2025 Heroic Men Summit - DENVER

Dr. Edward Sri is a theologian, author and well-known Catholic speaker who presents to tens of thousands of people from around the world each year, including clergy, parish leaders, catechists and laity. He has written several best-selling books. He is also the presenter of several Ascension Press and the Augustine Institute faith formation film series.
He is a founding leader with Curtis Martin of FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students), where he currently serves as Sr. Vice President of Apostolic Outreach.
Dr. Sri leads pilgrimages to Rome and the Holy Land each year and is the host of the acclaimed podcast “All Things Catholic.” He holds a doctorate from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome and is an adjunct professor at the Augustine Institute. He and his wife Elizabeth reside in Littleton, Colorado. They are blessed with 8 children and one grandchild.

Fr Doug Grandon: When he was just fifteen, a pastor helped him discern a calling that would one day lead to ordination. In his early twenties, he served as a missionary translator in Communist Yugoslavia. After returning home, he married Lynn, a proud Swede and, in his words, a woman vastly superior to him. While attending seminary, he founded a new church for the Evangelical Free Church and later spent five years serving as an Episcopal clergyman. In 2003, he, Lynn, and their four youngest children were received into the Catholic Church. In 2008, with special permission from Pope Benedict XVI through Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria, he was ordained as a married Catholic priest under the Pastoral Provision established by Pope St. John Paul II. Since his ordination, he has served four parishes and taught at St. John Vianney Seminary in Denver. In 2015, Curtis Martin, founder of FOCUS, invited him to join as a part-time National Chaplain—a role he now serves in full-time with great joy and privilege.

Andrew McGown serves as the Executive Director for the Office of Evangelization and Family Life Ministries in the Archdiocese of Denver. Previously serving as a worship leader, director of youth ministry and parish director of evangelization, Andrew is passionate about the Church's primary vocation to evangelize and equipping everyday Catholics to share their faith effectively. Along with receiving his master's in theology from the Augustine Institute, Andrew's ministry has been formed through a multitude of experiences within the hierarchical structure of the Church and through relationships with numerous apostolates. Andrew and his wife Amber have been blessed with four children and invest their energies locally serving at their parish Risen Christ.

André Regnier is a motivating and engaging speaker who gives talks both nationally and internationally. He is especially sought-after to present on discipleship formation in dioceses and parishes alike. His desire is to draw people to a deeper conversion to the person of Jesus Christ, and to be a catalyst for them to embrace the Church’s evangelical mission. André and Angèle live in Ottawa and have five children and four grandchildren.