadalupan Studies and has studied Toltec and Ignatian spiritualities in the US and Mexico.

is the Academic Dean and a professor of Moral Theology at St. John’s Seminary. She holds degrees from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome), the University of Navarra (Spain), Fordham University, and Franciscan University of Steubenville. Her courses include Fundamental Moral Theology, Marriage & Family, and Catholic Social Teaching. Her research focuses on…