Women of Grace® Event Details
Women of Grace Retreat Malvern, Pennsylvania
"Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy: Our Refuge on the Battlefield of Life"
Speakers Include:
Johnnette Benkovic
Father Joseph Mary Wolfe, M.F.V.A.
Thomas K. Sullivan
Susan P. Brinkmann OCDS
Schedule of Events (tentative)
FRIDAY, JULY 8
3:00 PM – 4:45 PM
Registration
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Homily One—Father Joseph Mary Wolfe, MFVA
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Dinner/Welcome/Introduction
7:15 PM –8:15 PM
Talk One: Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, Our Life, Our Sweetness, and Our Hope– Johnnette Benkovic
8:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Talk Two: To Thee Do We Cry, Poor Banished Children of Eve–Father Joseph Mary Wolfe, MFVA
9:30 PM
Fellowship in Lower McShain/Nocturnal Adoration in Chapels
SATURDAY, JULY 9
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast/Announcements/Witness Talk
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Talk Three: Our Lady in God’s Plan in the Kingdom–Thomas K. Sullivan
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Talk Four: Our Lady of Fatima and God’s Plan for Our Time—Sue Brinkmann, OCDS
(Note: Confessions will be available beginning at 11:15 AM – Locations TBD)
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Confession/Prayer/Reflection/Fellowship in Lower McShain
12:00 PM –1:00 PM
Lunch/Witness Talk
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
Talk Five: Turn Thine Eyes of Mercy Toward Us…Show Us Jesus–Johnnette Benkovic
2:30 PM -- 3:30 PM
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Homily Two--Father Joseph Mary Wolfe, MFVA
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Break
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Women of Grace in Action: Raising Young Women of Grace– Sue Brinkmann, OCDS and her Young Women of Grace Study Group, Isabelle Liberatore, Johnnette Benkovic
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Facilitator Training/Prayer/Reflection/Fellowship in Lower McShain
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Dinner
7:15 PM – 8:15 PM
Talk Six: O Clement, O Loving, O Sweet Virgin Mary–Father Joseph Mary Wolfe, MFVA
8:15 PM – 10:00 PM
Healing Service
10:00 PM
Social in Lower McShain/Nocturnal Adoration
SUNDAY, JULY 10
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast/Testimonies of Healing
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Talk Seven: Pray for Us, O Holy Mother of God, Make Us Worthy–Johnnette Benkovic
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Homily Three—Father Joseph Mary Wolfe, MFVA
The Women of Grace Retreat will be preceded by the Benedicta Leadership Enrichment Seminar. Details will be available here.
To register, click here for the Malvern Retreat House registration page.
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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 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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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). -
Father Joseph Mary Wolfe, M.F.V.A.
Fr. Joseph Mary Wolfe is the Chaplain of the Eternal Word Television Network where he initially came to work in 1985 as an engineer. Two years later he became one of the founding members of the men’s community which Mother Angelica founded in 1987: the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word. The motto of the friars is: The lost I will seek out, the strayed I will bring back. They do so by utilizing the modern means of communication reaching millions of souls throughout the world. Fr. Joseph was ordained to the priesthood in 1993 and often celebrates the daily televised Mass. He has produced a Pro-life Rosary which airs on Saturdays and a television series on the faith of farmers in his homeland of Eastern Iowa entitled Faith in the Heartland. He also hosts an ongoing EWTN television series on Lay Movements in the Church entitled: The Church Universal.
