Good conversations can change what happens at home.

Featured collaborators for the first Marriage Every Day Book Club, focused on family of origin and boundaries.

Greg is the founder and executive director of the Pastoral Solutions Institute, where Catholic theology and counseling psychology come together for couples and families. Lisa writes and speaks for mothers through Momfidence. Together they host More2Life on the EWTN Global Catholic Radio Network and presented at the 2022 World Meeting of Families in Rome.

Their work brings St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body together with the insights of counseling psychology. Through the Pastoral Solutions Institute they offer pastoral tele-counseling to Catholic individuals, couples, and families around the world. As founding directors of the Peyton Institute for Domestic Church Life they research and promote family spirituality, and their CatholicHOM initiative helps households live what they call the Liturgy of Domestic Church Life.

They have hosted several television series for EWTN, including For Better... FOREVER! and God Help Me!, and together and individually they have written more than twenty books on marriage, parenting, and family life, including Parenting Your Kids with Grace and Just Married.

Reading: God Help Me! These People Are Driving Me Nuts!

Marcus is a Catholic philosopher and theologian, author, speaker, and culture commentator with about two decades of international experience in evangelization and catechesis. As president, he serves as Ave Maria Communications’ chief theological and evangelistic voice across radio, digital media, publishing, and theological formation.

His own path runs from years as a committed atheist to a conversion to Christ in 2008 and full communion with the Catholic Church in 2010. He has since given more than ten thousand talks across the world, and he hosts Ave Maria in the Afternoon and Unveiling the Covenants on EWTN and Ave Maria Radio.

He holds a doctorate in biblical studies, is pursuing a second doctorate in biblical covenant theology in London, and is the author of four books. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his wife, Stephanie, and their children.

Dr. Peter serves on the advisory council at The Marriage Group, creators of Marriage Every Day.

The mini-course, soon to be released within Marriage Every Day, is based on Marcus' book; Biblical Wisdom to Transform Your Marriage: Knowing and Defeating Satan's Attacks on Your Marriage

Education Director of Catholics for Family Peace, with a focus on family peace, adult faith formation, and marriage ministry.

Lauri is Education Director of Catholics for Family Peace, an initiative that helps the Catholic community promote family peace and respond to domestic abuse. She holds a Doctor of Ministry from The Catholic University of America, is retired Coordinator of Marriage and Family Life for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and is a past-president of the Catholic Family Life Association.  She and her husband, John, are national leaders in the Christian Family Movement — USA. She is the mother of six and grandmother of 21, the author of Catholic and Grandparenting.

Where her work appears: Letting Yourself Be Loved, a multi-part video series available now in Marriage Every Day for all members. An all-new three-part marriage preparation series with The Marriage Group is in post-production to be released Early 2027. 

Claudio Mora is The Marriage Group's Director of Catholic Programs. He holds a ministry degree from Oblate School of Theology and a Master of Religious Education from Felician University. He has served as Director of Family Life for the Diocese of Dallas and as Executive Director of Cultural Diversity and Outreach for the Archdiocese of Washington.

Where their work appears: Living Our Faith in Love® Pre-Cana course from The Marriage Group. He also hosts Holy Smokes, a regular show in the Husbands Fellowship track inside Marriage Every Day, where he sits down with a bourbon and a cigar for laid-back conversations about theology and marriage, made for Christian men seeking to be more Godly husbands.

Andrew and Terri Lyke married in 1975 and began marriage ministry in 1981 in the Archdiocese of Chicago, with a long focus on the Black Catholic community.  They designed the Arusi Retreat, advised the USCCB committee on Marriage and Family, and wrote Marriage On A Lampstand. Andrew later served as Chicago's Coordinator of Marriage Ministry.

Where their work appears: Living Our Faith in Love® Pre-Cana course from The Marriage Group

Kyle and Danielle Koestner have been married since 2005 and have six children. Both serve on the boards of BOMA USA and FEMM Health. Kyle is an engineer with more than 25 years in the automotive industry.  Dr. Danielle Koestner is a family medicine OB physician who works with the FEMM Health medical education team and the Billings Ovulation team.

Where their work appears: NFP Life® and the Living Our Faith in Love® Pre-Cana course from The Marriage Group

Daria Bailey is a Certified FertilityCare Practitioner in the Creighton Method and President of Groesbeck Fertility Care Center in Michigan. She has a particular interest in primary and secondary infertility.

Where her work appears: NFP Life® and the Living Our Faith in Love® Pre-Cana course from The Marriage Group

Natalie Klinkhammer, RN, BSN, is Vice President of Groesbeck Fertility Care Center in Michigan and a Certified FertilityCare Practitioner in the Creighton Method. She has a particular interest in primary and secondary infertility, PMS, and PCOS.

Where her work appears: NFP Life® and the Living Our Faith in Love® Pre-Cana course from The Marriage Group

Tom and Marcy Renken have six children and are active in their home parish. After working through hard seasons of their own, they started Celebrate Marriage, a ministry built on Christ-centered marriage, and serve other couples as marriage mentors.

Where their work appears: Living Our Faith in Love® Pre-Cana course from The Marriage Group

Dustin and Bethany Riechmann have been married nearly 20 years and are raising three kids. They wrote 15-Minute Marriage Makeover and founded Engaged Marriage for couples who feel too busy to invest in each other. They serve in the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, where they share their experience of Natural Family Planning with engaged couples.

Where their work appears: Living Our Faith in Love® Pre-Cana course from The Marriage Group