Women of Grace® Event Details
"Made for Happiness, Made for Joy" Women of Grace Online Summer Retreat
Women of Grace Online Summer Retreat
"Made for Happiness, Made for Joy"
Three Sessions: Friday Evening, Saturday Morning, Saturday Evening
Attend whichever session you want, or attend ALL three!
WOMEN OF GRACE ONLINE SUMMER RETREAT SCHEDULE:
Friday Evening Session, July 10, 2020:
7:00pm Music, Welcome, Introductions, Opening Prayer
7:15pm "Jesus, My Ideal, The Way to Happiness" with Johnnette Williams
8:00pm "Mary, Cause of Our Joy" with Father Peter John Cameron, O.P.
8:45pm Q&A with Johnnette Williams and Father Peter John Cameron, O. P.
9:05pm Retreat Review
9:15pm Closing Prayer with Father Peter John Cameron, O.P.
9:20pm LIVE Concert with Women at the Well
9:40pm Friday Evening Session Concludes
Saturday Morning Session, July 11, 2020:
9:30am Music, Welcome, Introductions, and Opening Prayer
9:45am "The Joy of Being a Woman!" with Johnnette Williams
10:35am Testimony
10:45am Music Break
10:50am "The Real Joy of Intimacy" with Samantha Kelley
11:35am Q&A with Johnnette Williams, Samantha Kelley, and
Father Peter John Cameron, O.P.
11:55am Women of Grace Mission Update and Retreat Review
12:10pm Closing Rosary with Father Peter John Cameron, O.P.
12:40pm Saturday Morning Session Concludes
Saturday Evening Session, July 11, 2020:
7:00pm Music, Welcome, Introductions, and Opening Prayer
7:15pm "Healing, Hope, and Joy" with Kathleen McCarthy
8:00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
8:05pm Healing Service with Kathleen McCarthy, Johnnette Williams, and
Father Peter John Cameron, O.P.
8:55pm Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
9:10pm Music Break
9:15pm "Bringing the Healing Love of Jesus to Others: Sharing the Joy"
with Johnnette Williams
10:00pm Closing Prayer with Father Peter John Cameron, O.P.
10:05pm Retreat Concludes
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800-558-5452
813-854-1518
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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. -
Father Peter John Cameron, O. P.
Father Peter John Cameron, O.P., was ordained a Dominican priest in 1986. He grew up in Vernon, Connecticut. He holds a Licentiate in Sacred Theology with a concentration in New Testament theology from the Dominican House of Studies, and a Master of Fine Arts Degree in playwriting from the Catholic University of America. He is an award-winning playwright, and the founder and artistic director of Blackfriars Repertory Theatre in New York City. From 1994 until 2018 Fr. Cameron taught homiletics at four seminaries: St. Joseph's Seminary—Dunwoodie, New York; Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington, New York; the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC; and the Pontifical North American College in Rome. From 2001 to 2003, Fr. Cameron was the spiritual director of the Neumann Hall pre-theology seminary program at Dunwoodie. Fr. Cameron is the author of ten books, including The Classics of Catholic Spirituality, Why Preach, Mysteries of the Virgin Mary, Made for Love--Loved by God, Novenas for the Church Year, and Jesus Present Before Me. He served two terms as the director of preaching for his Dominican province. Fr. Cameron is the founding editor-in-chief of Magnificat, where he worked from 1998-2018. Fr. Cameron now serves as the director of formation for Hard as Nails Ministries, a national evangelization apostolate.
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Samantha Kelley
Samantha is the Founder and current President of FIERCE Athlete Inc. She played Division 1 Soccer at UConn, and is currently involved in competitive rowing. She has spent the last 8 years working for Catholic nonprofits and outreaching to female athletes. She recently graduated with a Masters in Catholic Psychology and is currently pursuing Certification in Strength & Conditioning and Theology of the Body. It was actually through the teachings of Theology of the Body and the Catholic Church that she has discovered what it means to be both feminine and athletic. These teachings have the power to heal and through FIERCE Athlete she desires to share those truths with female athletes across the world.
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Kathleen McCarthy
Kathleen McCarthy is a published author, Catholic radio broadcaster, and has been a Catholic lay evangelist for over 40 years. She is the President of In His Sign Catholic Radio. Kathleen has traveled across the country and internationally as a sought after Conference Presenter. She has been a guest on many television and radio programs including EWTN and is a Retreat Director at the Malvern Retreat House. Kathleen has been involved in healing ministry for over four decades. Her message of the Father’s merciful love, the Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist and the power of the Holy Spirit are central to the doctrines of the Catholic Church. Kathleen’s willingness to share her faith and wisdom has established her as a dynamic instrument for proclaiming God’s Word.
