Speakers for the 12th Annual 22:32 Men’s Conference


Dan DeMatte

Dan DeMatte is energizing revival in the Catholic Church by leading people into a personal encounter with Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit.

With over 15 years of visionary leadership, Dan has brought the Gospel internationally to hundreds of thousands of people through missions, retreats, camps, conferences, and media outreach.

Dan is the co-founder and Executive Director of Damascus, one of the fastest-growing youth and young adult ministry movements in the country. In the last three years, Damascus has seen more than a 600% growth, serving nearly 30,000 youth each year and raising up over 350 missionaries annually. Dan’s innovative leadership and training techniques facilitate dynamic programs that lead to life- changing encounters with Jesus led by Spirit-Filled missionary disciples.

He has written two books, Holiness Revolution and Dream Bigger! and co-hosts the popular podcast Beyond Damascus.

Dan and his wife Amber reside in Columbus, Ohio with their four amazing children.


Jeff Joaquin

Jeff Joaquin is a passionate speaker with a no-holds-barred approach to proclaiming God’s Infinite Mercy in our lives.  He has given talks on abortion healing, pro-life, substance abuse, business success/failure and charity to high school students, men’s conferences and retreats all over the country.

His abortion healing talk has received national attention and has been the subject of a documentary by Stellar Cinematics on EWTN and has been played on TMIY, Formed.org, Shalom Media, Heroic Men and countless other media outlets.

Jeff is a member of the Board of Directors of Catholic Men’s Leadership Alliance (Heroic Men).

He is a member of the Board of Directors of Paradisus Dei which is the ministry that provides the That Man Is You! (TMIY) program to over 975 parishes across the United States and several countries oversees.  For more than 17 years Jeff has been actively involved in spreading the TMIY program on a local, regional and national level and recently provided content for three different sessions which are part of the Year 7 and 8 programming for TMIY.

Jeff also owns a philanthropic construction company that supports worthy ministries around the world, from the Philippines, India, Kenya, Central African Republic, Guatemala, Jerusalem and the U.S.

Jeff and his wife Sandy have one daughter and reside in Tampa, Florida.


Fr. Larry Richards – Master of Ceremonies

Internationally acclaimed speaker, retreat master, author, television and radio personality, Father Larry’s talks always strike a chord with his audiences. He is especially adept at helping men recognize the great gift of masculinity given to us by God and explaining how God wants us to use that gift to love our wives, our children, our church and communities, as well as ourselves.

Learn more about Father Larry here:

https://www.thereasonforourhope.org/meet-father-larry/