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Our conference speakers are among the most sought-after and energizing preachers and teachers available! Come and experience their creativity and warmth as they share not only their wisdom and insight, but their practical ideas to helping each of us see the face the God.

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Kim Catherine-Marie Kollins is a member of the Catholic Community of the Beatitudes and a member of the ICCRS European sub-committee. She is a leader in various European and international Charismatic realities, including being a member of the executive committee of International Charismatic Consultation, an ecumenical charismatic work. She has the ministry of reconciliation among Christians and a key project is the prayer initiative "Burning Bush Project."

She has lived in Europe since 1982, with Germany as her base and is a member of the National Council of German Catholic Charismatic Renewal.

Born in the United States of European parents, Kim Kollins has gone from business executive to evangelist, from Lutheran roots to the non-denominational Charismatic Renewal and in 1984 was received into full communion with the Catholic Church. She is mother of 2 grown sons and has 3 granddaughters. She has proclaimed Jesus Christ as Lord in over thirty countries in Europe, Africa and the Far East. She is author of two books Burning Bush, A Return To The Upper Room In Adoration and Intercession and It's Only the Beginning.

Fr. Richard Ho Lung, M.O.P. is the Founder and Superior General of the Missionaries of the Poor in Kingston, Jamaica. The Missionaries of the Poor were founded in 1981 to work among impoverished peoples, principally on the island of Jamaica, and now also in India, the Philippines, Haiti and Uganda. Prior to founding the Missionaries of the Poor Fr. Ho Lung was ordained a Jesuit in 1971 and taught English and Theology at the University of the West Indies, at Boston College and St. George's College (Kingston).

In addition to his work among the poor Fr. Ho Lung has preached numerous missions and retreats in North and Central America, Europe, the Carribean and the Far East.

He has also written over 300 songs, musical plays and oratorios. He has 16 CDs, LP albums and cassette tape recordings.

He has over 28 years of live stage performances of original music with "Fr. Ho Lung and Friends" in Jamaica, and about 100 overseas tours of live performances in the Caribbean, the United States, India and England. For his music and stage work he has received numerous awards.

In 1991 Fr. Ho Lung received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Papal Award in recognition of his service to the Church. In 2002 he received the Poverello Award from Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Fr. Marc Montminy was ordained for the Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire in 1977. From 1977 to 1982 he was assigned to St. Joseph Parish in Salem where he worked with Cursillo Communities and Charismatic Prayer Groups. In 1978, he was appointed Chairman of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission, a position he held until 1994.

From 1982 to 1983, Fr. Marc was co-director of the Christian Life Center in Manchester. In 1983, he was the founder of the Office of Worship where he worked until 1993.

In June of 1988, Fr. Marc became the pastor of a Ste. Marie, a large urban parish in Manchester. Since that time, he has founded a retreat center, a bookstore, an office of Evangelization and a number of organizations which have spread beyond the Diocese of Manchester.

He has given parish missions, retreats for men and women, couples' retreats, Young Adult Retreats, Family weekend Experiences; founded the Men of Joseph and was responsible for beginning a "Catholic Tent Revival" in his diocese.

Fr. Marc currently serves as a pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Manchester as well as part-time vocation director.

James Murphy was born in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. He received his bachelor's degree in Social Work in 1976 from Wayne State University School of Social Work. In addition to his academic background, Jim also received training as an undersea salvage diver at Diver's Training Academy in Ft. Pierce, Florida.

While a senior in High School, Jim made a decision to surrender the rest of his life to Christ. This decision had a major impact on every aspect of Jim's life.

Since that time, Jim has worked in the Catholic Church in various capacities: As a member of parish pastoral teams; in youth ministry on parish, diocesan, and national levels; religious education; sacramental preparation; parish missions; consultant and facilitator for many groups; and as an International conference speaker. Jim has been extensively involved in Charismatic Renewal and is a past chairman of the National Service Committee.

He has served on the North American Renewal Service Committee (NARSC), an ecumenical organization. He is currently finishing his third term on ICCRS, the International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services whose office is in Rome.

In 1992, inspired by the American Bishops' pastoral letter Heritage and Hope, Jim successfully completed an 18 month, 4,200 mile journey on foot, carrying a cross across America in an effort of prayer and evangelization.

