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Schedule

2027 schedule coming soon!
Friday, May 15, 2026
Pre-conference Seminar: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Differentiated Learning: Teaching the Child God Entrusted to You (Cathie Baier) - Room 103
4-8:30 p.m. Curriculum Fair and Used Book Sale  
Note that some Used Book Vendors will take only cash or checks; Used Book Sale is Friday night only.
5:30 p.m. Vendor Presentations
  • Exploring College and Career Pathways for Homeschool Students/Pine Technical & Community College - Room 1 
  • It's Not Just for Kids: Catholic Copywork as a Screen-Free Devotional Tool for Families/Tracing Tradition - Room 4
  • Green Catechesis: Mary Gardens and Teaching the Faith through Creation/Morning Star Seed Company - Room 5
  • Plotting the Young Writer's Path/Teach to the Text - Room 8
  • Who Are the Knights of Columbus?/Knights of Columbus - Room 9
  • How To Teach Music When You're Not Musical/Music is Forever - Room 103
6:30 p.m. Vendor Presentations
  • Mission as Essential to Mature Discipleship/Center for Mission - Room 1
  • Protect, Prepare, and Accompany Your Kids to Live Porn Free/Freedom to Love - Room 4
  • How Music Critically Impacts Your Child's Intelligence/Children's Music Academy - Room 5
  • Building a Solid Math Foundation-Because Confidence Matters!/RightStart Math - Room 8
  • Classical Education on Screens?/Oxrose Academy - Room 9
  • Before They Go: The Two Stories Your Teen Needs to Hear From You/Verity Lucia - Room 103​​​
7:30 p.m.  Welcome - Main Church
Special Presentation: Faith over Fear (Emily Wilson Hussem)
8:30 p.m. - Conference closes for the day; Used Book Sale ends.
​Building closes at 9 p.m.

Saturday, May 16, 2026

​8:30 a.m. - Vendor area opens More info
 9:30 a.m.  Opening Prayer & Keynote: Jesus, I Trust in You (Emily Wilson Hussem) - Main Church
 11 a.m. - Workshop Session I
  • Homeschooling Through High School (Nancy Bjorkman) - Room 103
  • Beginning Homeschooling: Beyond the Basics (Cathie Baier) - St. Joseph Hall
  • Educating the Whole Child: Montessori, Waldorf, Reggio, and Nature-Based Learning (Cindy Goldade) - Room 18
  • Showing up Faithfully: A Father's Quiet Influence in the Homeschool Home (Kory LaCroix) - Main Church 
12:30 pm. Informal Gathering of Parents of Children with Special Needs  (Room 107 - Bring your own lunch.)
​​1:30 p.m. - Workshop Session II
  • Math Outside the Book (Nancy Bjorkman) - Room 103 
  • Welcoming the Shepherd into Your Home (Cathie Baier) - St. Joseph Hall 
  • Raising Confident Readers: The Art and Science of Literacy (Cindy Goldade) - Room 18
  • Forming Souls in a World that Forgot How to Worship (Kory LaCroix) - ​Main Church 

3:00 p.m. Family Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Fr. Patrick Evans) - St. Joseph Hall

​​3:30 p.m. (Main Church) - Confessions available at St. Joseph's Church

​5 p.m. Curriculum Fair Closes; Conference Ends
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5 p.m.  Mass at St. Joseph's Church
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