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2025 National Conference


  • Edelweiss House 592 North Co Road 650 East Greensburg, IN, 47240 United States (map)

Join us for workshops on homesteading, farming and faith at the 4th Annual National Catholic Land Movement Conference - hosted by Edelweiss House in Greensburg, Indiana.

Housing: Camping on site is the primary option. RVs and campers are welcome but no hook ups available. For hotels, Batesville and Greensburg are the nearest towns.

Enjoy delicious food, great company and a nightly bonfire! 

Schedule

Friday – August 29

12:00 pm – Registration opens

2:00–5:00 pm – Live Hog Butchering Workshop

3:00–5:00 pm – Confessions

5:00–5:30 pm – Vespers

5:30–7:00 pm – Supper

5:30–8:00 pm – Welcome to the Conference & Supper Presentations

  • Stewards of the Soil, Architects of the Soul: How Land-Loving Catholics are Cultivating a New Civilization – Fr. Slattery

  • Modernity’s Failure & Why We Are Here – Commander John Sharpe

6:30–8:00 pm – Play: King Wenceslas

8:00 pm – Rosary

8:30 pm – Bonfire

10:00 pm – Lights Out

Saturday – August 30

7:00 am – Lauds

8:00–9:00 am – Registration

8:15–9:00 am – Breakfast

9:30–10:45 am – Workshop Group A

  • The Family – Seedbed for Religious Vocations (for parents and young men/women) – Fr. Mike Keucher

  • Soil Health, Human Health, and How They Connect to Catholic Culture – Leron Giesting

  • Catholic Land Movement: A Key Battlefront for Rebuilding Christendom – John Sharpe

  • Warrior Ethos and Weapon Familiarization – Austin Bohenek

  • The Family Cow, the Key to Every Homestead – Curtis & Rose Weisenburger

  • Farming Without the Bank – Tim Ehlen

  • Top Ten Reasons You Should Be Homesteading (That You Might Not Have Thought Of) – Ken Zalewski

11:00 am–12:15 pm – Workshop Group B

  • Young Ladies Activity (12 and up)

  • Kids Activity (all children)

  • Milling Your Own Wood – From Log to Finished Product in a Day – Matt Natale

  • Incremental Crushing – A New Way of Processing Grains While Retaining the Complete Nutritional Profile – Chris Bihn

  • Bread Making – Austin Kundig

  • Homestead Business – Profitable and Scalable – Mathew Winters

  • Harmonious Health: Theory & Practice – Ellie Sodergren

  • Subsistence Farming: Peace, Productivity, and Polity – Nathan Calvino

  • Chickens 101 for New Chicken Keepers – Chris Horan

12:30–1:15 pm – Angelus and Lunch
Working Lunch: How to Set Up and Organize a Local Catholic Land Movement Chapter – Mike Thomas

1:30–2:45 pm – Workshop Group C

  • Kids Activity for Young Men (10 and up)

  • The Benedict and Boniface Options: Building Up, Tactical Defense, Sanctification, and Offense of the Domestic Church – Benjamin Becker

  • Blacksmithing – Luke Racanelli

  • Debate: Special Creation vs. Evolution – Hugh Owen vs. Doug Darnowski (Moderator: Mike Church)

  • Home Education on the Homestead – Nick Curtis

  • Catholic Land Movement Bookshelf – John Sharpe

  • Building a Catholic Agrarian Community – Tim Ehlen

3:00–4:15 pm – Workshops

  • Kids Activity for All

  • The Road to Carmel: The Garden of God – Evolutionary Mythology, Agriculture and Catholic Doctrine – Hugh Owen

  • Orchards and Vineyards – Curtis & Rose Weisenburger

  • Finding Food in Unusual Places – Doug Darnowski

  • Start a Catholic Business – Break Free from Your Corporate Job – Mark Wilson

  • Grazing Dairy Cattle – Joe Hammon

  • Wisdom and Technology: Speculative and Practical – Brendon Miller Boldt

4:30–5:00 pm – Vespers

5:30–7:00 pm – Supper
Music: Licking River String Band – Irish Folk Music

6:00–8:00 pmKeeping a Spiritual Focus in Homesteading – Dr. Cuddeback

8:00–9:00 pm – Bonfire & Rosary

Sunday – August 31

7:30–8:00 am – Lauds

9:30–10:30 am – Breakfast

10:30–11:00 am – Next Steps and Discussion

11:30 am – Farewell and Thank You

12:00–2:00 pm – Break Camp and Clean Up

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