The Northwest Catholic Family
Education Conference is a registered 501(c)3 corporation. It was founded in 1994 for the
purpose of providing education, encouragement, and
support to Catholic homeschooling families and those families who are considering homeschooling. The first Northwest
Catholic Family Education Conference was held at
Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien in the spring
of 1994. Fr. John Hardon, Fr. Joseph Fessio, and Leonardo de Filippis
were keynote presenters. The Seattle Police Athletic Pavilion
hosted most of our subsequent conferences.
Photos from previous Catholic Homeschool Conference can be seen here.
Conference Board and Advisors
Maureen and Alan Arpin are home educating parents of nine and grandparents of the famous Not so jumbo Jack. The Arpins live in Kirkland Washington. Alan and Maureen are catechists; Alan is a cantor at his Seattle Parish and a BSA Scoutmaster of Chief Seattle Troop 1946. Maureen is an American Heritage Girls leader and a professional florist for weddings, churches and conferences and gala banquets. Maureen usuallycaters the delicious meals served at the conference.
Sean P. Doyle hails from Edmonds Washington. Sean has journeyed his way from the Protestanism of his youth, through Traditional Latin to Eastern Catholicism. Sean serves his five sons, loves beautiful liturgy, music, and history. He can also be found on Facebook. Sean sits on the Board of Directors for NWCFEC.
Katherine
Eames, MBA, CMB and John
Eames, MBA, CPA have
served the Northwest
Catholic Family Education
Conference since 1994.
Katherine and John are the
parents of seven, having
home educated the two
youngest. The Eames' home
education has benefited
from many influences: notably,
Maria Montessori,
Father John Hardon,
the
Eastern Catholic Church,
Billings LIFE Leaders in
Fertility Education,
40 Days
for Life, Sea Scouts of the Boy
Scouts of America
and
Musica Sacra.
Katherine sits on the Board of Directors for NWCFEC
Julia
Fogassy was born and
raised in the Pacific
Northwest. She and her
husband Karl have been blessed with nine
children.
Julia owns
Our Father's House
which is dedicated to providing
families with educational
materials. She has been a
home educator for more than twenty-five
years and served as the chairman
for the Archdiocesan Committee
on Scouting from 2006 - 2012. Julia was one
of the founding members of the
Northwest Catholic Family
Education Conference. She is an expert in
homeschool conference
organization, and serves as our consultant
and co-treasurer. Julia sits on the Board of Directors for NWCFEC.
Laura Keegan lives in
Snohomish with her beloved
husband, Joe, and their five
children. She is grateful for
the freedom to homeschool
her children and for the
homeschool community who has
taught her so much.
Prior to having children,
Laura and Joe spent their
free time photographing
God's great beauty in the
wilderness. Once
their first child was
born, they turned their
cameras to their new
favorite subject - now
they enjoy photographing
God's great beauty in
their children and other
people. For the past few years,
Laura has quietly walked around
taking pictures at the NW
Catholic Family Education
Conference. Conference phtos posted on this site were taken by Laura.
Albert and Bonnie Landry live in the tiny hamlet of Cobble Hill on Vancouver Island, B.C. and have homeschooled their brood since 1991. Their collective family interests range from ballroom dancing, historical fiction, Catholic apologetics, swordplay, writing, speech arts, music, scrabble, cookery and socializing to road hockey and attending homeschooling conferences. The Landrys are involved in a new ministry for married couples in their diocese of Victoria on Vancouver Island. Bonnie and Albert are Advisors to the NWCFEC Board.
Catherine Sauvage, R.N. and Lester Sauvage M.D., home educators of two beautiful daughters. The Sauvages are members of Seattle's Byzantine St. John Chrysostom Parish; Catherine is a retired oncology nurse, Lester is a practicing geriatric internist. Lester is a member of the Catholic Medical Association and the men's pick up basketball group at Mercer Island's Saint Monica Parish. Catherine promotes Nourishing Traditions as natural means for enhancing health and fertility and appreciates the icons of the east and the sacred music of the west. Catherine and Lester are Advisors to the Board.
If you would like to volunteer to help with the conference, please e-mail us.
