Meet the 2025 Keynote Speakers
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Montse Alvarado
PRESIDENT AND COO OF EWTN.
EMCEE OF 2024 NATIONAL EUCHARISTIC REVIVAL.Born in Mexico City, Montse Alvarado is the first Latina President and COO of EWTN News, where she oversees global news platforms including the Catholic News Agency, the National Catholic Register, and a lineup of television and radio news programs. She is also the founding anchor of the weekly show News in Depth.
Profiled by the Wall Street Journal as "A defender of all religion, on the front lines of America’s culture wars," she worked with the team at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty—a renowned non-profit defending religious freedom as a human right—for 14 years, securing 12 victories at the Supreme Court for clients like the Little Sisters of the Poor.
Montse serves on the boards of various Catholic non-profits and advises the U.S. Bishops through their Religious Liberty Committee.
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Sister Mary Grace, S.V.
CO-HOST OF THE SISTERS OF LIFE “LET LOVE” PODCAST.
SEEK SPEAKER.Sr. Mary Grace, S.V., grew up on the shores of Sydney, Australia, and graduated from the University of Notre Dame Australia with a degree in Theology. Captivated by the beauty of every human life and feeling compelled to lay down her life to protect it, she worked for the campus ministry team before entering the Sisters of Life in 2013. Sister Mary Grace made her first vows in 2018 and professed her final vows in 2023. She was first missioned for three years in Toronto, Canada, serving vulnerable pregnant women and their unborn children, inviting those wounded by abortion into the healing mercy of Jesus, and offering retreats. Sister then served in the Evangelization Mission for the Community for three years in the Bronx and in Denver, where she currently resides. The Evangelization Mission coordinates the sharing of the charism of life and fostering a culture of life throughout the US and worldwide, through in-person Mission Trips, media and online outreach. She is also the co-host of the Sisters of Life Podcast ‘Let Love’ and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Theology at the Augustine Institute.
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Carrie Gress
BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF THEOLOGY OF HOME, THE ANTI-MARY EXPOSED, AND MORE.
Carrie Gress, Ph.D., is a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a scholar at The Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University of America. She is the founder and co-editor at the online women’s magazine and marketplace TheologyofHome.com and the author of ten books, including the Theology of Home series, The Anti-Mary Exposed, and The End of Woman.
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Rachael Killackey
FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MAGDALA MINISTRIES.
SEEK SPEAKER.
AUTHOR.Rachael is the founder and executive director of Magdala Ministries, an organization whose mission is to help women recover from sexual addiction and compulsion. She earned her bachelors and masters degrees in Theology from Ave Maria University, and is certified in sexual addiction therapy. Rachael married her husband, Tommy, in 2021--they live in Tampa, FL, with their two small children. Her book, Love in Recovery, is available through Ave Maria Press. Rachael was a 2024 Seek Speaker, hosts the Magdala podcast, and has been a guest on many various Catholic podcasts.