Dear Steve,
The conference in Fort Myers was fantastic. Keep up the great work - you are a rock star. The men who went to your conference were pumped. One of the men whom my son-in-law brought went to confession for the first time in thirty years. He told us, "If you were a girl, I'd kiss you!"
- Mike

Steve, Thank you for the inspiration! I hope you will be back in the area again soon.
Phil

Steve,
I enjoyed hearing your presentation this past Saturday in Jacksonville. It opened my eyes to so much. Bless you for your ministry,
Larry

Congratulations from a St. Joseph Covenant Keeper who attended last night's "Passing the Torch" conference. Just wanted to pass on a brief note of thanks to all of you at the main office who work behind the scenes supporting Steve. The conference went by so quickly but was filled with so much good information my poor brain felt saturated. Thank you so much for the awesome and desperately needed mission that you are all on. God bless you in all your efforts.
Sincerely,
One Impacted Soul
Eric

Steve,
I just wanted to let you know how uplifting the conference was at Prince of Peace. I have never been to something that opened my eyes to so many things I was doing wrong and a few weeks later the affect has not worn off. Thank you so much for that conference. I was going down the wrong path and could not see it. The conference has changed my life for the better.
Thank you for all of the work you do!
Andy

I just want to thank you again for your ministry. Your Saint Joseph Covenant Keepers Conference presented in Omaha a couple of years ago CHANGED MY LIFE. I can not begin to thank you enough. I am a 100% follower of the 8 commitments. It was great to finally get to personally thank you for 'waking me up to my responsibilities as a husband and father.' Attached to this email is a picture of our 19 month old son Andrew. He is here because you requested for us to pray about having another child.
Again we can not thank you enough, he is a true blessing to our family.
Dan

Dear Mr. Wood,
My husband went to the conference in Winnipeg, Canada last night. He's been to your conferences before and was more than willing to drive 2 1/2 hours to get to this one. He was also able to bring a few men new to your conferences.
My husband had a lot to say this morning! He was very pleased with your talk. He told me he's going to have family bible time, which brought tears to my eyes. I've been praying for that for years. (He doesn't listen when I ask him, you know the story).
Thanks so much,
Kristi

Steve,
Thank you for your inspiration talks Saturday in Kansas City. How true your words are about sticking it out in a troubled marriage. I am a prime example. Unfortunately, I listened to the advice of too many people (including religious counselors) who told me I did not have to stick it out. As a result of not sticking it out the lives of my two children were horribly and negatively affected. Without a father, they both became alcoholics and do not attend church. They moved with their mother to another state, and I rarely see them. Their mother has since been married four times and she has completely forsaken her faith. I often wonder if I would have stuck it out how things could have eventually healed. Keep on spreading the message--STICK IT OUT!
- Anonymous

Dear Steve,
I just wanted to write to you because this is a very special day for me. On this weekend, ten years ago, I attended a SJCK conference at Epiphany Catholic Church in Coon Rapids Minnesota. Without getting too detailed, it was a very providential weekend for me and my family.
I was 36 years old then, a lifelong (nominal) Catholic when The Holy Spirit gently made His move. (I had quite a praying mother and grandmother). He led our family to attend a local evangelical gathering. You know the kind. It was in a "Billy Grahmish" format and after hearing some powerful speakers, we were invited forward to "accept Jesus as Lord and Savior". I do thank God for that night because it was the night when I made a firm decision to follow Christ. It also brought confusion because we wondered if the reason we had not come closer to the Lord was because of the Catholic Church. The search began.
To make a long story short, we were wooed by good evangelical friends to go where we would be "fed". I was sure we were being called to leave the Catholic Church and become Baptists.
I received a flyer in the mail about your upcoming conference in Coon Rapids. I had never heard of your organization nor was I on any Catholic mailing lists at the time. This flyer showed up with my name and address on it. Now Steve, I live near the Iowa border nowhere near the Archdiocese. This made me curious enough to wonder if I should go to this. So, I called Epiphany Church one evening and just caught someone as they were leaving. It happened to be the guy who was planning the conference and served as the MC for the event. I asked him about it and he encouraged me to come and bring a friend. I wondered about just going for Saturday so I wouldn't need to get a motel but after hearing my story, he really thought I needed to hear Jeff Cavins and you on Friday night. I had never heard of either of you, but I agreed that I would come for the entire conference.
I remember pouring out my heart to this man about things like "why doesn't the Catholic Church have bible studies. Why don't we emphasize the bible more?"
He told me quite simply, "we have the Eucharist". It is the first time I had ever stopped to ponder what that meant.
The conference was a Godsend for me. I took my brother-in-law along. Here were maybe 1,000 Catholic men singing out their hearts to Jesus! Your talk was exactly what I needed to hear! I was bursting at the seams when we left that night. I could hardly wait for Saturday. The entire event was an answer to prayer! When I left on Saturday, I remember stopping at a local convenience store and calling my wife. I was talking a mile a minute! The fire was burning and it has continued to burn to this day.
I apologize that this has gotten way too long but the memory of those events are so awesome that I just had to write and thank you for being God's instrument in helping our family remain in his true Church! Because of the transforming power of that weekend, we became very involved in teaching ministries in our parish and our second oldest daughter joined Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in the Bronx this past summer! In 2000, we were also blessed with another beautiful little soul in our family as my wife gave birth to Monica Maria! The fruits of being open to Catholic teaching on human life!
Thank you again Steve, and may God bless you and your family and all that you are doing for his Church! I wanted you to know on this special anniversary for us, that what you are doing with the Lord's help is indeed making a difference!
In Christ's love,
Scott and family

