Innovation at the Service of the Church.
Beginning with the Catholic family.
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About Us
Catholic Ventures develops products and technologies through strategic initiatives and investments in people, software, and online communities.
Our Vision
We serve and equip families to make their homes a place of peace and discipleship.
Our Initiatives
Meet The Team
Matt Meeks, Partner
Matt has advised Hollywood studios, game developers and publishers, celebrity talent and tech startups from an enterprise, brand, and product standpoint with an exemplary track record building driven teams that achieve success. He left the entertainment and advertising industries in 2013 to serve the Church full time as the first Chief Digital Officer in the global Catholic Church at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and later as Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer at the Augustine Institute. He is a married father of three boys residing on a farm in Minnesota. Patrick Thornton, Partner
With 25 years experience in marketing, sales, and e-commerce, Patrick has served in leadership roles at DIRECTV and MCI Worldcom and as a Founding Partner of Infinity Wireless. He left corporate life to support the Church, growing distribution and revenue at multiple leading Catholic apostolates. He is a married father of six children residing in Dallas, TX. Forest Toney III, Partner
Forest began his career as a contractor for the United States Government. He went on to help Condé Nast (the third largest digital publisher) develop an advertising platform to compete with the Facebook / Google duopoly. In 2019 Forest pivoted to serve the Church as Chief Technology Officer for the Augustine Institute and FORMED. He is a married father of eight children residing in Cincinnati, OH.