Testimony of Sr. Jacqueline Gitonga

Sr. Jackie Jean-Marie Gitonga was born and raised Kenya on a farm. She was the oldest of 3 children, with a younger brother and sister. She grew up in the Catholic faith. A program called Opus Dei taught her the basics of living and gave her the foundations of her faith. Her parents gave her a prayer book and a bible to help her spiritual growth. In High School she attended a boarding school and started questioning her faith as she did not have the answers. She decided to leave the faith and told her parents. They gave her words of wisdom that she did not have to leave the faith but to go deeper.

Sr. Jacqueline Gitonga. studied her undergrad at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa and received a degree in Business Administration. She then got the opportunity to come to the United States and received an M.Ed. in Education, Human Resource Development and went on to getting her doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Human Resources. While in college she joined the Newman Center and a Charismatic group. She went on a retreat and heard about consecrated singles. She was also healed of a stomach ailment. From that moment on her faith became alive for her, she loved going to Mass and Adoration. She was introduced to the idea of religious life and that began her quest to search out different orders. She discovered the Daughters of St. Paul. In 2019, Sr. Jackie professed her final vows. She is currently the National Director of Pauline Cooperators- Daughters of St. Paul in the USA. She resides in Metairie, LA.

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Testimony of Carla Comer

Testimony of Carla Comer. Carla Comer was raised Catholic and attended Catholic parochial schools through High School. During high school, she suffered from depression and rebelled against God. Carla went to college, dropped out after a year, and came back home. Her mother was a devout Catholic and Rosary prayer. Carla’s mother attended charismatic prayer meetings, and Carla began to get curious about them because her mother exhibited so much joy. Carla ended up reading a book that her mother’s friend wrote, and it was precisely what Carla was experiencing.

Carla became friends with the mother’s friend and was introduced to the bible, and soon she too would start attending the prayer meeting. Carla received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and her life was transformed. She finished college and had a great job. She met her future husband and had two boys. She shares her mother’s declining health and the miracles that occurred. Her favorite verse was Proverbs 3:4-6, and it carried her through some tough times, but her faith remained strong as her mother led her to the Blessed Mother, and she finally picked up that Rosary and began to see the graces unfold.

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Testimony of Fr. William Moorby

Fr. William Moorby is from the area of Rochester, NY. Fr. Moorby was raised in a strong Catholic home with fond memories of his early sacraments.  He shares in his story how he became involved in the Charismatic Renewal and how it led him to the priesthood. His parents were involved in the Charismatic Renewal and encouraged him when he was in college to attend a prayer group.

After many attempts, he was able to find one. Through his connection with a roommate in college and his Spiritual Director, he was encouraged to consider the vocation of priesthood. Fr. Moorby attended St. John Fisher University in Rochester, NY. Father Moorby was ordained in 1982. He began his stay in Tioga in 1993 as pastor of St. John the Evangelist, Newark Valley, and St. Francis of Assisi, Catatonk. Four years later, he was named administrator of St. Patrick, Owego, and a year after that, he became pastor of all three churches. In 2003, he doubled his pastorate by adding on St. James, Waverly; St. Margaret Mary, Apalachin; and St. Pius X, Van Etten in the newly formed Blessed Trinity/St. Patrick parishes.

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Testimony of Dr. Carol Razza

Dr. Carol Razza shares her empowering testimony with wisdom and humor. Her lively and animated delivery leads you through a time of transformation to be rid of the lies we tell ourselves to a place of peace and freedom as a child of God and an heir to the kingdom.

Dr. Carol Razza is a full-time faculty member and formation advisor at St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach, FL. Her degrees include an Ed. D in Child and Youth Studies from Nova Southeastern University, an M.S. in Counseling Psychology from Nova, and a B.S. in Psychology from Florida Atlantic University. She also serves on the Advisory Board, as the Regional Representative for Europe and Asia, for the International Magnificat. She has worked in private practice as a psychotherapist for over twenty-five years.

