Rocky Mountain Catholic Home Educators Conference
June 19 & 20, 2026

St. Frances Cabrini Parish
6673 W. Chatfield Ave.
Littleton, CO 80128

Meet Our Keynote Speakers

Olivia Spears

Olivia Spears lives in Kentucky with her husband and four children. She holds degrees in theology and catechetics from the Franciscan University of Steubenville, educates her kids at home, and delights in a good period drama. She is the founder of Into the Deep, where you can find catechetical resources that help Catholic parents build a legacy of faith in their homes. 

Samantha Stephenson
Samantha Stephenson is a Catholic author and bioethicist whose work explores both the spiritual and ethical questions shaping our rapidly changing world—whether in the hidden rhythms of home or at the frontiers of science. She writes the Choosing Human Substack newsletter and hosts the podcast Brave New Us.

Samantha is the author of several books helping families navigate the spiritual and ethical questions of the modern age:

  • Reclaiming Motherhood from a Culture Gone Mad, a theology of the body for mothers
  • The Bellbind Letters, a creative take on C.S. Lewis’s spiritual classic
  • Grow Where You’re Planted: Reclaiming Eden in Your Own Backyard, a prayerful guide to seasonal abundance and sustainable family life

Samantha holds master’s degrees in theology and bioethics, and is a former Paul Ramsey Fellow at the Center for Bioethics and Culture (2023-2025) and course instructor for Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute.

Samantha’s writing has been featured at Blessed Is She, CatholicMom, Crisis Magazine, Fairer Disputations, The Federalist, FemCatholic, Natural Womanhood, Notre Dame’s Grotto Network, Our Sunday Visitor, Public Discourse, and Word on Fire. She homeschools her four children and tends a sprawling garden in Idaho’s Snake River Valley.

 
Abriana Chilelli
Abriana Chilelli serves as the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education’s Diocesan Liaison, directing a superintendent formation program which serves bishops who desire their diocesan schools offices to lead the renewal of Catholic schools through a reclamation of the Church’s tradition of education. In addition to her work at ICLE, she also serves Archbishop Sample as the Assistant Director of Catholic Education for the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon. 
 
Her work in education began with many years of teaching and curriculum writing. She then served for a decade in a variety of education leadership roles in the Archdiocese of Denver, including Assistant Superintendent, as well as Associate Superintendent for Academic Renewal. 
 
Abriana has an undergraduate degree from Franciscan University of Steubenville, a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Colorado, a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of Notre Dame, and is a doctoral student at Christendom College studying the philosophy of leadership in Catholic education. She is the recipient of the Franciscan University 2025 John J. Carrigg Award for Leadership in Education, and the 2025 Firestarter Award from the Denver FIRE Foundation. She and her husband, Ryan, currently reside in Littleton with her favorite students, Giovanni (17), Eilin (14), Vera (11), and Pier (8), two of whom attend schools steeped in the Church’s charter for education and two of whom are homeschooled.
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