Chad Judice

Chad Judice is a nationally known motivational speaker and award-winning author. He wrote two inspiring pro-life books,Waiting for Eli and Eli’s Reach, whose central character is his second son, Eli, who was born with spina bifida. Eli’s Reach was named Book of the Year by a small publisher for 2013, by the Catholic Press Association. In May 2013, Chad appeared on EWTN’s The World Over Live with Raymond Arroyo and he was a invited by the Archdiocese of Washington DC to be the keynote speaker at the 41st Annual March for Life in January of 2014. Chad has been a Catholic Educator for fourteen years and was recognized as the 2010 Teacher of the Year in the Inspirational Teacher category by the Lafayette Education Foundation. He has appeared as a guest on national radio and television programs such as Catholic TV’s Seize the Day, Catholic Answers Live, The Catholic Connection, Kresta in the Afternoon, The Gospel of Life, The Good Fight, and has been published in the Word Among Us and the New York Post. He authored a chapter in Special Children, Blessed Fatherspublished by Emmaus Road Press in 2015, was a guest contributor to the Catholic website www.catholicmom.com, and has written a third book entitled The Confessions of a Cradle Catholic: A Father Transformed by Grace set to be published early in 2016. Chad has spoken at Man to Man Conferences, Respect Life Conferences, led retreats, Lenten and Advent Missions at over 40 parishes, spoken to Catholic High Schools, College students, and over 100 audiences of all backgrounds in close to 15 states over the last five years. He is married to Ashley Guillotte, and they are the parents of three children (Ephraim, Eli, and Ezra) while making their residence in Lafayette, La.