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SUMMARY:Men and Fatherhood
DESCRIPTION:Price: $20 \nDescription: Come to this talk if your family has any problems! Men’s speaker\, comedian\, and therapist Paul Kim talk about changing your family tree. There is no such thing as a “perfect family”. And let’s be honest\, none of us were taught about what makes for successful relationships\, marriages\, and parenting\, in our classes growing up. We just took what we saw in our own families and experiences\, and did the best that we could\, with what we were given. As rewarding as family life can be\, each one has its share of struggles and problems. Negative patterns of behavior\, both in individuals and in families are bound to repeat themselves and pass on from generation to generation. At FORGE\, we build men who change their family trees for the better! Come hear Paul J Kim talk about how! Paul has spoken in 48 states and 16 countries. His presentations are insightful\, practical\, and hilarious. Utilizing examples and stories from Scripture\, world-class authors and relationship experts\, and his own counseling experience with families and couples in real-life situations\, Paul offers a perspective that has left countless people inspired and one that you won’t want to miss. \nRegistration: Registration not required at this time. For those who wish to reserve a spot\, pre-registration will open 1 week after the previous event. Click the “PRE-REGISTER” button found at myforge.org/events-wichita. \nDate: Tuesday\, May 26th. Doors open 7PM. Programming begins at 8PM. \nLocation: Odd Fellow Hall \nListen to our guest speaker on:\nLila Rose Podcasthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WaTtm8sHx8SEEK23 Breakout Session – 4 Way to Bulletproof Your Future Marriagehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E9nAp-hLes
URL:https://myforge.org/event/men-and-fatherhood/
LOCATION:Odd Fellow Hall\, 930 W Douglas Ave\, Suite I\, Wichita\, KS\, 67203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar or Talk
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SUMMARY:Pope Peter
DESCRIPTION:Price: $20 \nDescription: Who was St. Peter? Was he simply one apostle among many\, or did Christ entrust him with a unique role in the life of the Church? In this talk\, Joe explores the biblical foundation for St. Peter’s special mission as the first pope—and why that truth points powerfully to the Catholic Church. Joe Heschmeyer is a Catholic apologist\, speaker\, and writer known for his clear\, charitable\, and intellectually rigorous defense of the Catholic faith. A former attorney\, he brings a sharp legal mind to questions of Scripture\, Church history\, and theology\, helping audiences navigate common objections to Catholic teaching. Joe is the author of The Early Church Was the Catholic Church and The Eucharist Is Really Jesus\, and he previously hosted the popular podcast Shameless Popery. He serves as an apologist for Catholic Answers\, where he speaks and writes on topics ranging from the Eucharist and the papacy to Protestant–Catholic dialogue. Joe and his wife\, Anna\, are the parents of several children and reside in Kansas. \nRegistration: Registration not required at this time. For those who wish to reserve a spot\, pre-registration will open 1 week after the previous event. Click the “PRE-REGISTER” button found at myforge.org/events-wichita. \nDate: Monday\, August 17th. Doors open 7PM. Programming begins at 8PM. \nLocation: Odd Fellow Hall \nListen to our guest speaker on:\nFradd ep 553 – Truth\, Reality\, & Conspiracy Theorieshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0tnU098M20Keith Nester – Answering Tough Questions from Protestantshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkXrK6ZlyQc
URL:https://myforge.org/event/pope-peter-wichita/
LOCATION:Odd Fellow Hall\, 930 W Douglas Ave\, Suite I\, Wichita\, KS\, 67203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar or Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260818T190000
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SUMMARY:Pope Peter
DESCRIPTION:Price: $20 \nDescription: Based on his book by the same name\, in this talk\, Joe explores the biblical basis for the idea that St. Peter really was chosen by Jesus Christ as the first pope… and why that truth means that everyone should be Catholic! \nSpeaker: Joe Heschmeyer is a Catholic apologist\, speaker\, and writer known for his clear\, charitable\, and intellectually rigorous defense of the Catholic faith. A former attorney\, he brings a sharp legal mind to questions of Scripture\, Church history\, and theology\, helping audiences navigate common objections to Catholic teaching. Joe is the author of The Early Church Was the Catholic Church and The Eucharist Is Really Jesus\, and he previously hosted the popular podcast Shameless Popery. He serves as an apologist for Catholic Answers\, where he speaks and writes on topics ranging from the Eucharist and the papacy to Protestant–Catholic dialogue. Joe and his wife\, Anna\, are the parents of several children and reside in Kansas. \nRegistration: Registration not required. For those who wish to reserve a spot\, pre-registration will start 30 days prior to the event.  \nDate: Tuesday\, August 18th. Doors open 7PM. Programming begins at 8PM. \nLocation: Twisted Vine Brewery –  112 SE 4th St\, Des Moines\, IA
URL:https://myforge.org/event/pope-peter/
LOCATION:Twisted Vine Brewery\, 112 SE 4th St\, Des Moines\, IA\, 50309\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar or Talk
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SUMMARY:Sons of the Father