Dr. Carol has written two books, “Sonblock-How Christians Unknowingly Shield Themselves from Grace” and “Parent Me. Please!”, helping parents parent their adolescents. Carol presents at seminars, conferences, workshops, and retreats both nationally and internationally. She lives in Father God’s supernatural joy and encourages others to do the same. Carol’s greatest blessings include her marriage of 50 years to her husband Paul, their wonderful sons and daughters-in-law, and grandchildren.

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Testimony of Stacey O’Rourke

Stacey O’Rourke is a cradle Catholic. She received all her sacraments, but her family were not big church goers. She grew up in a dysfunctional household as both parents were alcoholics. She also became an alcoholic at an early age. This spiraled her into unhealthy relationships and activities and failed marriages. After her sobriety she went back to church and found support through her church family. She discovered Charismatics within her parish and became very intrigued.

Stacey received the gift of the Holy Spirit, and her life began to have meaning, and purpose. People would come to her and ask for prayer. She got very involved in Ministries within the Church and worked in a Catholic bookstore. It took her a long time, but she was finally able to forgive her mother. Stacey was the caregiver of her father in his last years and brought him to Christ before he passed away. The Lord kept bringing angels into her life that would help her and her family with all their daily living needs. She has two grown daughters from her marriage of 25 years and seven grandchildren. Her story is compelling and miraculous in many ways.

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Testimony of Angela Copenhaver

Angela Copenhaver is a Catholic convert. She was raised in Lincoln, Nebraska in a protestant family. Her parents divorced when she was young. As an adult she worked for a delivery company and worked hard to climb the corporate ladder and financial security. She was promoted to management in sales and marketing and transferred to Montana and then Virginia Beach.  While walking on the beach one day she heard a message from God to move back to Lincoln, NE to be close to family and just be a grandma.

Angela’s daughter had recently become a Catholic. Jesus used her family to start her journey with Jesus. Angela and her husband went to Church with her daughter’s family and soon after they joined RCIA. She attributes St. Therese of Avila as being influential in growing in her faith from the many books she read. She and her husband became Catholic in April of 2012. Angela started listening to Spirit Catholic Radio, and the programming changed her life. She saw a job opportunity to work at the radio station in sales and marketing and though she had no experience in radio she convinced them to hire her. She sees it as a wonderful way to evangelize. Angela is also the founder of We Teach Think and Human from Day One.

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Testimony of Deacon John Bialorucki

Testimony of Deacon John Bialorucki. John Bialorucki is a Deacon in the Huron Diocese. He entered the Deaconate late in life. Deacon John finished a five-year program at the age of 65. In his testimony, he focuses on three questions, why am I here? Where am I going? How am I going to get there? He answers the 2^nd question first.  We are going to heaven. He accomplished getting his wife to heaven by her constant prayers for him. In his early life, he was searching.  He wanted a good life, job, and family.

John says, “We are all looking for happiness.”

In the seventh grade, he pondered entering the priesthood but was not mature enough. He went into the Navy instead.  When he left the service, he married his high school sweetheart. The Deaconate program taught him how to pray, learn scripture and apologetics, and turn his life into more faith-filled ways. Why am I here? I am here to serve.  Serving at St. Peter’s has taught him to pray now! He also learned how to surrender to the spirit. We need to step out; we need to evangelize; we need to pray for each other.

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Testimony of Heather King

Heather King is a Los Angeles based writer, blogger, and speaker. Heather was raised on the coast of New Hampshire. She is the oldest of eight children from a Protestant family. She was considered the intelligent one with lots of drive. She is an ex-lawyer, a contemplative and Catholic convert. Heather has written many books and memoirs which detail her journey through 20 years of alcoholism, lymes disease, breast cancer, childlessness, and a broken marriage. Her story is like the prodigal daughter who squandered her inheritance. Heathers conversion to Catholicism took place in 1996 around the same time she left her career as a very successful lawyer in Los Angeles to fulfill a lifelong goal of becoming a writer. The Church formed her and allowed her womanhood to come to fullness. The Church gives her a sense of purpose and a place of comfort to sustain her. Heathers story is one of passion and grit in the face of life’s trials and disappointments. Her writing has been depicted as riveting words and a lost soul that was found. Heather speaks nationwide and is a monthly contributor to the Magnificat publication.

