Youth Ministry Team

Heather Khym

Heather Khym is the cohost of the internationally acclaimed Abiding Together podcast, ranked in the top 1% globally, and serves as assistant director of Evangelization at Franciscan University. She is the author of Abide: A Pathway to Transformative Healing and Intimacy in Jesus and the award-winning Encountering Emmanuel. Along with her husband, Jake, she cofounded Life Restoration Ministries, where she serves as director of Vision and Ministry, and is co-executive director of the Celtic Cross Foundation, which serves the underprivileged. With over 30 years of experience as a speaker and retreat leader, Heather is passionate about evangelization, discipleship, and creating spaces for transformative encounters with God. She lives in Steubenville, Ohio, with her husband and their three young adult children.

Kristopher Frank

Kris Frank serves as vice president of Growth and Marketing for the National Eucharistic Congress. He has also been privileged to travel around the country, sharing the Gospel with teens and adults at retreats, camps, conferences, and parish missions. Additionally, he has contributed to various evangelical and catechetical writing projects and publications over the years. In 2020, Kris published his first book, Hope Always: An Anchor for Life’s Storms. Kris now lives in Steubenville, Ohio, with his wife, Grace, and their six children.

Ennie Hickman

Ennie Hickman’s pursuit of Gospel joy has aided God in transforming the lives of countless people for more than two decades. He has served as a youth minister, coach, domestic missionary, international speaker, nonprofit president, and currently serves The Saint Constantine School in Houston, Texas. In 2019, after 10 years leading Adore Ministries, Ennie and his wife, Cana, founded Del Rey Collective to empower individuals and families to live on mission in ordinary life. Ennie, Cana, and their nine children aim to follow Jesus' commands to love God and their neighbors while accompanying people in this beautiful, messy, life of joy.

Nicholas Frank

Nic Frank has been ministering to youth and adults all around the country for over a decade. He has worked in large and small parish communities, sharing the Gospel and walking with people as they enter into a personal relationship with Jesus. He lives in the Chicagoland area with his wife and five childen. In his free time, you can find Nic trying to figure out the definitive pronunciation of the word "gif".

Josh Blakesley

Josh Blakesley has acknowledged a simple calling: to make music that moves people into prayer and action.

Father Brian Fallon

Natalie Garza

Natalie Garza is a disciple of Jesus who seeks to remind the world that life with Christ really is a wonderful adventure. She got to experience this in a privileged way as a national eucharistic pilgrim in 2024. Daily, Natalie gets to live this mission in her high school theology classroom. Natalie has an undergraduate degree in theology and catechetics as well as a masters in theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville. Her passions include singing, speaking, swimming, and alliteration.

Paul Albert