73. From Methodist to Catholic: Learning to be a digital disciple - Kyle Whittington of the Catholic Creator Conference

Send us Fan MailKyle Whittington: From a Teen Trip to Europe to Founding the Catholic Creator ConferenceHost Sheila Nonato has a candid conversation with Kyle Whittington—father of five, Air Force veteran, and founder of the Catholic Creator Conference in Steubenville, Ohio—on conversion and digital evangelization. Kyle recounts growing up around various Protestant churches, and then encountering Catholic beauty at Notre Dame and Rome on a 2008 People to People trip in his mid-teen years.He is later drawn to attend Mass through a Catholic schoolmate, via the offer of a free pizza, and a profound realization of the Eucharist as the real presence of Jesus. After recognizing he had “converted internally,” he entered the Church at the 2010 Easter Vigil. He met his wife Julia at the Franciscan Universityof Steubenville, served 10 years in the Air Force, and later helped build Catholic Creator Conference, and creator collaboration through this in-person conference aimed at reducing online conflict and strengthening evangelization across platforms.HIGHLIGHTS00:00 Europe Trip Awakening01:22 Conversion Theme Intro02:29 St Patrick Episode Setup03:57 Show Intro And Prayer05:20 Kyle's Background and The Catholic Creator Conference06:39 How it all began11:33 Why In-Person Community Matters14:25 A Trip to Rome And Pope Leo On the Digital Mission16:26 Speaker Lineup: What can we expect?18:47 Bigger Venue Tickets And Studios20:57 Application Rules And Catholic Unity25:41 Kyle's Unlikely Conversion27:08 Europe Beauty And Vatican Moment29:25 Pizza Invite, First Holy Mass And Eucharist32:00 How he told his parents34:11 Steps towards conversion35:07 Meeting his wife, Julia37:57 Air Force And Deployment39:45 Faith In The Military41:30 Why Steubenville Matters47:28 Chestertons Cigar & Co. And Masculinity54:33 Debate Club Brotherhood57:33 Creators Beyond Apologetics59:31 Conference Details And to RegisterTo register for the conference:https://catholiccreatorconference.comKyle Whittington on social media:https://www.youtube.com/@Catholickylehttps://www.x.com/@CatholickyleThank you very much for joining us this week! If this episode helped you in some way, please feel free to share with a fellow Catholic mom or a friend who'd like to attend the conference! Hope to see you there!Support the showTo reach Veil + Armour, please visit:https://veilandarmour.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@veilandarmourhttps://www.x.com/@sheilanonatohttps://www.sheilanonato.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/@veilandarmourWhat resonated with you the most about this episode? Feel free to email us and let us know!Email: [email protected] our podcast helped you in some way, or could help someone else, kindly share our podcast with a friend!