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Testimony of Fr. Sidney Speaks

Fr. Sidney Speaks grew up in Baltimore, MD. He was the firstborn of a large family with a devout Catholic mother and an alcoholic father. He first heard the call to the priesthood while doing his chores vacuuming at the age of 11. He ignored the call as he pursued other interests in High School, such as baseball and girls. Toward the end of High School, he befriended a priest that also felt he had a calling. He listened to the priest’s advice and went to St. Joseph Seminary in New Orleans. Unfortunately, he was not ‘all in’; he tried dating in Seminary, but the Lord had his hand on him, and Sidney continued his studies and graduate work in Washington DC. Fr. Sidney was assigned to a couple of parishes as Assoc.

Pastor in New Orleans. Still not content, he left his order of St. Joseph, no longer responsible to commit to his community vows. He became a Catholic High School teacher and was out dating again. About 5 years later, Our Blessed Mother wooed him again and told him to do whatever her son was asking of him, come back and just say ‘yes’ every day. The St. Joseph order would not take him back, but Archbishop Aymond assigned him to a parish in New Orleans. Fr. Speaks is very grateful for all the prayers prayed by Magnificat women for his priesthood.

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Testimony of Fr. Joseph Droessler

Testimony of Fr. Joseph Droessler. Fr. Joseph Droessler is a diocesan priest of Orange, well known for his charism of preaching and many other gifts of the Holy Spirit. He is a native of Orange County and the seventh of eight children. His priestly formation includes years of study at Mt. Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, MD, and Mt. Angel Benedictine Abbey and Seminary in Oregon.

He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Orange in 1995. Fr, Joseph has a great love for Church history, particularly as seen through the eyes of her saints. His unique testimony will portray the Lord’s pursuit of him and his resistance and then surrender.

After one year in the college seminary, he left the seminary for a full decade; a year before finishing a degree from Loyola Law School, he attended a St. Ignatius retreat. During this retreat, he heard the hound of heaven calling him to the priesthood again. He knew the appointed time had come to respond. Forgoing a law career, he entered immediately into formation to the priestly vocation that had been in his heart since first grade.

He is well known for his charism of preaching and devotion to the Blessed Mother. A special priestly work of his is to enkindle in others a great love of the Catholic Church with the fullness of her magisterial teachings, tradition, and sacred liturgy. Listening to this chosen priest will enkindle your heart in faith, hope, and love.

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Testimony of Lu Cortese

Testimony of Lu Coetese. Lu is the founder and Executive Director of St. Ignatius Retreat Association, St. Joseph Catholic Radio, and IHS Productions. What started 25 years ago as an at-home apostolate is now a worldwide radio and evangelization ministry heard on EWTN Radio and Catholic radio affiliates throughout the country and abroad.

Lu is the Executive Producer of the Children’s Rosary CD, a Catholic school fund-raising project; my Freedom to Choose, which is an abortion counseling CD and Magnificat Proclaims, a radio broadcast geared toward women. Lu is a former Catholic Women of the Year nominee for the Diocese of Orange, CA. She is a recipient of the Cardinal Mindszenty Freedom Award. Lu Cortese is proud to be the mother of two wonderful sons and grandmother of ten. St. Joseph Radio has an office, bookstore, and evangelization center in St. Charles, MO.

Lu shares how she got into radio. Media was dictating what Catholics believed, and Lu wanted to communicate to the world the true teaching of the Catholic Church. She had no real plan but was prepared to do the Lord’s will in all things through prayer and discernment.

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Testimony of Annette Barber

Testimony of Annette Barber. Annette was born into an Orthodox Jewish family. She was the oldest of five children, the little mother of the family. Her parents were very loving. She grew up in Iowa.  Her grandparents lived with them. Her grandfather gave her a blessing when she was three years old that she would be a blessing to God and to her family. Annette loved being Jewish. Her family suffered a lot of persecution from Catholics.

