Familyland Co-Founder Named Consultor for Pontifical Council

Pope's Appointment Include 7 Married Couples 

VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 10, 2004 - John Paul II appointed seven married couples as members of the Pontifical Council for the Family, as well as six consultors, including a co-founder of Catholic Familyland in Ohio.  The Vatican press office announced that the new consultors of the council are:  

-- American Jerry Coniker, co-founder with his now-deceased wife, Gwen, of the Apostolate for Family Consecration, as well as of Catholic Familyland in southern Ohio, and more recently Familyland Television Network. John Paul II appointed Jerry and Gwen Coniker members of this pontifical council in 1999.