March 8, 2025
Si Commons, St. Louis University High School
Theme: My Soul Proclaims
Heather Khym
Heather Khym is the cohost of the internationally popular Abiding Together podcast and the author of Abide. She and her husband, Jake, are the cofounders of Life Restoration Ministries, where she serves as director of vision and ministry of the British Columbia–based apostolate. She also serves as director of the Celtic Cross Foundation.
Heather has more than twenty-five years of experience as a speaker and retreat leader offering workshops and conferences in the United States and Canada. She attended Franciscan University of Steubenville, where she studied theology and catechetics.
She lives with her husband and three children in British Columbia, Canada.
Sr. Marie Veritas, SV
Sr. Marie Veritas, SV was born and raised in Alberta, Canada. Deeply moved by the beauty of the truth of God's love for the human person, and experiencing a profound call to consecration, she entered the Sisters of Life in 2010 after graduating from the University of Alberta with a degree in Biology. She professed her final vows in 2018, and currently serves as the community's Director of Evangelization, residing at St. Mary Magdalene Convent in Denver, CO. Sr. Veritas is also the Editor of the Sister's Imprint Magazine and founding co-host of the Let Love Podcast.
The Sisters of Life are a religious community of women founded in 1991 by John Cardinal O’Connor who take a fourth vow to protect and enhance the sacredness of human life. Immersed in Eucharistic prayer within a vibrant community life, their missions include caring for vulnerable pregnant women and their unborn children; inviting those wounded by abortion into the healing mercy of Jesus; fostering a Culture of Life through evangelization; retreat works; spiritual accompaniment of college students; and upholding the beauty of marriage and family life. (www.sistersoflife.org)
Worship:
Carrie Bajzath
Carrie is a worship leader at Holy Infant in Ballwin MO with experience leading retreats, conferences and liturgy for countless events.