Owen Phelps

Bio

Dr. Owen Phelps is a recognized and well-respected Catholic journalist, author, entrepreneur and educator. He currently serves as director of the Yeshua Catholic International Leadership Institute, an organization dedicated to develop "Jesus-like" leaders among the Church's clergy and laity worldwide.

Dr. Phelps has been a consultant to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Communications Committee, a member of the faculty in Cardinal Stritch University's College of Business and Management, and the Director of Communications and Publications for the Catholic Diocese of Rockford. He has presented highly-acclaimed leadership seminars to business and ministry leaders across the country and is an award-winning newspaper columnist, editor and publisher. Dr. Phelps is the publisher of The Catholic Leader e-newsletter and writes a column on leadership in The Catholic Journalist.

Dr. Phelps is a certified Lead Like Jesus facilitator, a non-denominational program and movement started in 1999 by Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges. Dr. Phelps recognized a need to enhance this popular leadership program for Catholic audiences, including clergy and lay leaders within the Church, in light of Catholic teaching, tradition, and experience. A Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus is the result of that expansion.

Married for 41 years, Dr. Phelps insists that "my primary vocation is husband and father-and, more recently, grandpa. Everything else comes after that."