Elder Patrick Kearon and his wife, Sister Jennifer Kearon, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will address young people from around the world in a devotional on Sunday, February 1 at 6:00 pm Mountain Time, according to an announcement from ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
The broadcast from the Salt Lake City Conference Center will be available on the same day in the Americas, with rebroadcasts available elsewhere in the afternoon and evening on Sunday, February 8th.
The event will also mark the 100th anniversary of the Institute of Religion, and many local units and institute programs will come together in person to celebrate and appreciate devotions.
Young adults can watch the dedication live and on-demand on YouTube and for two weeks at broadcasts.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. This devotional will also be published in the Gospel Library for study and review.
About Elder and Mrs. Kiaron
Elder Kearon was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in December 2023, filling the vacancy left after the death of President M. Russell Ballard. At the time, Elder Kearon was serving as senior president of the Presidency of the Seventy. He was sustained as a General Authority Seventy on April 3, 2010, and served in the Presidency of the Seventy from 2017 until his call as an Apostle.
Born on July 18, 1961 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England, Elder Kearon was first exposed to the gospel while working in Laguna, California. He then met a missionary on the streets of London, England, and was baptized on Christmas Eve 1987.
He met Jennifer Hulme while she was studying abroad in London. The couple were married on January 12, 1991 in the Oakland California Temple. They are the parents of a son who died at three weeks old due to heart disease and three daughters. Before his call as a General Authority, he ran a communications consulting firm with Sister Kieron.
In his October 2025 general conference address, Elder Kearon spoke of new beginnings available through Jesus Christ.
“New beginnings are central to the Father’s plan for his children,” he said. “This is a church of new beginnings. This is a church of new beginnings.”
In November 2025, Elder and Sister Kiaron traveled to Cebu City, Philippines to minister to Church members and friends after two devastating typhoons.
“Our hearts break with you and we pray that you receive help to continue moving forward,” Elder Kearon said.
“You have experienced storms and earthquakes, but you have shown amazing spiritual grace and resilience.”
In September 2025, Elder Kearon spoke to world faith leaders at the Eighth World Conference of Leaders of Religions and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan, calling the renovation of the Salt Lake Temple a powerful metaphor for building relationships with others.
“We know what a difference it makes to approach our own personal interactions with the same kind of care that we do with our historic temples,” Elder Kearon said. “We are grateful for our common efforts to reach beyond the walls of temples, churches, synagogues, and mosques and treat the spaces between us with the same sense of respect and purpose.”
And in August 2025, Elder Kearon testified in a BYU Pathway Worldwide student broadcast, “Light overcomes darkness. You can do it.”
The light of Christ is seen in all of God’s children, he said. “Everyone is born with a divine light. … For those of you who may have lost some of this light, I pray that you will find it again. I pray that you will have a better understanding of repentance: turning around, trying again, finding a new beginning.”
