Please register online for the June 7 breakfast with Bishop Randolph Calvo. The breakfast begins, as always, at 7 am at the Silver Legacy in downtown Reno. Doors open at 6:30 am with coffee and chat.

Bishop Randolph Roque Calvo is the seventh Bishop of Reno, ordained to the episcopate and installed as ordinary on February 17, 2006. At the time of his episcopal appointment by Pope Benedict XVI, on December 23, 2005, he was a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco.

He was ordained to the presbyterate on May 21, 1977 for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and served as parochial vicar at Holy Name Parish in San Francisco (1977–1979) and at Saint Pius Parish in Redwood City (1979–1982). From 1982 to 1986, he studied canon law in Rome. He served as Adjutant Judicial Vicar for the San Francisco Archdiocese (1986–1987) and then as Judicial Vicar (1987–1997) of the Archdiocesan Tribunal. In 1997, he was appointed as Pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Redwood City, California, a position he served in at the time of his episcopal appointment. He also taught Canon law at Saint Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park.

Please register online for the May 10 breakfast with Dr. Kevin Vost.  The breakfast begins, as always, at 7 am at the Silver Legacy in downtown Reno.  Doors open at 6:30 am with coffee and chat.

Kevin Vost, Psy.D. (born 1961) is the author of Memorize the Faith! (And Most Anything Else): Using the Methods of the Great Catholic Medieval Memory Masters (Sophia Institute Press, July, 2006) and of Fit for Eternal Life: A Catholic Approach to Working Out, Eating Right, and Building the Virtues of Fitness Within Your Soul (Sophia, December, 2007).

An advocate of the “sound mind in a healthy body” credo so dear to the classical pagan philosophers, Dr. Vost, psychologist and physical fitness expert, seeks to share with Catholic audiences how we can heed Christ’s call to “be perfect” in mind, body, and soul.

Please register online for the April 12 breakfast with Dr. Jonathan Doylend.  The breakfast begins, as always, at 7 am at the Silver Legacy in downtown Reno.  Doors open at 6:30 am with coffee and chat.

Jonathan Doylend earned a B.Sc. (Honours Physics) from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada in 2001 and Ph.D. (Engineering Physics) from McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada in 2011.  He also holds a B.A. (Liberal Arts) from Thomas Aquinas College, California (1996).  He is currently a Postdoctoral researcher with the Optoelectronics Research Group headed by John Bowers at UCSB and holds an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship.  His primary research interest is optoelectronics and its application to computing.

Dr. Doylend will tackle the supposed contradiction between Faith and Modern Science.

Please register online for the March 8 breakfast with Fr. Francisco Nahoe.  The breakfast begins, as always, at 7 am at the Silver Legacy in downtown Reno.  Doors open at 6:30 am with coffee and chat.

Fr. Francisco Nahoe graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and a little later took a degree in Philosophy from Pomona College in Claremont, California. Later still he received another degree in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical Seraphicum in Rome, Italy. He has been a Franciscan of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual for many years, during which time he has served the Church and the Order in California, Costa Rica, Italy, Poland and Polynesia. He has taught at Bishop Montgomery, a Catholic high school in the South Bay beach city of Torrance, California. Fr. Francisco is currently rector of Thomas Aquinas Cathedral in Reno.

Fr. Francisco will present “Lenten Spirituality: Does traditional Catholic piety have a place in contemporary society?”

Please register online for the February 9 breakfast with Charles Baird.  The breakfast begins, as always, at 7 am at the Silver Legacy in downtown Reno.  Doors open at 6:30 am with coffee and chat.

Charles W. Baird received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1968. He then spent five years on the faculty at UCLA where, he says, he actually learned economics, mainly from Armen Alchian. He often asserts that he has the best of both worlds: a Berkeley degree and a UCLA education.

Dr. Baird will draw on Catholic social teaching as he answers the question "Are public sector unions legitimate?"

Please register online for the January 12 breakfast with Brian Johnston.  The breakfast begins, as always, at 7 am at the Silver Legacy in downtown Reno.  Doors open at 6:30 am with coffee and chat.

Brian Johnston is the Western Regional Director for the National Right to Life Committee. He has served as Executive Director of the California ProLife Council, California Commissioner on Aging, on California's State Board of Nursing Home Examiners, and the Board of Directors of the National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent and Disabled. He has spent more than 20 years as an advocate for the medically vulnerable.

Brian has long been an advocate in the pro-life movement, both on abortion and euthanasia. Many times he has heard from Christians who say they are "with him" on the abortion issue, but regarding euthanasia, they just want to end the suffering. Come listen as Brian presents his principled approach to ALL the pro-life positions.

Please register online for the November 10 breakfast with Tom Carroll.  The breakfast begins, as always, at 7 am at the Silver Legacy in downtown Reno.  Doors open at 6:30 am with coffee and chat.

Tom Carroll is a former officer in the Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency. He spent years under cover in the Middle East, and is a specialist in Islam and Middle Eastern affairs. Tom and his wife converted to Catholicism while living in Istanbul, Turkey. For more information, please visit tpcarroll.com.

Today Islam is affecting our world like never before. For Catholics, this religion of 1.5 billion represents challenges - and opportunities - unlike anything else in the modern age. Drawing on his personal and professional background in the Muslim world, Tom will introduce you to Islam in its most salient essentials, with clear and relevant connections to our own Catholic worldview.

Please register online for the October 13th breakfast with Gene Fadness.  The breakfast begins, as always, at 7 am. at the Silver Legacy in downtown Reno.  Doors open at 6:30 am. with coffee and chat.

Gene grew up in Montana and became involved with Mormon friends, joining the LDS church at age 16. He attended Ricks College in Rexburg, ID, completed his mission in Australia (where he was responsible for leading several young Catholics away from their faith) and graduated from Brigham Young University. Just weeks before marrying the daughter of a Mormon bishop, a late-night reading of the first chapter of the Gospel of St. John led to his dramatic conversion to Jesus Christ as God; not a secondary god, but the "Word made flesh who dwelt among us."

He has a strong concern for the many poorly catechized Catholics, especially young people, who are being drawn into the Mormon church. Gene shares his testimony to educate people, especially here in the west, about the very real differences between the LDS church and Catholicism. He has appeared on The Journey Home on EWTN, and on Catholic Answers, Deep in Scripture and Living Faith radio programs.