Women of Grace® Event Details
2018 Sold Out: Women of God Bloom Who You Are A Healing Retreat - January 20 - 21, 2018 - Tampa/Oldsmar, Florida
The 2018 event is sold out. If you wish to be added to waitng list, please call 1-800-558-5452.
Women of God
Bloom Who You Are
A Healing Retreat
January 20 - 21, 2018
Tampa/Oldsmar, Florida
Catholic Women! Join us for a retreat that will uplift you and bring healing and renewal to your faith!
Enjoy a time of inspiration, refreshment, and encouragement for women to come to a deeper understanding of their natural and supernatural gifts with speakers who have a particular heart for women and their role in the Church at this time.
Includes: Mass, Adoration, Confession, talks, reflection time, a healing service, and individual ministry by prayer teams.
Dates: January 20-21, 2018
The program will begin with Mass at 9:00 am Saturday morning and will conclude by noon on Sunday with a closing Mass.
Place: Hampton Inn and Suites, Tampa/Oldsmar
4017 Tampa Rd, Oldsmar, FL 34677
Registration: Register at www.womenofgrace.com or call 1-800-558-5452. Space is limited. Deadline is Friday, January 12th.
Cost: $130, includes lunch and dinner on Saturday, the 20th.
Rooms at the Hampton Inn and Suites are being held in name of "Bloom Who You Are Retreat" at rate of $139 / night for room with two queen beds (includes breakfast). Reservations can be made at 813 818-7202. Deadline for rooms is December 18th.
PRESENTERS INCLUDE:
Fr. Richard McAlear, OMI is well known for his gift of healing and has been offering hope, healing, love and peace to tens of thousands of people around the world. He is a priest of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate and his goal is to bring us all closer to Jesus and His merciful, loving touch.
Johnnette Benkovic is a popular speaker and author and is founder and President of Women of Grace®, co-sponsor of this retreat, a Catholic apostolate for women with dynamic outreaches including conferences, media, study groups and more and also
Executive Producer of the Women of Grace® television
and radio programs on EWTN.
Judy Landrieu Klein is a mother, grandmother, author, Catholic theologian, inspirational speaker, widow ...and newlywed! She speaks about the power of a mother's prayers, Mary's motherly intercession, and cultivating hope in our brokenness.
Carol Marquardt, Retreat Facilitator is author of The Sound of His Voice and of Our Fiat, a personal prayer program focused on scripture and listening to the Holy Spirit. She is a widow,
mother and grandmother, and founder of Mantle of Mary Association, co-sponsor of this retreat. She received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Papal award,
the highest honor given to Catholic laity.
Susan Potvin is worship leader of Living Praise Worship Team and has led and directed music ministry groups for over 30 years. As a conference and retreat speaker, she has a passion to encourage others toward a deep and personal relationship with the Lord.
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Registration Link Above
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Event Speakers
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Johnnette Benkovic Williams
Johnnette Benkovic Williams is Founder and President of Women of Grace®, a Catholic apostolate for women featuring a number of outreaches including conferences, media, study groups and more.
After years of being a non-practicing Catholic, Johnnette experienced a deep conversion back to her Catholic faith in 1981. Her conversion sparked a new vocation: sharing the Gospel message through the utilization of media. She has been an inspiring and consistent presence on EWTN Catholic radio and EWTN Catholic television for over 30 years. -
Carol Marquardt
Carol Marquardt has worked for many years in lay ministry in the Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg, Florida. Before beginning the development of the Our Fiat materials and Mantle of Mary Association, she served as adult education director, catechumenate director, retreat house director, and charismatic prayer group leader. Along with these positions, she has worked in inner healing ministry and spiritual direction. She has also lead pilgrimages to Marian shrines such as Medjugorje, Lourdes, and Guadalupe, as well as Rome and Assisi. She has participated in evangelization missions to Eastern Europe with Renewal Ministries from Ann Arbor, Michigan USA.Formerly a nationally ranked tennis player, Carol converted to Catholicism in 1966 after marriage to her husband Mark. She has two married sons and eight grandchildren. She attributes her interest in spirituality to an experience of the presence of Jesus in 1971, which she saw as a call to follow Him and serve Him. Shortly after, she experienced the charismatic anointing of the Holy Spirit. Ever since, her interest and focus has been the spirituality of the lay apostle in the modern world.
A graduate of Duke University, Carol holds Masters Degrees in Education from the University of Illinois and in Pastoral Ministry from St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida. She also received a certificate in Spiritual Direction from the Benedictine Monastery in Pecos, New Mexico. -
Susan Potvin
Susan Potvin, worship leader and inspirational speaker, has been involved in Catholic and ecumenical renewal work for more than thirty years. Susan is the leader of Living Praise Worship Team, which provides worship for many groups nationally and internationally,. They serve such groups as Women of Grace®, Magnificat® – A Ministry to Catholic Women where Susan serves as the Chair for Praise and Worship, and the National Charismatic Renewal. Susan also teaches extensively on worship providing worship workshops and mentoring worship leaders. With Living Praise, Susan has produced seven worship CD’s. She graduated from Franciscan University of Steubenville with a B.A. in Theology and has a Masters of Education in School Counseling from Liberty University. Susan works as a school counselor at a K-12 Christian school and is also a Spiritual Director. She and her husband, Urby, who have been married for thirty-nine years, reside in Steubenville, Ohio. They have raised four children and have one grandchild. You can visit Living Praise at their website at: www.LivingPraiseWorship.com or contact Susan at livingpraise4him@gmail.com.
