Lu Cortese is the Executive Director of St. Joseph Radio, located in St. Charles, Missouri and Orange County, California.

It is a worldwide network and ministry of teaching & evangelization via radio, video production, and written materials. 

What started 35 years ago in Southern California is now a worldwide radio and evangelization ministry heard on EWTN

for 25 years and Catholic radio affiliates throughout the country and abroad. Her motto throughout this time has been  

“Change the World One Soul at a Time”. Lu has produced more than 2,000 radio programs.

Lu’s amazing personal journey includes trials of life, marriage and Mission. A woman in a man’s world, she will discuss its

challenges, trials, and rewards and how  “letting go and letting God” resulted in powerful miracles of conversion and faith.

The personal encounters which transformed her life have inspired listeners to persevere in all things in spite of the struggle,

for all things are possible with God. Lu’s is a story of great trust.

Lu relocated to the St. Louis area in 2005 and established a second evangelization network. With the assistance of retired

major TV production engineers, SJEN.TV and Credere Academy was launched. The networks can be seen on line or your

Roku streaming device. Lu is the executive producer of the Children’s Rosary CD (a Catholic school fundraising project),