Meet Our Ministry Team
We're excited to announce this year's speakers, worship team, and host! This year’s RENEW Toronto Young Adult Conference will dive deep into the topic of identity, purpose and discerning God’s will for our lives.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
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Heather Khym is the cohost of the internationally popular Abiding Together Podcast. She and her husband, Jake, are the cofounders of Life Restoration Ministries, where she serves as director of vision and ministry of the British Columbia-based apostolate. She has more than twenty-five years of experience as a speaker and retreat leader, offering workshops and conferences in the United States and Canada. She attended Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying theology and catechetics. Heather is passionate about evangelization, discipleship, and creating an environment for people to have a personal encounter with God. She lives with her husband in British Columbia, Canada and have three young adult children.
WORSHIP TEAM
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Joe Zambon is an acoustic singer-songwriter whose music invites listeners into a deeper encounter with God through honest storytelling and soulful melodies. Originally from Ottawa, Canada, Joe now lives in Frederick, Maryland with his wife and three children. He continues to share his gift through live performances, retreats, and intimate living-room shows, creating spaces where music becomes a bridge to the sacred.
PRIEST LEAD
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Father Larry Richards was ordained to the priesthood in 1989 and has been a pastor in Erie, Pennsylvania since 2002. He currently serves as pastor of St. Luke Church and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. He has conducted thousands of Parish Missions, Conferences and Retreats. He is best known for making the love of God real in his talks. Father Larry is the founder of The Reason for Our Hope Foundation and has many Media presentations including The Truth, The Mass Explained, and Confession with hundreds of thousands of copies distributed worldwide and now available for FREE on OurHope.TV. He is the author of Be a Man! Becoming the Man God Created You to Be, a #1 best seller for Ignatius Press, having sold over 160,000 copies. He authored a second book called Surrender! The Life Changing Power of Doing God’s Will, published by Our Sunday Visitor, which has sold over 55,000 copies. You can see him on EWTN Global Catholic Television on Living Right with Dr. Ray. He is the Spiritual Director for the Catholic Men’s Leadership Alliance and hosts a weekly podcast titled, Anchored In Hope. His daily homily can be heard on your favorite podcast app.
BREAKOUT SPEAKER
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Sr. Hae-Jin Lim describes her vocation story as one rooted not in her own faithfulness, but in God’s. Fourteen years ago, she entered the community of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians—also known as the Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco—expecting to say, “I tried, but it didn’t work,” but her curiosity and the encouragement of a friend discerning the priesthood led her down an unexpected path. Although she didn’t think she’d stay longer than a year, Sr. Hae-Jin made her perpetual profession on August 5, 2021. Originally from Korea, she first encountered the Salesian Sisters at a youth retreat and instantly fell in love with St. John Bosco, whose saying, 'It is not enough to love the young; they must know that they are loved,' became the guiding motto of her religious life and a clear affirmation of her vocation to LOVE.
And more to be announced soon!
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