As a teenager, she had a lot of questions about life and her faith. She felt so inadequate. She met her future husband at an art school, and he was a Roman Catholic.  After she married Tom and had a son, she felt her life crumbling. Feeling she was a failure as a wife and mother, she had a nervous breakdown and contemplated suicide. God sovereignly spoke to her, and the next day, she began to read the New Testament Gospels. She cried out to Father God. She immediately committed her life to Christ, and the miracles began to happen. She was born to be a Catholic, and God’s grace was constantly calling her throughout her life. Listen as she shares her story with humor and enthusiasm.

She founded two Magnificat Chapters and was the Coordinator of a Chapter just outside of Chicago and a Regional Team member.

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Testimony of Rosalind Moss

Testimony of Rosalind Moss, Sr. Miriam of the Lamb of God Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, as she is now called, is known to many in the Catholic world. Born and raised in a Jewish home in Brooklyn, New York, Rosalind Moss embraced Jesus as the Messiah of the Jewish people as an adult. Her initial conversion interrupted a successful 15-year business career as an executive with corporations in New York and California. She changed course, beginning a full-time Evangelical ministry and earning a master’s degree in Ministry from Talbot Theological Seminary. Then, a series of events in the summer of 1990 set her on a course to find out if the Catholic Church was, in fact, the Church Christ established 2,000 years ago. After 18 years of Evangelical Protestantism, she entered the Catholic Church in Easter 1995.

Since that time, she has traveled the world speaking and teaching through conferences, parish missions, women’s and family retreats, and all forms of media. From July 1999 to May 2008, Sister Rosalind was a full-time staff apologist with Catholic Answers and remains to this day a guest of the semi-monthly radio program “From the Heart” on Catholic Answers Live. She is the editor of Home at Last, 11 Who found their Way to the Catholic Church, co-host of EWTN‘s Household of Faith and Now That We’re Catholic!, host of Reasons for Our Hope: A Bible Study on the Gospel of Luke, and author of the Bible Study book by the same title.

On the Feast of the Queenship of Mary, August 22, 2008, the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel’s Hope, took root in St. Louis, Missouri, at the invitation of then Archbishop, now Cardinal, Raymond Burke. Following Cardinal Burke’s departure to Rome and her own novitiate term, Sister Rosalind, at the invitation of Bishop Edward Slattery, moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to establish the community’s foundation in what will become their permanent home.

On the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, September 8, 2011, Bishop Edward Slattery received Sister Rosalind’s Triennial Vows, approved her name in religion, Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, and decreed the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel’s Hope to be a Public Association of the Faithful.

Mother Miriam is now Prioress of their first home in northeast Tulsa, henceforth known as the Priory of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

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Sandy Ourso

Sandy Ourso was born in Shreveport, LA, where she spent her early years. She attended Baptist church services every Sunday till she was 15 yrs. old. She received a wonderful foundation in her faith. The world’s cares lured her away from the boredom of church services. At the age of 20, she was a self-proclaimed agnostic. She married and moved to Dallas. For the next ten years, she lived her life according to the world’s definition. She had a great job. She was a newspaper reporter and editorial writer. She enjoyed an income that allowed her to satisfy every whim. She and her husband spent their spare time traveling, going to concerts, movies, and the theatre, dining at fine restaurants and partying with friends, and acquiring material possessions. At the age of thirty, after reading an interview with Francis Shaeffer, she began the pursuit of a new direction in her life. She was searching for answers, and God met her at a talk given by Schaeffer. The last statement he made changed her life and set her off on a Paul to Damascus experience. She rediscovered the stories of the bible and attended non- denominal churches again. She remarried after a  divorce and had a child at the age of 43.  You will be amazed by Sandy’s story of how she found her way to the Catholic Church.

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Testimony of Pat Turbitt

Pat Turbitt, devoted wife, mother and grandmother, registered nurse, and gifted speaker. She organizes and directs weekend retreats for women. With her husband, Donald conducts parish missions and pilgrimages to Europe. Together, they have a preaching, teaching, and healing ministry in Europe through Renewal Ministries. Pat is the founding  Coordinator of the Divine Providence Chapter of Magnificat in Providence, Rhode Island.

