ABOUT Damon and Melanie Owens

Married 33 years, Damon and Melanie Owens are founders of Joyful Ever After, hosts of The Catholic Marriage Summit and authors of EPIC Intimacy. Certified Relationship Coaches, Melanie and Damon, first executive director of the Theology of the Body Institute, have trained over 20,000 couples in marriage, Natural Family Planning, and Theology of the Body.

Melanie earned her BA in Sociology at U.C. Santa Barbara, and her MSW at the University of California at Berkeley. Damon earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University, and his M.S. at the University of California at Berkeley.

Presenters at the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress, 2022 & 2015 World Meeting of Families and the 2017 USCCB Convocation of Catholic Leaders, Damon and Melanie keep a full international speaking schedule at conferences, seminars, universities, seminaries, and parishes on the good news of marriage, sexuality, Theology of the Body, Theology of the Family, adoption, and NFP.

Damon is a widely published marriage expert who appears regularly on many radio and television programs (EWTN, Catholic Answers, Ave Maria, Relevant Radio, Immaculate Heart Radio, ABC World News Tonight, CBS News, NPR), and has hosted and produced three 13- part television series for EWTN. He is also an accomplished gospel singer honored with a solo during the 1995 NJ Papal Mass at Giants Stadium presided by Pope St. John Paul II.

In 2018, Pope Francis honored Damon with the papal Benemerenti Medal in recognition for his service to the Church in support of marriage and family.

They have eight children, five grandchildren, and currently live outside Philadelphia.