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Featured speakers in Columbus will be <strong>Jeff Cavins<\/strong>, <strong>Fr. Pierre Toussaint, CFR<\/strong>, and <strong>Dr Scott Hahn<\/strong>, among others; in Denver, <strong>Megan Ferowich<\/strong>, <strong>JD Flynn<\/strong> and <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/seek.focus.org\/speaker\/fr-mark-mary-ames\/\"><strong>Fr. Mark-Mary Ames<\/strong><\/a>; in Fort Worth, <strong>Sr Miriam James Heidland, SOLT<\/strong> and <strong>Chris Stefanick<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the great things about SEEK&#8217;s conference is their <a href=\"https:\/\/seekreplay.com\/?__hstc=253478806.d454cd42da1f86edf5344ba2f4f46803.1766166023334.1766166023334.1766166023334.1&amp;__hssc=253478806.11.1766166023334&amp;__hsfp=41906276\">SEEK:Replay<\/a>, which is an online library storing ALL previous conference content &#8212; for free. 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