Greetings Steve, and everyone at St. Joseph's Covenant Keepers, Thank you and all the staff for a great evening last night in Rochester, MN. It is nice to hear someone speak of the dignity and honor of being a father and the loving work needed to raise children these days. Even though my pen was set to turbo and I wrote down many good verses to continue guiding me, it was a great relief to hear you were offering this link to the presentation. I look forward to reviewing the slides and pick up the points I missed.
Thank you for all the work you do, and the time you spend away from your family to encourage us with ours.
May God richly bless you,
Glenn

My daughter and I attended Steve Wood's seminar Thursday evening at St. Agnus Church in St. Paul. Would you please thank him for the wonderful presentation. He covered so many topics, so well, and with humor. As a woman married to the same man for 26 years I could really have a few personal chuckles when he was telling some of his stories and relate to them very well. My daughter and I had a good discussion on our way home about some of the topics he covered, how it related to our marriage, and how she would see it relating to her choice of husbands. We both really liked the courtship idea and how dad can play a role in helping her out of potential dead end relationships.
Well done, and please continue this ministry
Elizabeth

Dear Steve,
Just wanted to say THANK YOU and GOD BLESS you and your family! SJCK is a fantastic organization. I even brought my business partner (a man married to a Catholic but not yet Confirmed himself) along with me and he was completely impressed. Thank you for everything Steve.
To your Tremendous Success in all you Endeavor,
Karl

Steve,
Wonderful job in Jacksonville. Have employed some of the parenting skills with good effect. Have had several men from Resurrection parish express their appreciation for the invitation. May God continue to bless your work.
David

Steve,
I walked away from the conference with a profound sense of Hope. There at the conference were so many like me, in the trenches - trying to run the race. And they were all exposed to the same talks as me . Can you imagine the spiritual effect and reverberation of grace - as each man returns home - and puts into action - just some small aspect of conviction and blessing that was received! Thank God for conferences like this, that truly change the world - one person at a time. Isaiah 55:11 "So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it."
Thank you Steve and Staff of Family Life Center - I was blessed!
Chris

Steve,
It was nice to meet you and thank you for the fantastic conference. I left feeling renewed in my commitment to make my family priority over everything in my life, besides our Lord of course.
Pax,
Brian

I thoroughly enjoyed Steve's event and believe his message and style could not have been more on-target, candid and effective. As Steve described, it served as a "re-entry point" to my own spiritual life and through discussion, I understand that others felt the same way. I was particularly drawn by Steve's message about today's father having a specific place in the perspective of the past (lineage of Christianity) and a responsibility/opportunity to perpetuate and continue this lineage (pass on our faith). The other message that is not new to me but was explained so well by Steve was that of "Walking with God" and the importance of letting my faith and spirituality have a prominent place in my secular life.
- A Grateful Dad

Dear Mr. Steve Wood,
First of all, I would like to thank you and all those at St. Joseph's Covenant Keepers for putting on such memorable event at the National Men's Conference on June 9th. I am a married father of two beautiful daughters, and I have a lot of respect for you as an intelligent, insightful, Catholic father. I was fortunate enough to have been able to attend with my father and father-in-law. We came a long way (drove close to 600 mi. each way), but it was well worth it, and spent a lot of the drive home reflecting and discussing ideas on how to improve an already great conference. We all had an excellent time, and felt the whole experience was very powerful and moving. We enjoyed the entire speaker line up and felt each speaker had their own personality and agenda to bring to the table. There were so many good points to the conference, well done! Also, thanks for signing my Legacy book.
Matthew

Steve:
Congratulations on your successful Men's Conference! I know with your small staff that it was a big undertaking. May God continue to bless your for your efforts.
Yours in Christ
Gary

Thank you again for a very exciting, interesting, and practical conference! I enjoyed thoroughly, and found the information to be very helpful and useful.
Thank you,
Adam

Dear Steve,
Your presentation at the July 28 breakfast was phenomenal! So much common sense in a two and a half hour period. I purchased your book titled "Legacy" and have found it to be an extension of the things I heard you say that morning. My sons are 11 and 9 and are learning to love Christ through my actions and my wife's teachings. They are very good boys, and were eager to hear the highlights of the "Men on a Mission" breakfast. Your resource has helped me tremendously. I have read many books on the topic of being a Godly man/husband/father, but few speak in such concise, common sense terms as yours. I will be donating the copy to our church library after I have read it again.
Your brother in Christ,
Frank

Steve,
You give more than you receive! That's because you tell it like it is! Don't water down truth -- you're about the only one that hasn't so far!
God bless,
Greg

Thanks Steve! I've been motivated to put more effort into guiding and preparing my daughters for the trials they will face as they go out into our society.
Keep up the Good fight Steve!
Phil