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Young Women of Grace Retreat Harrisburg, PA

Young Women of Grace Retreat

Harrisburg, PA

"Made for Joy: My Mother, Her Powerful Prayer, and Me!"

Presenters Inlclude:

Johnnette Williams

Sue Brinkmann

Mary Dillenback

Fr. Edward Quinlin, VF

A fun-filled day for teen girls, with inspiring presentations, craft time, prayer time, down time and fellowship, a special lunch, mass, and confession! Come and learn more about your spirituality! Bring your friends!

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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.

• Susan Brinkmann, OCDS

  Susan Brinkmann, O.C.D.S., is an author and award-winning journalist is a member of the Third Order of Discalced Carmelites. She serves as Director of New Age Research for Women of Grace® and is a frequent guest on EWTN’s Women of Grace® television show. She is the founder of Live Catholic, an educational nonprofit devoted to teaching authentic Catholic prayer in the Carmelite tradition to the faithful. 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 1600 entries on everything from acupuncture and angels to wicca and yoga.

  She has also authored seventeen books, including The Learn to Discern Compendium: Is It Christian or New Age which has an imprimatur from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Avila Institute published her book, A Catholic Guide to Mindfulness which educates the Catholic faithful about the Buddhist practice of mindfulness and how it differs from authentic Catholic spirituality, teaching and thought. Along with Johnnette Williams, she co-authored the Young Women of Grace Study Program which teaches girls ages 13+ what it means to be authentically feminine. Susan’s Like a Catholic series which introduces Carmelite spirituality to the faithful. This series includes Pray Like a Catholic, Live Like a Catholic, Mindful Like a Catholic, and Fight Like a Catholic, all of which have imprimaturs from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Her daily devotional, entitled Day by Day in the Little Way: 365 Reflections on the Teachings of St. Therese of Lisieux introduces devotees to the Little Way of Spiritual Childhood.

  In the fall of 2024, Viident Publications launched Susan’s new series of Catholic women’s novels entitled The Chronicles of Ariella, a gripping saga of murder, romance and redemption that spans six novels and 2000 years of Church history.

  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.

• Mary Dillenback

  Mary Dillenback is co-developer of the Young Women of Grace Facilitator/Teacher Guide.  She taught at the elementary school level for 26 years.  During that time she developed curriculum, was a Lead Teacher for the National New Standard Project portfolio system and designed and conducted training for teachers.  Her classroom teaching experience included Gifted and Talented, regular and inclusionary classroom settings.  Mary serves as a facilitator for the Women of Grace Foundational Study and Regional Coordinator for New York State.  She is a member of the Women of Grace Leadership Team and has helped train facilitators in several states.  Mary co-chairs the Facilitator Growth and Development Task Force and serves as Regional Coordinator Liaison.  She is a Third Order Carmelite, and lives on the St. Lawrence River in Fishers Landing, New York.  She is married, has two sons and five grandsons.