Pat boasts of the goodness, kindness, and mercy of the Lord. Her testimony is not about her but what Jesus has done in her life. My goal is that you will love Jesus more and more from what you hear. In three parts, I want to share with you before my conversion, what happened when I accepted Christ and how it has changed my life for the better.

Pat is of Portuguese decent. Baptized and confirmed in the Church. She married at the age of twenty- one. She remembers processions in her parish and feasting, so many good memories. Daily Mass was a very important part of her life and praying the Rosary. She prayed the ‘Haily Mary’ with Donald and he proposed to her with a ring. They had three children together.  She was nurse in the operating room.  At 25 yrs. old had a great trial, she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Her legs were very weak. She prayed with desperation.  She had many questions about the teaching of the Church. Pat shares how God answered her questions and healed her.

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Debra Herbeck ~ Testimony

Debra Herbeck has worked extensively in youth and women’s ministries for the past 25 yrs., evangelizing on college campuses, speaking at high school youth conferences, directing youth camps, and mentoring high school and college-age women. She has spoken at Franciscan University women’s and youth conferences and women’s events throughout the country.

Debra is a newsletter editor for Renewal Ministries and has written articles for New Covenant, Pastoral Ministries, Credo, and Catholic Faith and Family. She and her husband, Peter, recently co-authored a book entitled,’ When the Spirit Speaks, touched by God’s Word.’ She is also the producer for the weekly Catholic television program, ‘The Choice’s We Face,’ co-hosted by Ralph Martin and Peter Herbeck. The Herbeck’s live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with their four children and are members of Christ the King parish.

Debra Herbeck:

Debra Herbreck was born and raised in the Jewish faith with devout Jewish parents. Her whole entire world was Jewish, and she grew up with a very strong cultural identity as a Jew. Her conversion came while in college when she had a personal encounter with Christ. She began her pursuit of truth through reading the bible and help from her college friends, who gave her a better understanding of the Christian faith. She knew saying ’yes’ to Jesus meant saying ‘no’ to all she knew as a Jew. She kept praying, asking God to show her if Jesus was real, and he answered her prayer, and it changed the trajectory of her life as she accepted Christ.

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Testimony of Dana Rosemary Scallon

Dana Rosemary Scallon (born Rosemary Brown; on 30 August 1951, known professionally as Dana, is an Irish singer. While still a schoolgirl, she won the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with “All Kinds of Everything.” Scallon was born Rosemary Brown in Islington, London, one of seven children. In December 1969, Tom McGrath, producer of the Irish National Song Contest, invited Scallon to try out, feeling that one of the entered songs, the ballad “All Kinds of Everything,” would suit her. Her second attempt to win the Irish contest was a success. Then on Saturday, 21 March 1970, the eighteen-year-old schoolgirl performed the song at the Eurovision finals held in the  Amsterdam RAI Exhibition Convention Center before an estimated viewing audience of two hundred million. Perched on a stool while wearing an embroidered white mini-dress, she was the last of twelve contestants to perform that night. After the voting, she was declared the winner with 32 points.

Scallon’s debut album All Kinds of Everything, recorded at Decca Studio in West Hampstead, London, on the weekend of 25 April 1970, was released in June and included four tracks co-written by the singer, as well as a new recording of the album’s title track. Having scored an Irish number one in January 1980 with the song based on the Pope’s motto:  Totus Tuus, Latin for Totally Yours, the much larger American Christian market became a possible outlet for her music.

She sang at a Rosary Rally in Palm Beach and was asked to write a theme song for the Rosary. The result was The Rosary, an album released with over a million sales worldwide. Dana and Fr Kevin Scallon’s recording of The Rosary, available from www.dsmusicstore.com  has achieved platinum sales throughout the world since 1991 and continues to bring great healing and conversion to millions of people through the power of this wonderful prayer.

