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Women of Grace Online FALL Retreat, Open the Eyes of Your Heart: The Transformative Power of Prayer
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Women of Grace Online Fall Retreat
Open the Eyes of Your Heart: The Transformative Power of Prayer
Join us as our speakers present on PRAYER! In addition to discussing the power of prayer and why God has called us to do it, the speakers will highlight different types of prayer, how to deepen our prayer lives, and how transformative prayer truly is! Together we will learn about:
The Mystery of Prayer and It's Purpose
Praying for the Holy Souls
Praying the Rosary
Praying through Praise
Contemplative Prayer
Intercessory Prayer
Healing and Deliverance Prayer
and more!
Register today and together we will enjoy dynamic and informative presentations with content you can apply to your prayer life right away, praise and worship music throughout the event, and a Healing Rosary Service on Saturday evening! We can't wait to be with you!
Three Sessions:
Friday Evening, 7pm - 10pm ET
Saturday Morning 9:30am - 1:00pm ET
Saturday Evening 6:30pm - 10:15pm ET (includes Healing Rosary Service)
Speakers Include:
Father Peter John Cameron, O.P.
Johnnette Williams
Susan Tassone
Thomas K. Sullivan
Susan Potvin
Susan P. Brinkmann, O.C.D.S.
Kathleen Beckman, L.H.S.
Women of Grace ONLINE Fall Retreat Schedule (Eastern Time Zone):
Friday, October 23, 2020 (Friday Evening Session)
7:00pm Music, Welcome, Introductions, Opening Prayer
7:15pm “The Mystery of Prayer: What It Is and Why We Do It”
Father Peter John Cameron, O.P.
7:55pm “The Transformative Power of Prayer in My Life”
Johnnette Williams
8:35pm Retreat Review
8:45pm Praise and Worship Break
Susan Potvin
8:55pm “The Transformative Power of Praying for the Holy Souls”
Susan Tassone
9:35pm Q&A
Johnnette Williams, Father Peter John Cameron, O.P., Susan Tassone
9:55pm Closing Prayer
Father Peter John Cameron, O.P.
10:00pm Friday Evening Session Concludes
Saturday, October 24, 2020 (Saturday Morning Session)
9:30am Music, Welcome, Introductions, Opening Prayer
9:45am “The Transformative Power of Praying the Rosary”
Thomas K. Sullivan
10:25am Retreat Review
10:30am Testimony
10:40am “Problems We Face in Prayer and How to Overcome Them”
Father Peter John Cameron, O.P.
11:20am Praise and Worship Break
11:30am “The Transformative Power of Praying Through Praise”
Susan Potvin
12:10am Q&A
12:30pm
Women of Grace Mission Update and Retreat Review12:45pm Wrap Up
Johnnette Williams
12:55pm Closing Prayer
Father Peter John Cameron, O.P.
1:00pm Saturday Morning Session Concludes
Saturday, October 24, 2020 (Saturday Evening Session)
6:30pm Music, Welcome, Introductions, Opening Prayer
6:45pm “The Transformative Power of Contemplative Prayer,”
Susan P. Brinkmann, O.C.D.S.
7:25pm Praise and Worship Break
Susan Potvin
7:35pm “The Transformative Power of Healing and Deliverance Prayer
Kathleen Beckman, L.H.S.
8:15pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
8:20pm Healing Rosary Service
Johnnette Williams and Kathleen Beckman, L.H.S.
9:10pm Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
9:25pm Praise and Worship Break
9:35pm “The Transformative Power of Intercessory Prayer: The Path Forward”
Johnnette Williams
10:05pm Closing Prayer
Father Peter John Cameron, O.P.
10:10pm Retreat Concludes
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Kathleen Beckman
For twenty-five years, and in thirteen countries, Kathleen Beckman has served in the Church’s ministry of evangelization through Catholic radio and television, writing and speaking. Sophia Institute Press has published her last four books including the bestseller, “A Family Guide to Spiritual Warfare: Strategies for Deliverance and Healing”. At the invitation of clergy, Kathleen has served in the Church’s ministry of exorcism and deliverance for sixteen years. She was on faculty for the Pope Leo XIII Institute for six years, completed the Association of International Exorcists Course at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum University in 2017, serves as the diocesan administrator of exorcism and deliverance ministry. A member of the exorcist’s team, she accompanies persons seeking liberation from evil spirits. In 2013, with encouragement of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy, she co-founded the Foundation of Prayer for Priests, an apostolate of intercession and sacrifice for the holiness and protection of priests. All are invited to spiritually adopt priests at www.foundationforpriests.org.
