The
An outreach of Women of Grace which seeks to identify, educate, develop, and train Catholic women to be active leaders and mentors of the day in accord with their state in life, infusing institutions, organizations and governmental agencies with Catholic moral and social teachings so as to bring about the culture of life. Named for St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein).
Benedicta Leadership Institute for Women® trains Catholic women to be active leaders and mentors of the day in accord with their state in life.
"The Catholic woman leader is a daughter of the Church who seeks to use her gifts, talents and
The essential nature and spirit of woman innately hers by virtue of her potentiality to bear another human person within herself. This genius of woman is characterized by an authentic subjectivity which, according to Blessed John Paul II, is marked by her capacity to see the person in his concrete form (M.D. #18), and respond to him with a sensitivity marked by self-giving. This feminine richness is perfectly portrayed in the Blessed Virgin Mary.
feminine genius
to bring Jesus Christ to the world and the world to Jesus Christ as exemplified by the Blessed Virgin Mary's
A virtue related to fortitude in which the soul is willing to undertake great things, magna anima; a largeness of heart which is ready to undertake generous tasks for the benefit of others.
magnanimity
of soul, servant's heart, and conformity to the will of God (Luke 1:38)."
-Johnnette S. Benkovic
Whether it's in the home, workplace, or marketplace, the world today hungers for the "influence, effect, and power" of
The true and essential nature God has endowed to woman referred to by Blessed John Paul II as the feminine genius.
authentic femininity™.
The mission of the
An outreach of Women of Grace which seeks to identify, educate, develop, and train Catholic women to be active leaders and mentors of the day in accord with their state in life, infusing institutions, organizations and governmental agencies with Catholic moral and social teachings so as to bring about the culture of life. Named for St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein).
Benedicta Leadership Institute for Women®
is to identify, educate, develop, and train Catholic women to be active leaders and mentors of the day in accord with their state in life. By infusing family life, communities, institutions, organizations and governmental agencies with Catholic moral and social teachings, a
A society of man whose social and moral faculties and mores live out and express a fundamental respect for the dignity and worth of the human person at every stage of life from conception to natural death.
Culture of Life
is modeled by the leaders of this Institute. In so doing, Women of Grace® envisions a society and worldview permeated by the
A society of man whose social and moral faculties and mores live out and express a fundamental respect for the dignity and worth of the human person at every stage of life from conception to natural death.
Culture of Life.
"How rare it is to find a valiant woman! It is perhaps necessarily so, since Scripture says that they are more precious than pearls and diamonds. Let us however work to train a few." -St. Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779 -1865)
"I loved the Leadership Institute. It was an amazing gift. The small group was intimate and conducive to really learning and sharing with each other. It was especially great to have that special time and attention from Johnnette herself. She was a great teacher. She was honest and candid and I could really relate to her. I could really see a real woman who works and struggles to be a woman of grace. Thank you Johnnette!"
Past Participant, Sacramento, CA
"As women in the workplace hungering for a model of integrating spirituality and an ethical standard for decision-making, the Leadership Institute provides a premier 'gold standard' for those of us wanting to stand as authentic leaders. Leadership is discipleship; we, as working women need to "own" our role as visionary partners in creating new models of leadership for future generations. This is a challenge for all of us and, incredibly, the Leadership Institute is calling us forth to 'take a stand.'"
Past Participant, Sacramento, CA