About Us

Mr. Chenet has lived in 18 different places around the globe since he was born in Bedford, Texas. He comes from a family of seven and his father served in the United States Air Force. After serving a year in NET Ministries, he attended Wyoming Catholic College for his B.A. in Liberal Arts, then earned an M.A. in Moral Theology from Christendom College. He teaches Science, Theology, History, and a variety of other subjects for Homeschool Connections and other local groups, and is writing his first book, Astronomy and Wonder. On the side he runs a hobby farm with a milk cow, meat rabbits, maple-tapping, bees, sheep, and chickens, and is a certified COR backpacking instructor who enjoys canyoneering, caving, and camping. Most of all, he loves spending time with his wife and four children.

Mr. Carter received a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Wyoming Catholic College, then moved to Michigan in 2016 with his wife Alena to teach literature, Latin, history, philosophy, and Scripture at St. Augustine's Homeschool Enrichment Program. After completing an M.A. in Systematic Theology and Sacred Scripture from Christendom College, he taught humanities at the Chesterton Academy of St. George. In his spare time he enjoys weightlifting, reading literature, playing with his four children, and teaching the beauty of poetry to others.

Mr. Brown was raised in southeast Michigan and attended St. Augustine’s Homeschool Enrichment Program before embarking on a four-year adventure at Wyoming Catholic College with his beautiful wife-to-be. He is now married and the proud father of a daughter, Philomena, who was born in Austria during the Browns’ year of studies at the International Theological Institute (ITI). Mr. Brown is planning to continue his theological studies soon, on track for a master’s degree. As of this year, he is delighted to have moved back home to Michigan for the foreseeable future and reconnect to his roots. He is looking forward to brewing beer once again, relief carving icons, juggling, dancing, and a host of other pursuits of true leisure.

Originally from southeastern Wisconsin, Mr. Fredriksson studied the Liberal Arts at Wyoming Catholic College, where he led the freshmen 21-day mountain expedition and served as college sacristan. He spent two years teaching Doctrine, History, and Scripture at St. Augustine's Homeschool Enrichment Program before returning to WCC, becoming the longest-serving member of the Office of Student Life in the college's history. Since 2020 he has served as a reservist with an artillery battery, and he completed his M.Hum. with a Concentration in Classical Education through the University of Dallas in 2023. His interests include the Church's liturgical life, Dr. John Senior's works, and American politics.

Having received a B.A. in Liberal Arts at Wyoming Catholic College, Mr. Gleason came to southern Michigan in 2021 to learn to work with his hands. Drawn to old-world timber framing, he spent a summer and fall learning to mill timbers and cut frames with mallet and chisel, training as far afield as Virginia with the Timber Frame Guild. His daily work now spans home building from foundation to finish, and he earned his Michigan builder's license in 2024. In his free time he enjoys hunting, fishing, singing folk songs, and the Great Books — and most of all, time with his wife Grace and their two young children.

Mr. Russell graduated with a B.A. in the Liberal Arts from Wyoming Catholic College, where he wrote his senior thesis on the intersection between Bayesian probability and modern philosophy. After spending a year as a freight logistics coordinator in Indianapolis, he moved to Michigan in 2023 to teach science and literature at St. Augustine’s Homeschool Enrichment Program, where he has been for three years. This year he finished co-authoring his first textbook, Geologus, which teaches Earth Science with a traditional method by focusing on the moral and allegorical senses implicit in nature. When not teaching, he writes about culture, politics, religion, and philosophy on Substack, and also enjoys dancing, singing, MCing weddings, and playing disc golf.

Mr. Sumerton, alongside his wife Catherine, has dedicated over two decades to forming young people in academic, religious, and trade-related fields. He holds a B.S. in Secondary Education and an M.A. in Mathematics from Eastern Michigan University, with 16 years as a math, engineering, and English teacher and eight years as a school administrator. He and Catherine have nine homeschooled children. He helped found and served as board president of the Christ the King homeschool co-op, which serves more than 100 families K–12, and mentors young people as a basketball coach and through “Dad's School” father-son events. He enjoys praying the Divine Office, splitting wood, fly fishing, and shooting three-pointers.

Mr. Visovatti has been moved by music for as long as he can remember — from Celtic fiddling to the Church's treasury of sacred music after his conversion as an adult. He studied cello performance at Ball State University with training in music education, voice, and conducting. While his family (wife and four young boys) and career in software engineering keep him busy, he sings in parish choirs, plays as a classical cellist, serves as substitute conductor, and has taught sacred music to high schoolers. He is convinced that through immersion in sacred music each person can learn to respond to the ways God calls the soul through beauty. He also enjoys strength training and dreams of being an arborist and woodworker.