Fullness of Truth to host Baton Rouge conference

During their struggle to understand the “whys” of the Catholic faith many admit defeat and look elsewhere for truth. The lay Catholic apostolate, Fullness of Truth, seeks to “call people home” by sharing the inestimable gift and irrefutable truth of the Catholic Faith.

Fullness of Truth is hosting a conference Nov. 4-5 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baton Rouge. The theme is “The Eucharist & the Spiritual Life.”

Fullness of Truth president and founder Ken Zammit, a cradle Catholic, was born and raised in the Catholic faith in Southern California. He was devout in his faith until he went off to college.

“I was challenged with so many things – in the culture and the world and subjective thinking. I really didn’t have a foundation that withstood the pressures of the world. I was doing what I wanted to do and not so much what the Lord wanted me to do,” Zammit said.

Admitting to his own mistakes, Zammit said he was not equipped with the fullness of truth about the Catholic faith.

“With many Catholics, we tend to know what we believe but we’re not exactly sure why we believe,” Zammit said.

As a young man in Southern California, Zammit said those “whys” made all the difference in the world as to why he should adhere to the Catholic faith and shape his behavior after the teachings of the Catholic faith about Jesus Christ.

“I did not find the answers readily, so I gave up. I figured the Catholic faith doesn’t have the answers to my questions, so it must not be real. It must be some sort of cultural phenomenon I was born into,” Zammit said.



After years of looking for answers about the meaning of life by studying science and philosophy, etc., and feeling unfulfilled, Zammit said the Holy Spirit called him back to the faith. There were two things that his conscience spoke “into his ear louder and louder:” the reality of objective truth (that God gives us natural laws or commandments in our hearts and to violate them is wrong whether one feels so or not); and the whys he was seeking of Catholic faith teachings.

“I became a bit angry at first wondering why anybody didn’t tell me the whys and so I was determined at that point to do what I can as a lay person to provide a forum of great presenters of Catholic teachings to speak about why we believe what we believe,” said Zammit.

He launched Fullness of Truth, which hosts family events throughout Texas and Louisiana. The ministry focuses on promoting the work of the New Evangelization.

The Baton Rouge conference has been planned for about a year, said David Lukinovich, who is helping to coordinate the conference.

Lukinovich, who has worked behind the scenes in creating many lay apostolate foundations in Louisiana, attended several Fullness of Truth conferences in Texas. When he and his wife, Kim, attended a fullness of Truth Conference in Alexandria, they bonded with the conference organizers, and the seed to host a conference in Baton Rouge was planted.

At that time, the Lukinoviches and Father Mark Beard, former pastor of St. Helena Church in Amite, deceased, and Father Miles Walsh had been brainstorming ideas concerning the development of Our Lady of Hope Retreat Center in Osyka, Mississippi.

The Lukinoviches invited a small group of people to dinner, which included Ken and Micah Zammit.

That’s when the idea of the Baton Rouge conference began.

Lukinvoch reached out to his various contacts throughout the state, and they decided to provide a conference in Baton Rouge.

Lukinovich said, “These Fullness of Truth conferences bring in devout, joyful priests that put together incredible liturgies, and you have these families that are so devout, joyful. And they're meeting like-minded people. And this is a way to create an opportunity for people to get together, and learn about the faith in a very orthodox, correct manner that is loyal to the magisterium.”

Kim Lukinovich said the conference will “stir up an excitement about the faith.”

“I’ve never been to a conference where there was something about the Catholic Church and my Catholic faith that I didn’t know about and helped me look at my faith in a different way,” Kim said.

She added, “It’s wonderful to see whole Catholic families together praising God, to worship and learn about their faith. And they can go home and be better evangelizers. It’s wonderful to see men there and to see them become the spiritual leaders in their families and put everything in order and the right perspective.”

Kenneth Champagne, who with his wife, Lisa, attended the dinner hosted by the Lukinoviches, said the evening that led to the planning of the conference was directed by the Holy Spirit.

“It’s going to be a great grace to the church and to all those attending because it’s a weekend dedicated to the Eucharist and developing prayer. This is a way to delve deeper into the greatest gift we have in the Eucharist and the need to comprehend a bit more about the love and mercy God is giving us in the Eucharist,” Champagne said.

For more information and to register for the conference, visit fullnessoftruth.org.