The 2026 Meeting was held September 18-21 at the Marriott Kansas City Downtown Hotel in Kansas City, MO lead by the Kansas City MO and KS sections. Investiture and Promotion Masses were held in the Kansas City – St. Joseph Diocese Immaculate Conception Cathedral near the hotel.
Please understand that this is not the complete speaker list. Some of our speakers are syndicated nationally in public broadcasting and we do not have rights to record or rebroadcast their talks. Other talks which include financial or membership reports are for our Northern Lieutenancy members only. We apologize and encourage you to attend our meetings in person next year.
Father Turner is pastor of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, MO and director of the Office of Divine Worship for the Catholic diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. He holds a doctorate in Sacred Theology (STD) from Sant’Anselmo in Rome. He is a consultor for the Dicastery for DivineWorship andnd the Discipline of the Sacraments. He will discuss “How the Catholic Liturgy Celebrates Mary as the Mother of the Church.”
The founder and executive director of the Holy Family School of Faith, Mike has a doctorate in Sacred Theology (STD) from the Marianum in Rome. Mike will be discussing “Fatima: The Interpretive Key to the Modern World – Medjugorje: The Completion and the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart.” Conversion is the path to peace and the way Mary’s Immaculate Heart will triumph.
Sister Miriam James Heidland is a former Division I college athlete who had a radical conversion and joined the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) in 1998. Her story has been featured on EWTN’s “The Journey Home” and at SEEK Conferences, Steubenville Conferences and other outlets. She holds a master’s degree in Theology from the Augustine Institute and speaks extensively on the topics of conversion, authentic love, forgiveness, and healing. She will discuss the Healing Heart of Mary.
Monsignor Swetland is the seventh president of Donnelly College in Kansas City, KS. Msgr. Swetland received his undergraduate degree in Physics from the United States Naval Academy, where he was first in his class academically. Elected a Rhodes Scholar in 1981, he entered the Catholic Church while studying at Oxford and was ordained a priest in 1991. He will explain Mary’s role as the first, most perfect follower of her son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
Raymond Arroyo, is an American author, journalist, and producer. In 1996 he created the EWTN program The World Over Live. He has written extensively about Sister Angelica, the founder of EWTN which was the main topic of his talk. While we could not video record his presentation we can share a link to his personal website where you can discover much of his original content including presentations about Sr. Angelica.
Simply click on his picture and you will be directed to his personal website or go to:
https//www.raymondarroyo.com
Status of Christians, schools and hospitals supported by the order. Financial status of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem and needs in the immediate future. Sami will also discuss his responsibility serving the Catholic Diocese of the Holy Land, the complexity of LPJ operations in three distinctly different countries of Palestine, Jordan and Israel, and how to do that without losing sight of the Church’s mission and vision including delivery of services in education, humanitarian aid, and pastoral care. Sami served in the LPJ CEO role from 2017 – 2026 and retired on September 1, 2026.
Cardinal Filoni, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, discusses the importance of the Order and its many “good works” to not only help preserve the holy sites in the Holy Land but also, preserve and uplift the Christian population in the Holy Land.
H. E. Tom Pogge gives us a status report of the North America segment of the Grand Magisterium of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre as well as shares information about some of the other Governorships in the Magisterium. This is VGG Pogge’s farewell address as he vacates this position September 23, 2026.