Guadalupe Pilgrimage

Heather Khym

Heather Khym is the cohost of the internationally popular Abiding Together podcast, the author of Abide and soon to be released Encountering Emmanuel. She and her husband, Jake, are the cofounders of Life Restoration Ministries, where she serves as Director of Vision and Ministry. Heather has more than twenty-five years of experience as a speaker and retreat leader, offering conferences and workshops in the United States and Canada. She attended Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying theology and catechetics. Heather is passionate about evangelization, discipleship, and creating an environment for people to have a personal encounter with God. She lives with her husband in British Columbia, Canada and has three children who attend Franciscan University.

Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR ’89

Spiritual Leader

A solemnly professed member of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Province of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance, Father Dave Pivonka, TOR ’89, was ordained to the priesthood in 1996, and in May 2019, was elected president of Franciscan University of Steubenville. The first Franciscan University alumnus to assume the school’s top pastoral leadership role, Father Pivonka has also served for more than thirty years as a spiritual director, retreat leader, and formation director. As director of Franciscan Pathways, an evangelistic outreach of his Franciscan, TOR, community, and in association with 4PM Media, he hosted and produced The Wild Goose video series on developing a deeper relationship with the Holy Spirit, a documentary on St. Francis of Assisi titled Sign of Contradiction, and Metanoia, a 2019 video series on conversion.