Women of Grace® Event Details
Benedicta Leadership Enrichment Seminar
Benedict Leadership Enrichment Seminar
precedes the Women of Grace Retreat
Malvern Retreat House
"Joan of Arc: Icon for the Catholic Woman Leader"
Speakers Include:
Siobhan Nash Marshall
Johnnette Benkovic
Father Wade Menezes, CPM
THURSDAY, JULY 6
1:00pm Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Father Wade Menezes
2:00pm - 5:30pm Session One
6:00pm DINNER
7:00pm - 9:00pm Session Two (followed by Evening Prayer)
FRIDAY, JULY 7
8:00am BREAKFAST/Witness Talk
9:00am - 11:45am Session Three
12:00pm LUNCH
12:45pm - 3:00pm Session Four
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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 Wade Menezes, CPM
Fr. Wade L. J. Menezes, CPM is a member of the Fathers of Mercy, a missionary preaching Religious Congregation based in Auburn, Kentucky. Ordained a priest during the Great Jubilee Year 2000, he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Catholic Thought from the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Toronto, Canada and his dual Master of Arts and Master of Divinity Degrees in Theology from Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut. His secular college degrees are in journalism and communications. Fr. Wade is currently the Assistant General for the Fathers of Mercy. He has been a regular guest on EWTN and has produced a number of series for the Network including Crux of the Matter and Thirst for Truth, Battle for Souls.
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Siobhan Nash-Marshall
Siobhan Nash-Marshall is professor of philosophy and the Mary T. Clark Chair of Christian Philosophy at Manhattanville College, where she is also chairwoman of the philosophy department. She holds Ph.D.s from Fordham University and the Università Cattolica di Milano, as well as a L.M. from the Università di Padova and a B.A. from New York University. Her specializations are metaphysics, epistemology, and medieval philosophy. The author of many books, her most recent publications include "Evil, Pain, and the Problem of Properties" (2013); "Lies, Damned Lies, and Genocide" (2013); "Levi, Arslan, and Responses to Genocide" (2013); and several others.