DESCRIPTION:Price: $20 \nDescription: Men are often defined by what they can do and what they can accomplish. Underneath every man’s activity is his identity. In this talk\, an elite Navy SEAL operator will talk about his discovery of his own identity as a Son of the Father. Speaker Bio: Sam is a former Navy SEAL officer with over a decade of experience leading the most elite teams around the globe. After holding leadership positions on multiple SEAL teams\, he taught Leadership and Ethics at the United States Naval Academy and helped screen\, select\, the next generation of future SEAL Officers. Sam has travelled to over 50 countries and deployed to Africa\, and the Middle East. Before transitioning from Active Duty\, Sam was a SkillBridge Fellow at Squadra Ventures a venture capital firm in Baltimore\, Maryland. Sam is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of Valletta Industries a defense contract company focused primarily on providing Tactical and security to the Department of Defense and Three Letter Agencies. Sam holds an MBA from Cornell University and an undergraduate degree in Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville. Sam\, his beautiful wife\, and their four children\, and are proud parishioners of Saint Peter’s Parish in Covington Louisiana. \nRegistration: Registration not required at this time. For those who wish to reserve a spot\, pre-registration will open 1 week after the previous event. Click the “PRE-REGISTER” button found at myforge.org/events-wichita. \nDate: Monday\, September 21st. Doors open 7PM. Programming begins at 8PM. \nLocation: Odd Fellow Hall \nListen to our guest speaker on:\nFradd ep 339 – Navy SEAL Officerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDuZCWCZlNwMen of the Immaculata Catholic Men’s Conference 2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrBuJQ5qip8
URL:https://myforge.org/event/sons-of-the-father/
LOCATION:Odd Fellow Hall\, 930 W Douglas Ave\, Suite I\, Wichita\, KS\, 67203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar or Talk
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SUMMARY:Alcohol\, Axes\, and a SEAL
DESCRIPTION:Price: $20 \nDescription: Men are often defined by what they can do and what they can accomplish. Underneath every man’s activity is his identity. In this talk\, an elite Navy SEAL operator will talk about his discovery of his own identity as a Son of the Father. \nSpeaker: Sam is a former Navy SEAL officer with over a decade of experience leading the most elite teams around the globe. After holding leadership positions on multiple SEAL teams\, he taught Leadership and Ethics at the United States Naval Academy and helped screen\, select\, the next generation of future SEAL Officers. Sam has travelled to over 50 countries and deployed to Africa\, and the Middle East. Before transitioning from Active Duty\, Sam was a SkillBridge Fellow at Squadra Ventures a venture capital firm in Baltimore\, Maryland. Sam is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of Valletta Industries a defense contract company focused primarily on providing Tactical and security to the Department of Defense and Three Letter Agencies. Sam holds an MBA from Cornell University and an undergraduate degree in Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville. Sam\, his beautiful wife\, and their four children\, and are proud parishioners of Saint Peter’s Parish in Covington Louisiana. \nRegistration: Registration not required. For those who wish to reserve a spot\, pre-registration will start 30 days prior to the event.  \nDate: Tuesday\, September 22nd. Doors open\, drinks served\, and axe throwing begins at 7PM. Talk starts at 8PM. \nLocation: Ironside Axe Club – 2700 University Ave #100\, West Des Moines\, IA 50266
URL:https://myforge.org/event/alcohol-axes-and-a-seal/
LOCATION:Ironside Axe Club\, 2700 University Ave #100\, West Des Moines\, 50266\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar or Talk
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SUMMARY:Heart of the Mission
DESCRIPTION:The Heart of the Mission (HOM) Retreat) is an invitation for a select group of 65 men to step more deeply into the vision\, spirituality\, and brotherhood of Forge. Hosted at the beautiful Creighton Retreat Center\, this weekend is designed to strengthen the interior life while sharpening the external mission—forming men who know who they are and who are ready to lead others to Christ. With daily Mass\, confession\, and spiritual direction available throughout the retreat\, HOM offers both real formation and real encounter. \nThe most important themes of the retreat include: \n\nIdentity as sons of the Father — receiving our deepest identity not from achievement\, but from beloved sonship.\nLiving discipleship in an apostolic age — embracing the urgency and joy of being missionary disciples in a post-Christian culture.\nThe beauty of Orthodoxy — discovering the coherence\, strength\, and freedom found in faithful Catholic teaching.\nPractical tools for leading other men — concrete strategies for inviting\, forming\, and accompanying men into deeper relationship with Jesus Christ.\n\nThis retreat is not simply a weekend away—it is a commissioning. The brotherhood forged here is meant to be carried back into Des Moines and Wichita\, strengthening small groups\, deepening friendships\, and advancing the mission on the ground. \nSpeakers \n\nJohn Bishop – Founder of Forge\, Catholic speaker and author\, John is dedicated to building up the family by forming fathers\, grandfathers\, and future fathers in authentic\, Christ-centered masculinity.\nPete Burak – Vice President of Renewal Ministries and a nationally recognized evangelist\, Pete equips leaders across the country to proclaim the Gospel with clarity\, conviction\, and the power of the Holy Spirit.\nSam Halligan – Des Moines City Director for Forge\, helping coordinate and strengthen the growing network of men and small groups in Des Moines.\nEric Doerneman – Wichita City Director for Forge\, leading the expansion of Forge’s mission and brotherhood in Kansas.\n\nSpace is intentionally limited. HOM is for men ready to move from participation to ownership—from attending the mission to carrying its heart. \nCost: Estimated $250 (meals included) \nDates: Thursday\, October 15th – Sunday\, October 18th  Retreat begins at 7:30PM on Thursday night and concludes at 10AM on Sunday morning. \nLocation: Creighton Retreat Center: 16493 Contrail Ave.\, Griswold\, IA 51535 \nExpress Interest: Formal Registration for HOM will launch on April 15th. If you would like to be notified when registration opens\, please use this form: \nI’m Interested!
