It was a tremendous blessing for me to have had the opportunity to meet Dr. Gianna Emmanuela Molla, the daughter of St Gianna Beretta Molla at the 2015 World Meeting of Families. She was there representing the St. Gianna Physician’s Guild, whose mission is to unite and encourage Catholic physicians, and those in the health care profession, to promote and defend Catholic principles in a public way by word and example, and to inspire sanctification in their lives. Her inner beauty and humility radiates through her as she carries on the legacy of her mother, who was herself a Catholic physician. Read the rest…
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For the Woman Who Wasn’t There: To All the Moms who Watched Philly From Afar
When we welcomed Pope Francis into our country, I’m sure many of you moms, like me, dreamt of traveling to be with the crowds who were there to celebrate, listen, and pray with the pontiff. Of course, for most of us, it never got further than a fleeting, wishful thought. Read the rest…
St. Gianna Beretta Molla’s Legacy
It was a tremendous blessing for me to have the opportunity to meet Dr. Gianna Emmanuela Molla, the daughter of St Gianna Beretta Molla at this week’s World Meeting of Families. She was there representing the St. Gianna Physician’s Guild, whose mission is to unite and encourage Catholic physicians, and those in the health care profession, to promote and defend Catholic principles in a public way by word and example, and to inspire sanctification in their lives. Her inner beauty and humility radiates through her as she carries on the legacy of her mother, who was herself a Catholic physician. Read the rest…
Highlights from the World Meeting of Families #WMF2015
Dear Friends,
It’s been a blessing and honor to be here at the World Meeting of Families, guest hosting the event with EWTN Bookmark’s Host, Doug Keck. I wanted to share a few pictures and highlights with our Women of Grace family and friends so that you could get a sense of all that is happening here. Please keep us in your prayers as we continue to pray for you.
I will add updates to this page as I am able. God bless you!
Join Johnnette Benkovic, Women of Grace and EWTN at the World Meeting of Families #WMF2015
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Join Johnnette Benkovic, Women of Grace and the EWTN Family at the World Meeting of Families!
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Pope Francis May Visit US in 2015
Reliable sources say Pope Francis may make his first visit to the United States in 2015 when he joins the World Meeting of Families which will be held in Philadelphia in September of that year.
One Million Hear Pope Speak on Family Values
Before an estimated one-million pilgrims at an open-air Mass which took place yesterday at the close of the World Meeting of Families in Milan, Italy, Pope Benedict XVI spoke out on family values, reached out to divorcees, and called the Sabbath “an oasis in which to pause . . . and celebrate the family.”
Pope Chooses Powerful Role Models for Families
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Pope has chosen a woman who asked to be executed along with her daughters during the Spanish Civil War as one of five families to serve as role models for the upcoming Sixth World Meeting of Families to take place Jan. 14-18 in Mexico City.
