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2012 CHAPLET Homeschool Conference

The 13th Annual CHAPLET Conference:
Saturday, April 21, 2012
at Mater Ecclessiae in Berlin, NJ


ANNOUNCING
Our Featured Speakers:


Regina Doman:
Evangelizing the Imagination

John Clark:
The Strength of Christ: The Role Model
for the Catholic Homeschooling Father

Rev. Allain Caparas,
Sr Theresa Kovacs & Sr. Jessica Whitman:

Nurturing Vocations in the Homeschool:
What to Do, What Not to Do

Kellie Miller:
The Toddler and the Preschool Circuit

 

Get to know our Speakers …


ReginaDoman Regina Doman is a Catholic wife, mother, author and editor. Currently she works for Sophia Institute Press as the editor of their fiction line, whose recent offering, Rachel's Contrition, is a #1 Best Seller in Amazon's Women's Fiction category, and winner of the 2011 Catholic Arts and Letters Award for best adult fiction. As an author, she has written the Fairy Tale Novels, a series of books for teens and adults that places fairy tales in modern settings with Christian themes interwoven. The fifth book in that series, Alex O'Donnell and the 40 CyberThieves, won the 2011 Catholic Arts and Letters Award for best young adult fiction. Her only picture book Angel in the Waters has sold over 100,000 copies. Find out more about Regina's writing activities here: www.chestertonpress.com

    Regina and her husband Andrew live in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley where they homeschool seven of their eight children. To the question, “How do you manage to get it all done?” Regina responds, “What makes you think I get it all done?”.


MaureenWittmann

John Clark was homeschooled by his mother, Dr. Mary Kay Clark, for seven years in the 1980s, after which he earned a BA from Christendom College in 1992. He is currently a second-generation homeschooling father of nine children, from ages 2 to 18. He writes a popular homeschooling column in the Seton Home Study School newsletter; he has given a number of lectures on the topic of the father's role in the homeschooling family; and he is the author of the book Who's Got You? Observations of a Catholic Homeschooling Father.

    Before retiring from his company in 2011, he was CEO of Paladin Financial Group for over 15 years, and is still recognized as an expert on the topic of Catholic morality and financial markets. He resides in Front Royal, Virgina with his wife and children.



Mary Ellen Barrett
SrTKovacs
SrJWhitman

Rev. Allain B. Caparas is a priest of the diocese of Camden, New Jersey. Born in the Philippines, Father Caparas has had the desire to be a Priest since he was a young boy. He immigrated with his family to the United States in 1986. A graduate of Seton Hall University, Father Caparas was ordained to the Priesthood in 2006 and has served since then in several parishes in New Jersey. Father is currently pastor of the newly-formed Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Parish (formerly the parishes of St. Rose, St. Mary's and Queen of Angels)  in Newfield, NJ. In addition to his duties as Pastor, Father continues to work with the youth and young adults and teaches religious education.

Sr. Theresa Kovacs, SFm is the vocations director for the Franciscan Sisters Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus and of Mary Immaculate. Sr. Jessica Whitman, SFm is a sister in the order and is the oldest of ten siblings, all homeschooled. Both sisters are stationed at St. Peter Convent in Merchantville, New Jersey.

The Franciscan Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus and of Mary Immaculate is a religious community of contemplatives in the world. Their days are spent in prayer (Liturgy of the Hours, Mass, Community Rosary, Adoration and Meditation). They serve in shrines, parishes, the medical field, and education. They are open to the soft whisper of the Spirit mirroring Mary Immaculate in the Annunciation and the Visitation. To see the official website of the order (in Italian) visit: http://www.roccaporena.com/



KellieMiller

Kellie Miller is a former Division I athlete, a huge sports fan and a "granola" with regard to diet. Residing in south Jersey, Kellie is a non-practicing attorney and is married to a hard-working patent lawyer. A convert to the Catholic Faith, Kellie is a dedicated stay-at-home mom and homeschooler of five young children ages 7 to newborn. To help her cope with this abundance of little blessings while continuing to advance the homeschooling experience for her older children, Kellie developed the Toddler and Pre-School Circuit which is the topic of her talk at the conference.

Kellie is also an avid blogger. See her posts at www.buildingcathedrals.com

Recorded Talks

Talks given by our guest speakers may be recorded
and available to order the day of the event.
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