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Working in the Diocese of San Bernardino for 20 years, Archie La Salle is a devoted Catholic youth minister turned college campus missionary. With years of experience walking alongside teens in parish ministry, he now serves university campuses in San Bernardino, fostering a vibrant faith community rooted in prayer, fellowship, and service.
Archie sheds light on how the church is larger than the 4 walls we worship in; it's the communities we build that reflect the gospel in students' daily lives, creating spaces where faith can be explored, questions welcomed, and hearts transformed.
SPEAKER
Francis Cabildo is the Director of Worship at Our Savior Parish and USC Caruso Catholic Center. He has served as a parish youth minister, music minister, and high school campus minister. He has also served as a missionary with NET Ministries (2014 Alumni Award recipient), Steubenville Conferences, Life Teen, Inc. and has led music for various camps, retreats, pilgrimages and events. He and his wife Nicole are raising five amazing boys!
CELEBRANT
Fr. Arinze Ezeoke serves with the formation team at St. Junipero Serra House of Formation as the Director of Community Life & Pastoral Formation, forming and accompanying San Bernardino diocesan seminarians in their daily life and activities.
He also serves as the Parochial Vicar of Christ the Redeemer, Grand Terrace.
The name “Arinze” is an Igbo word (from Nigeria) which means, “If not for God…” a rhetorical question. Fr. Arinze's home parish is Sacred Heart, Rancho Cucamonga.
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MUSICIANS
We're SEEN&HEARD — a band of believers from Redlands, California, built on a single line from Acts 4:20: "It is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard." We started in 2023, and that verse has been the whole point ever since. Creating a sound that is cinematic and atmospheric — SEEN&HEARD fills a room and open it up, in melodic prayer giving people permission to encounter God instead of watching a performance. We play to invite all who've never stopped believing, the searching, the doubting, the ones who aren't sure they belong.
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Brian Donaldson is a junior at California State University, San Bernardino pursuing a degree in General Psychology. His professional goals include becoming a therapist who integrates faith and mental health.
In 2022–2023, Brian served as a missionary with NET Ministries in New Albany, IN. Alongside his team, he collaborated with six parishes to support youth ministry initiatives and faith formation programs. Through this work, he developed a deep appreciation for service, mentorship, and the lasting impact that compassionate leadership and authentic relationships can have on individuals and communities.
Today, Brian remains actively involved in parish life through both youth ministry and music ministry, continuing his commitment to faith-based service and leadership. .
SPEAKER
Ali Hoffman loves God and loves people. She travels the globe preaching the Gospel and making disciples of all nations. She also mails monthly letters of encouragement and hand drawn pieces of art (affectionately called LYLO Letters) to build up the local church. You can find more info at www.alihoffman.co
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CELEBRANT
Fr. John Paul Ouellette, CFR is a native of Reno, Nevada where he attended 12 years of parochial school and graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno. Following graduation, he served three years as a lay missionary with National Evangelization Teams (NET) and Saint Paul's Outreach (SPO).
In September 1996, he joined the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. As a friar, he has served in the New York City area and spent eight years in St. Fidelis Friary in London, UK.
He was ordained a priest by His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on May 19, 2012. He is currently residing and serving as the Local Servant at San Junipero Serra Friary in Oakland.
MUSICIAN
We're SEEN&HEARD — a band of believers from Redlands, California, built on a single line from Acts 4:20: "It is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard." We started in 2023, and that verse has been the whole point ever since. Creating a sound that is cinematic and atmospheric — SEEN&HEARD fills a room and open it up, in melodic prayer giving people permission to encounter God instead of watching a performance. We play to invite all who've never stopped believing, the searching, the doubting, the ones who aren't sure they belong.
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Dayrin Perez is the Lead Coordinator of Youth Ministry for the Office of Religious Education in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. She has served in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for over 20 years as a Director of Youth Ministry, Confirmation Coordinator, and Director of Family Ministry. Her love for spreading the gospel has been her inspiration for serving as a speaker and retreat leader for parishes and national organizations such as NFCYM. Dayrin has been married to her husband Gabriel for almost 19 years, has 3 energetic kids, loves coffee, anything Disney and going on adventures with her family.
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Angela Powers currently serves as the Dean of Faith and Formation at St. Joseph High School, her alma mater. Her heart for ministry began in high school with her personal involvement in youth ministry. She later attended Franciscan University of Steubenville where she studied Theology and Catechestics.
Following graduation, she served with NET Ministries, where she also met her now husband, Stephen. With 12 years teaching experience and over 20 years in ministry, she continues to passionately share the Gospel with young people. Outside of ministry, Angela is either on adventure with Stephen and their four wild and crazy boys, watching a documentary, or reading a new book.
CELEBRANT
Fr. Tony Gomez’s call to the priesthood started with a prayer. Driving home one night, feeling restless about where his life was headed, he simply asked God for a sign. Three days later, the phone rang — the Archdiocese’s vocations office, asking if he’d ever considered becoming a priest. He said yes, and he’s never looked back.
Ordained in 1998, he celebrated his very first Mass not in a grand church but in a county jail, where, as he puts it, “the Gospel comes to life.” Since 2018 he has served as the 8th pastor of St. Philip the Apostle. His message stays simple and honest: “Faith doesn’t guarantee you won’t suffer. Faith guarantees there will be a good end in eternity.”
MUSICIAN
Stephen Powers has spent over 20 years serving in music ministry, leading worship at Mass, retreats, and worship nights across the Dioceses of Orange, Los Angeles, and San Diego.
He is a former missionary with NET Ministries. During his second year, he helped serve on an inaugural team that introduced worship nights as a new expression of NET’s ministry.
God has made a profound impact on his life, most intimately through the Eucharist, and in times of worship and Adoration. It’s because of this encounter and continued relationship with Jesus that Stephen has committed himself to music ministry, letting God use him as an instrument to help others encounter Christ in the same way and be transformed.