URL:https://myforge.org/event/heart-of-the-mission/
LOCATION:Creighton Retreat Center\, 16493 Contrail Ave.\, Griswold\, IA\, 51535
CATEGORIES:Seminar or Talk
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SUMMARY:Communism to Catholicism
DESCRIPTION:Price: $20 \nDescription: Join us for an evening with Sohrab Ahmari as he shares the remarkable story of his intellectual and spiritual journey in a talk titled From Marxism to Catholicism. Raised in a secular home in Tehran\, Ahmari came of age amid political upheaval before embracing atheism and later becoming a Marxist journalist in the West. In this candid and compelling lecture\, he traces the philosophical cracks he discovered within Marxism and Communism—systems that promise liberation but often deliver spiritual and political bondage. With clarity and conviction\, Ahmari recounts how his search for truth ultimately led him to the Catholic faith. This is a powerful exploration of ideology\, disillusionment\, and the surprising path to belief. Speaker: Sohrab Ahmari is the US editor of UnHerd. Before that\, he co-founded Compact magazine\, and spent nearly a decade at News Corp.\, as the op-ed editor of the New York Post and a columnist and editor with The Wall Street Journal opinion pages in New York and London. In addition to those publications\, his writing has appeared in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The Atlantic\, The New Statesman\, The Spectator\, The New Republic\, First things\, Commonweal\, and Dissent\, among many others. His books include Tyranny\, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty—and What To Do About It and The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos\, both published by Penguin Random House. His next book\, on The Triumph of Normal\, is forthcoming from HarperCollins. \nRegistration: Registration not required at this time. For those who wish to reserve a spot\, pre-registration will open 1 week after the previous event. Click the “PRE-REGISTER” button found at myforge.org/events-wichita. \nDate: Monday\, November 9th. Doors open 7PM. Programming begins at 8PM. \nLocation: Odd Fellow Hall \nListen to our guest speaker on:\nBishop Barren Podcast – The Wisdom of Traditionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5iH47eB5fIConversion Story shared at 2023 Defending the Faith Conferencehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uImQyzwmijAHow Israel divided the Righthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re0wP1bEBFU
URL:https://myforge.org/event/communism-to-catholicism-wichita/
LOCATION:Odd Fellow Hall\, 930 W Douglas Ave\, Suite I\, Wichita\, KS\, 67203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar or Talk
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SUMMARY:Communism to Catholicism
DESCRIPTION:Price: $20 \nDescription: Join us for an evening with Sohrab Ahmari as he shares the remarkable story of his intellectual and spiritual journey in a talk titled From Marxism to Catholicism. Raised in a secular home in Tehran\, Ahmari came of age amid political upheaval before embracing atheism and later becoming a Marxist journalist in the West. In this candid and compelling lecture\, he traces the philosophical cracks he discovered within Marxism and Communism—systems that promise liberation but often deliver spiritual and political bondage. With clarity and conviction\, Ahmari recounts how his search for truth ultimately led him to the Catholic faith. This is a powerful exploration of ideology\, disillusionment\, and the surprising path to belief. \nSpeaker: Sohrab Ahmari is the US editor of UnHerd. Before that\, he co-founded Compact magazine\, and spent nearly a decade at News Corp.\, as the op-ed editor of the New York Post and a columnist and editor with The Wall Street Journal opinion pages in New York and London. In addition to those publications\, his writing has appeared in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The Atlantic\, The New Statesman\, The Spectator\, The New Republic\, First things\, Commonweal\, and Dissent\, among many others. His books include Tyranny\, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty—and What To Do About It and The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos\, both published by Penguin Random House. His next book\, on The Triumph of Normal\, is forthcoming from HarperCollins. \nRegistration: Registration not required. For those who wish to reserve a spot\, pre-registration will start 30 days prior to the event.  \nDate: Tuesday\, November 10th. Doors open 7PM. Programming begins at 8PM. \nLocation:West Des Moines Marriott – 1250 Jordan Creek Pkwy\, West Des Moines\, IA 50266
URL:https://myforge.org/event/communism-to-catholicism/
LOCATION:West Des Moines Marriott\, 1250 Jordan Creek Pkwy\, West Des Moines\, IA\, 50266\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar or Talk
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