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Steubenville of the Rockies

July 25-27, 2025 | Gaylord Rockies Resort

Conferences and Retreats

2025 Theme: Consumed

“For the LORD, your God, is a consuming fire, a jealous God.”
– Deuteronomy 4:24

Next summer, over 50,000 Catholic teens across North America will attend one of 25 Steubenville Youth Conferences to encounter God!

Registration

  • Registration will open November 18th at 10 AM.
  • Housing Registration will open November 18th at 10 AM.
  • For more information on registration timelines – visit the registration page.

2025 Steubenville Team

Brian Greenfield

Male Speaker

Brian Greenfield was born and raised in Washington, DC. After graduating from Gonzaga College High School, Brian attended Seton Hall University. While there, God moved powerfully in Brian's heart and Life. Brian began to attend a weekly prayer meeting with other students. This eventually grew into a retreat ministry called the 12 Apostles Program. While leading a retreat, Brian promised God that he would stop living for himself and gave his life to Jesus Christ.

Katie Hartfiel

Female Speaker

Katie Hartfiel received her theology degree from Franciscan University of Steubenville and spent the following seven years serving as a youth minister in Houston. She now feels blessed to spend her days with her husband, Mark, and their four children, while still getting to travel to speak about Jesus. For more on Katie, her books, and your first chapters free, visit womaninlove.org.

Fr. Fernando Camou

Team Priest

Father Fernando Camou is the middle son of five children, raised in Glendale, Arizona. He has 15 nieces and nephews with whom he loves to compete. Father Fernando is always up for a jam session, playing drums, guitar, or bass. He marvels at the joy of being a priest of Phoenix, Arizona, since 2015, serving the Church in parish ministry, vocations work, high school chaplaincy, seminary formation, and as a student. He currently serves as rector of the Cathedral of St. Simon and Jude.

Chris Padgett

Host

Chris Padgett is a popular speaker, musician, and author who has traveled around the world for over two decades giving concerts, talks, parish missions and retreats to all ages about the love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ. A convert to Catholicism, Chris has published numerous books and articles, and has been involved in video, television and radio for many years. He also taught at Franciscan University of Steubenville and currently teaches with Catholic Distance University in between speaking and writing engagements.

Franciscan LEAD

July 21-25, 2025

Are your teens ready to take their faith to the NEXT LEVEL?

Leadership

Evangelization

Discipleship

A five day, Christ-centered, sacrament-soaked, prayer fueled immersion in Catholic teachings on leadership, evangelization, and discipleship inspired by the life and witness of St. Francis of Assisi. This program takes place the Monday-Friday leading up to Steubenville of the Rockies.

Our leadership philosophy is based on the foundation that youth leadership flows from a personal relationship with Christ. Therefore, we first give teens the tools to grow closer in their relationship with Jesus and then give them the essentials for servant leadership and evangelization. Spots are limited so learn more at the button below!

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