To register with a credit card please go to our website, www.thetalk.org, and click on the

registration button

Registration Form

• Purchase your tickets through your Parish Captain or your pastor (Many parishes pre-purchase blocks of tickets: watch your bulletin.) OR mail in this form OR register online

• For groups, return all registration forms in one envelope if possible

Admission tickets and information will be mailed to you just prior to the Conference. SORRY, NO REFUNDS.

Conference date is Saturday, November 23, 2019

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Please list quantity of tickets on appropriate line

____ x $40 Adult Early Bird (if mailed by Nov. 1)

____ x $45 Regular Adult (Early Bird Discount Available)

____ x $15 College students or younger

____ x $5 Deacons (Please obtain tickets through your parish.)

____ x $0 Priests (Please obtain tickets through your parish.)

Total enclosed $_________________

Please mail registration form and cash or check to: Great Lakes Catholic Men’s Conference

P.O. Box 68 Batavia, IL 60510

*Make checks payable to:

Great Lakes Catholic Fellowship, Inc.

For information call 888-849-2282 or visit us at www.thetalk.org

Registration Information

$40 Early Bird if purchased by Nov. 1, $45 if purchased after Nov. 1, $50 at the door $15 college students or younger, $5 deacons

Purchase your ticket on our website or fill out the

attached registration form

Parking and lunch are included. For best seats, arrive early.

Special seating available for the physically impaired.

No one will be turned away because

of inability to pay. We want you to come!

Thank you to our major sponsors:

More Sponsorships available

Donations are also welcome Please see www.thetalk.org for more information or

call 888-849-2282 or email mensconf@thetalk.org

Kevin Matthews

Eric Groth

Dan DeMatte

Eric Groth is President/CEO and Executive Producer of ODB Films. ODB Films is an award-winning not-for-profit Catholic video production ministry. In January 2016, ODB Films released its first feature film, Full of Grace. The film received a Gabriel Award for "Best Family Feature." OBD most recently released Paul, Apostle of Christ, starring Jim Caviezel.

Kevin was named to the all-time list of Top Twenty Radio Personalities. A household name in Chicago for over 17 years, he entertained millions a week on AM 1000/97.9FM The Loop and ABC and CBS radio. In the fall of 2008, while on-air, he was partially paralyzed by MS. His book Broken Mary is the story of his career, his struggle to overcome MS, and a chance encounter with a statue of the Virgin Mary.

Fr. Burke became Catholic while attending Providence High School near Joliet. A highly accomplished baseball player at Mississippi State University, when his dream to play in Major League baseball did not materialize, eventually he felt the call to become a priest. Father is currently the Director of Lay Formation and Secretary of Evangelization and Catechesis for the Joliet Diocese. He has been serving as the Catholic Chaplain for the 2016 World Series Champion Chicago Cubs since 2013.

Fr. Burke Masters

Dan DeMatte is a Catholic speaker, retreat leader, and youth minister who founded and serves as executive director of the Damascus Catholic Mission Campus. DeMatte was one of the stars of the 2006 A&E reality show God or the Girl. He has appeared on EWTN, The Today Show, and Larry King Live. He is the cohost of EWTN radio’s Encounter. DeMatte is also author of the book Holiness Revolution.

Bishop David J. Malloy

Bishop Malloy is the ninth Bishop of the Diocese of Rockford, IL. Prior to his installation as Bishop, his priesthood included serving as the General Secretary of the USCCB, as well spending time serving in Pakistan and Syria as part of the Vatican Diplomatic Services.

Wayne is co-founder of the financial planning firm Wayne Messmer & Associates, LLC. Known as the “Voice of Chicago,” he can often be found singing the National Anthem at Cubs and Wolves games.

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Why have close to 20,000 men attended?

We asked previous attendees. One attendee, Chris, said, “Always very uplifting.” Dave said it is, “powerful”, and “challenging.” And Michael said, “I was in spiritual crisis…(the conference) helped to lift me out of darkness.” Don’t just take these men’s words for it, come discover for yourself.

Don’t miss this opportunity to: • Energize and deepen your faith • Gain insight into authentic masculinity and heroic virtue • Be inspired by others to live courageously for Christ • Feel a renewed sense of hope and purpose

Holmes Student Center Northern Illinois University 340 Carroll Ave Dekalb, IL 60115

Directions and parking:

From I-88, exit Annie Glidden Rd. north to IL Rt. 38. east. Then head north on Normal Rd. A parking garage is available south of the Student Center on Normal Rd.; and open air parking lots are available on Carroll Ave, SW of the Student Center and one block north of the Student Center off of Normal Rd. at the Newman Center and across from the Newman Center

Doors open and music begins at 8:00 a.m. Activities begin at 8:50 a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m.

Come and enjoy: Dynamic speakers Exposition of Blessed Sacrament Uplifting, live music Mass Fellowship Sacrament of Reconciliation Lunch Adoration Chapel Free Parking Exhibits

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Early Bird discount available!

“Through Him let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God”

Hebrews 13:15