Teresa Tomeo is an author, syndicated Catholic talk show host, and motivational speaker with more than 30 years of experience in TV, radio, and newspaper, 20 of which were as a secular reporter/anchor in the Detroit market. In the year 2000, Teresa left the secular media to start her own speaking and communications company, Teresa Tomeo Communications, LLC. Her weekday morning radio program, Catholic Connection, is produced by the EWTN Global Catholic Radio Network. It is heard on over 600 Catholic radio stations worldwide and on the Sirius Satellite Network.

Teresa appears frequently on the EWTN Global Catholic Television Network and is a field reporter for their annual March for Life coverage in Washington, D.C. As a Deacon’s wife, she is a columnist for The Deacon magazine. Teresa has been featured on Fox News, Fox & Friends, Newsmax, and other major news outlets discussing issues of faith, media awareness, and Catholic Church teaching, especially as it relates to the culture.

Teresa has written more than a dozen books, is an international speaker, where she addresses media awareness and activism, as well as sharing her reversion to the Catholic Church. She resides in Southeastern Michigan with her husband, Deacon Dominick Pastore. They travel the world giving marriage and diaconate couples’ retreats.

In her work as a pilgrimage/tour leader she has had the opportunity to visit various stunning locations all over Italy and has covered several canonizations of new saints in Rome. Visiting Italy on more than 60 different occasions has given her a unique understanding of how to navigate the Eternal City and beyond, whether one is traveling there as a tourist or a pilgrim interested in a Papal audience, and she continues to uncover something new, explores the roots and history behind the beautiful Italian culture, food, architecture, art, music, faith and more. In 2019, she opened her own Italy travel consultation company, T’s Italy—one stop shopping for all things Italia, and especially where to eat, play, shop and pray.

Ordained a Deacon in the Archdiocese of Detroit in 2012, Deacon Dominick Pastore works side by side with his wife, ministering to couples through retreats, conferences, and pilgrimages. He currently serves as a deacon at St. Joan of Arc parish in southeastern Michigan. Deacon Dom has a master’s degree in pastoral studies from Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. He is a Knight in the Order of Malta, and a board member and past president of Mary’s Mantle, a Catholic home for unwed mothers in Michigan.

In 2020 he retired from his position as Vice President and Senior Electrical Engineer of SmithGroup, one of the oldest and largest architectural engineering firms in the nation. During his professional career Dominick was recognized nationally by the Illuminating Engineering Society for his expertise in lighting design. Over his 40 years at SmithGroup he managed scores of multimillion dollar projects for a wide variety of institutional and governmental clients.