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Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Susan Brinkmann, O.C.D.S., is an author and award-winning journalist who is a member of the Third Order of Discalced Carmelites. She serves as the Director of Communications and New Age Research for Women of Grace® and is a frequent guest on EWTN's Women of Grace® television show. Susan formerly worked as a Correspondent for the Catholic Standard & Times, the newspaper for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. For the last 10 years she has been the lead researcher for Women of Grace’s New Age Q&A Blog which is the largest blog of its kind in the world. The library of information now exceeds 1200 entries on everything from acupuncture and angels to wicca and yoga. She has also authored eleven books, including the Learn to Discern Compendium: Is it Christian or New Age, and her latest book, Day by Day in the Little Way: 365 reflections on the Teachings of St. Therese of Lisieux. Along with Johnnette Williams, she co-authored the Young Women of Grace Study Program which teaches girls ages 13+ about what it means to be authentically feminine. The Catholic Guide to Mindfulness, was published by Avila Institute, and her Like a Catholic series, which has imprimaturs from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, was published by the Catholic Life Institute Press. Her national journalism awards include the Bernadine-O'Connor Award for Pro-Life Journalism, the Eileen Egan Journalism Award from Catholic Relief Services, and numerous awards from the Catholic Press Association and the Philadelphia Press Association.
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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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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.
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Thomas K Sullivan
At the young age of 17, Thomas K Sullivan began a career serving in the United States Military (US Navy and Coast Guard). During his 12 years of service, Tom spent 5 of those years as a Company Commander in the US Navy, training young men and women in the ways of military life, and was awarded the designation as a "Master Training Specialist". Little did he know God was preparing him for a training field much bigger than he could imagine.
At the age of 30, Tom returned to the Catholic Faith and found his true mission in life. Using the same determination, skills and abilities that made him a successful and highly decorated military leader, Tom has spent the past 26 years in Catholic education, apologetics and evangelization.
In 1992 following a disabling injury which brought his military career to an end, Tom began working with St, Joseph Communications in California. During this time, he developed evangelization and educational materials for both national an international audiences. Tom also conceived and developed the Scott and Kimberly Hahn Adult Education on Video program now in thousands of homes and parishes. Tom is a founding member of the National Catholic Family Conference held each year in California and was the 1996 recipient of the annual Fulton J. Sheen award for his work in evangelization.
In 1998, Tom formed a youth outreach organization featuring the Catholic Rock Music group, Sons of Thunder Outreach. The group went on to record a highly requested CD "Fatherland", a Catholic rock music CD with lyrics telling the story of salvation history, conversion, the sacraments and more.
In 2001, Tom joined the staff of Living His Life Abundantly International. He serves as the Director of Operations, Director of Information Technology and Network Administrator as well as Senior radio engineer.
Tom is also the producer of the daily Television program "Women of Grace" on the EWTN Global Catholic Television Network.
In addition, Tom has extensive experience teaching parish adult education and youth confirmation preparation. He speaks at conferences and events, nationally and internationally, on the many topics concerning the Catholic Faith.
Tom is the author of the book "Called to Knighthood: The Sacrament of Confirmation in the Kingdom Family of God" published by Simon Peter Press and co-author with Johnnette Benkovic of the book "The Rosary: Your Weapon for Spiritual Warfare" published by Servant Press.
He has been a radio guest on The Abundant Life, Women of Grace LIVE, Faith and Family Radio programs, as well as Seize the Day with Gus Lloyd on Sirius Satellite radio.
He has also been a television guest on EWTN's Life on the Rock, Bookmark with Doug Keck, The Abundant Life, and over a dozen Women of Grace television programs.
?Tom is the creator and designer of the one-of-a-kind Warrior's Rosary that has been distributed all over the world since 2014.
He is currently working on an expanded book on the Sacrament of Confirmation titled “Warriors for the Kingdom.” He continues to spend much of his free time speaking about the Kingdom of God, the Rosary, and the importance of the sacraments and their relationship to Spiritual Warfare here on the battlefield of life!
Tom is a devoted husband to his wife Carol and father of six children; Jeffrey, Tommy, Maria, Michael, Joshua and Gabriel. He is also the proud Grandfather of his 15 grandchildren (currently). -
Susan Tassone
Susan Tassone has long been a passionate champion for the holy souls in purgatory and is recognized as leading a worldwide “purgatory movement.” The award-winning author of thirteen best-sellers, includingJesus Speaks to Faustina and You, Day by Day with Saint Faustina, St. Faustina Prayer Book for Adoration, St. Faustina Prayer Book for the Conversion of Sinners, St. Faustina Prayer Book for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, and Day by Day for the Holy Souls Purgatory, Susan shares her passion for saving souls through innumerable speaking engagements throughout the country. More than a dozen cardinals and bishops around the world have endorsed her works.
She is a frequent, popular guest on national radio and television programs, as well as having a major impact through social media. In 2017, she appeared on the cover of Catholic Digest Magazine. In 2013, she was featured in the groundbreaking documentary Purgatory: The Forgotten Church, bring her unique style and penetrating message to a new generation. Susan is the all time best selling author in the history of EWTN.
Through her tireless work, she raises awareness of purgatory as well as donations for Masses for the holy souls.
Susan holds a master’s degree in religious education from Loyola University Chicago, and in addition to her numerous awards, she has had the privilege and honor of being granted two private audiences with St. John Paul II, who bestowed a special blessing on her ministry for the holy souls.