Jim has authored a booklet entitled 17 Steps Toward Better Communication With Your Teen.

Jim, his wife Susan, and their son John Patrick currently reside in Michigan.

Fr. Bruce Nieli, CSP was ordained as a Paulist priest in 1973, in New York City. He received a Master's Degree in Pastoral Counseling from Iona College in 1979. From 1972 to 1979 he was on the Parish staff at St. Paul the Apostle in Manhattan where he got involved in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.

Fr. Nieli was the founding director of the Center for Spiritual Development of the Archdiocese of New York, 1979 to 1983. He then moved to Texas where he worked in evangelization in several dioceses and then on the state level for ten years. In 1994 he became the Director of Evangelization for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, a position he held until 1996.

From 1998 to 2001 Fr. Nieli was an itinerant evangelist and Associate Pastor, St. Patrick's Church in Memphis, Tennessee. Since then, while remaining in residence in Memphis, he is a Paulist National Catholic Evangelist and Missionary.

Fr. Nieli was the principal writer, Mission: Texas, the Texas Catholic Bishops' pastoral letter on evangelization; draft writer for a Papal Talk on Parish Life at Plaza Guadalupe, San Antonio, Texas, 1987; Co-author, draft for Thy Kingdom Come: A Manual For Diocesan Evangelization Staff of the Committee on Evangelization of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops; Columnist ("Praying with the Church") appearing in several diocesan newspapers, 1986 to 1993; editorial writer, Catholic Spirit, the newspaper of the Diocese of Austin, 1986 to 1989.

Fr. John Randall is a pastor emeritus of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Providence, Rhode Island. He retired in June, 2001 after serving 23 years as pastor. He now assists there during his retirement.

He was a member of the National Service Committee from 1977 to 1983.

A former Scripture Professor at Our Lady of Providence Seminary, he holds a doctorate in Theology from the University of Louvain and is a member of the Catholic Biblical Association.

Fr Randall has been conducting a daily Catholic Radio program in Providence for the past 27 years.

Under his leadership two "dying" parishes, St. Patrick's and St. Charles, have been renewed in the power of the Holy Spirit. Perpetual adoration has taken place at St. Charles since 1996. There are presently nine young men and women from the parish in seminary or religious life; there are three praesidia of the Legion of Mary, a medial clinic, and a full-time St. Vincent de Paul Office open in the parish. Life at St. Charles has been featured in a program on EWTN.

He is the author of :
In God's Providence - The Birth of a Catholic Charismatic Parish
The Book of Revelation: What Does It Really Say?
Wisdom Instructs Her Children: The Power of the Spirit and the Word
Mary, Barrier or Bridge?
Pope John Paul Scriptural Rosary (20 decades)
Spiritual Warfare, The Twenty-First Decade (to be released - April 04)

Barbara Shlemon Ryan, RN is a registered nurse, a graduate of St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing in Evanston, Illinois. She is President of Beloved Ministry and, as a Roman Catholic laywoman, has been actively involved in evangelism since 1965. She travels nationally and internationally as a retreat director, conference speaker and workshop leader.

Barbara is one of the founding members of the Association of Christian Therapists. ACT is an international organization of professionals in the health and mental health care fields who seek to integrate faith experience with their medical expertise. She has served ACT as a board member, as a regional coordinator and as a president.

Barbara served for several years as an 'at large' representative to the Advisory Committee for the National Service Committee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.

She is the mother of five grown children and a grandmother.

Her husband, Tim, is Executive Director of the ministry and coordinates the international conference for ACT. Tim and Barbara reside in Central Florida.

Barbara is the author of five highly successful books: Healing Prayer, To Heal As Jesus Healed, Healing the Hidden Self, Living Each Day By The Power Of Faith, and Healing The Wounds Of Divorce.

Shelley Elizabeth Hundley was born in Columbia and moved to the U.S. at age 13. After a radical conversion experience at age 18, she has traveled in the U.S. and abroad working with children and youth. She started a home for street girls that continues to this day in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. In May of 1999 she was involved in the opening of the International House of Prayer in Kansas City which now has over 500 full-time singers, musicians and intercessors