Responsibilities of Group Leaders and Chaperones:

• Group leaders and chaperones must be 21 years of age or older and of good moral character and judgment.
• Group leaders and chaperones must meet the requirements and standards of their local diocese for working with youth and agree to comply with their local Diocesan Child Protection Policies.
• There will be at least one adult chaperone per 10 youth participants; each gender must have appropriate chaperone ratios.
• Although we strongly support Catholic family life, our staffing, facility constraints, and insurance regulations do not allow us to provide childcare. In addition, the focus of the group leader/adult chaperones needs to be on the youth participants. If these adults bring their own children, their focus will be split. If a young child is brought into the conference area, the young child and the parent will be asked to leave.
• For the safety and well being of all conference participants and volunteers, the Steubenville Conference Team depends on adult chaperones to help facilitate order and to serve as a network of support for the youth. It is important that chaperones be an example of obedience and in cooperation with the policies and procedures with our staff and volunteers on site.
• Youth must be accompanied by a chaperone at all times.
• Chaperones are responsible for making sure that teen participants are in their rooms at curfew time.  Chaperones should be the last to fall asleep.
• No males may enter the rooms of female participants. No females may enter the rooms of male participants.
• We are not the only guests at the hotel, so we ask that all chaperones monitor their youth while walking in the hotel hallways to minimize noise.  Any damages are the financial responsibility of the group leader.
• Chaperones must complete room checks to account for all youth in their group.  
• Groups may not share chaperones.

Kelly Colangelo has been involved in youth ministry for nearly a decade, spreading the Gospel message at retreats, rallies, and conferences across the country. Her hope is to challenge youth to be everything God intended them to be. Kelly has appeared on EWTN’s Life on the Rock and has been a contributor to Life Teen blogs. Kelly currently serves as the director of Youth and College Ministry at a parish in northwest Florida. She graduated with honors from Niagara University and from Syracuse University with her masters in counseling. You can find more information about Kelly at kellycolangelo.com.

As the founder of ALL4HIM Ministries, Mary Bielski has spoken to over 200,000 teens around the nation at high school and young adult retreats and conferences, including Steubenville Youth Conferences, Life Teen-Inspiration, L.A. Congress, and parish and diocesan rallies. Mary talks on a variety of topics including conversion, prayer, the Holy Spirit, sacraments, chastity, and the theology of the body. Using funny stories and engaging analogies, Mary draws her audience to the beauty of our Catholic faith, a deeper love for Christ, the Eucharist, and the call to holiness.

Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, is a well-known and popular speaker. He is the author of several books, including Hiking the Camino: 500 Miles with Jesus, and Breath of God: Living a Life Led by the Holy Spirit. He also produced The Wild Goose,a video series on the Holy Spirit. Father Dave is presently the director of Franciscan Pathways, an evangelistic and preaching outreach of the TORs.