
Meet the Author and Presenter
Gregory D. Schutte, MSW, LISW-S
Greg has been working for Marriage Works! Ohio, a department of the Elizabeth’s New Life Center (Dayton, Ohio) since 2006. He started as their Director of Marriage Education, and within a year and a half, he was promoted to the Director of Marriage Works! Ohio. In 2006, the Elizabeth New Life Center received the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) third largest grant and, in 2011, 1 of the 4 largest grants in the United States to do marriage education. Marriage Works! Ohio was selected in 2009 by the ACF Office of Family Assistance as one of eight promising practices in marriage education in the United States. Greg has been the keynote speaker at several marriage and family conferences and events throughout the nation. Greg hosted (2015-2017) the radio program “Living out the Sacrament of Marriage” on Radio Maria.
Greg created the Building a Eucharistic Marriage program as one part of the “Discovering Our Deepest Desire” curriculum. The DODD Curriculum also includes a 12-part Catholic marriage enrichment program, as well as, its non-denominational counterpart “Rekindling the Heart”, based off Greg’s years of providing therapy to married couples, and his research of the Theology of the Body. The DODD curriculum received an Imprimatur from Bishop Binzer of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in November 2013 for the English version, and in April 2015 for the Spanish translation.
Greg has been married for 31 wonderful years and is the proud father of 7 children. Greg has also been a member of the Catholic band ROMANS since 1996 and has two recordings: Come to Life and High Fidelity, along with several original songs which are individually sold on the web. (see www.romanscatholic.com.)
Preview Greg’s latest song, The Long Road, dedicated to his loving wife Stephanie.
Education
University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
B.A., Psychology, minor in Family Studies, 1987-1991
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Masters of Social Work, 1991 -1993
Professional Qualifications
Licensed Independent Social Worker – Supervisor, # 0007236 – Supv., OH.
Director of Marriage Works! Ohio since 2008.
Author of “Discovering Our Deepest Desire,” a Catholic marriage enrichment curriculum.
Trained and registered P.I.C.K. and L.I.N.K.S. instructor (www.LoveThinks.com).
Trained “Go for the Gold” instructor.
Trained “PREP” instructor
Trained “Prepare and Enrich” instructor
A Message from the Author
Presentations
October 12, 2024
Keynote Speaker for Together in Holiness - Detroit
Sept. 20-21, 2024
Retreat Leader Catholic Familyland
Aug. 1, 2024
Speaker for Theology on Tap - Dayton
June 28-30, 2024
Keynote Speaker Catholic Engaged Encounter. National Convention in D.C.
June 2, 2024
Keynote Speaker in Evansville Diocese Indiana
March. 16, 2024
Keynote Speaker for Together in Holiness in St. Petersburg, FL
March 12, 2024
Church Mission Presenter at St. James of the Valley, Cincinnati
March 9, 2024
Speaker for Lubbock, TX
Nov. 11, 2023
Speaker at Immaculate Heart of Mary (Cincinnati)’s Marriage Event
oct. 21, 2023
Speaker at “Together in Holiness” conference in Ft. Myers, FL at St. John XXIII Catholic Church
Oct. 17-19, 2023
Keynote Speaker at Marriage and Family: A Eucharistic Journey for a Lifetime
April 13 & 14, 2023
Speaker at Hillsdale College - Michigan
Feb. 11, 2023
Speaker at “Together in Holiness” conference in Charleston, South Carolina at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic church
Jan. 28, 2023
Virtual talk with the Nativity Church in the Arlington Diocese
Aug. 12-13, 2022
Marriage retreat in Kalamazoo Michigan
Feb. 18, 2022
Keynote Speaker at the St. Susan Marriage Event in Mason, OH
Sept. 4, 2021
Marriage Talk at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Dayton, Ohio
March 5-6, 2021
Presented a series of relationship talks to students and faculty at Steubenville
College in Steubenville, Ohio
Nov. 1, 2020
Keynote speaker at the Cincinnati Tri-State Retrouvaille Marriage Enrichment Day
Feb. 8, 2020
Keynote with wife at Marriage Event Dinner at St. Remy Church in Russia, OH