To help celebrate the sixth World Youth Day event held in Denver in 1993, she was invited to sing in the presence of Pope John Paul II the theme song for the occasion, “We Are One Body,” a song she composed herself. She also sang at the World Youth Day celebrations held in Paris in 1997, Toronto in 2002, and Sydney in 2008.

Dana is married to Damien Scallon and has four grown children. She is a  former politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004.

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Back in 1990, Bonnie’s family life was great. Her husband was a physician, they had two children and lived in a lovely home. Bonnie shares a series of events that changed everything and that was just the beginning of her faith journey. Bonnie Hardey’s story is about the love of the cross, about its blessings and the good that God can bring out of the cross.

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Maria Vadia was born in Cuba. Her family fled to the United States when Maria was 10 yrs. old. She is the founding Coordinator of Jesus is Lord Magnificat Chapter in Miami, FL.  She is member of the Advisory Team of the Magnificat Central Service Team. She has a vast knowledge of sacred scripture and is a vivacious speaker. She brings God’s powerful message of faith, salvation, and healing to many prayer groups.

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Linda was member of the Pastoral Advisory Board of the Charismatic Renewal in the Diocese of San Jose, CA. She was active in writing, teaching, and prayer ministry. Widely traveled, Linda has ministered all over the world. Linda was also a member of the Association of Christian Therapist

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Joan is married to Salvador Lococo. She is a mother to six grown children and grandmother to nine grandchildren. Her youngest child, John Paul died at age nine. It was through this experience that Joan learned more about the power of prayer and placing all her trust in the Lord. She was awarded the Regina Matrum award in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, voted the most outstanding mother of the year. She served for many years on the Mother Chapter of Magnificat and for 19 years on the Central Service Team the international governing board of this Ministry. Her favorite scripture is,’ Do whatever He tells you.’ John 2:5

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Elyse O’Kane is a wife, mother and teacher and Catholic singer and songwriter. She has used her musical talents to lead liturgical music groups and has been music ministry chairwoman for the Joyful Visitation Mgnificat Chapter in Atlanta, GA.  In 1991 she wrote a joyous melody to Mary’s Magnificat which has become the theme song for the Magnificat Ministry. Her friends encouraged her to record the many songs she composed but because of her fears of inadequacy she was reluctant but with the love and support of her prayer community she received the courage tor record her first CD. Her testimony will tell how God prepared her for this ministry through a number of personal challenges that allowed her to experience the love of Jesus and his healing power. Through it all she learned how God can and will do extraordinary things with ordinary people. All he needs is our ‘Fiat’, our ‘Yes’.

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Olga began the ministry of evangelization in 1991. Her desire to help those in need allowed God to use her in doing extraordinary things despite her feelings of inadequacy, fear of failure and the unknown. Prayer, God’s Word and Sacraments and the power of the Holy Spirit gave her the courage to say ‘yes’ to all he had called her to do. She confirms Pope John Paul’s words that ‘faith is strengthened when it is shared.’ Through her many challenging experiences, God continues to teach her that nothing is impossible with God. Do not be afraid. God gave her the courage to bring the ministry of Magnificat to Atlanta in 1991 and to serve as the SE Regional Rep Advisory Board of the Central Service Team of Magnificat. Olga is married to Roy, she is the mother of three grown children and grandmother of seven. She has taught elementary school in Florida and Georgia.

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Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa was born in Colli de Tronto, Italy. He was ordained a Franciscan Capuchin priest in 1958. In 1980, Fr. Cantalamessa was appointed by Pope John Paul II as preacher to the Papal household in the capacity he still serves. His official duties include preaching retreats to Pope Benedict 16^th, Pope Francis, members of the Papal household and Vatican officials. He was a member of the International Theological Commission from 1975-81. In 1979, he resigned his full-time preacher of the Gospel and has written several books. He is the considered one of the greatest spiritual educators of our time. Fr. Cantalamessa was proclaimed Bishop by Pope Francis in November, 2020.

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Spiritual conversion changed Kathleen Beckman’s life. The more successful and materialistic she became the more she pushed God out of her life. Wife for 47 years,  mother of two grown sons, medical assistant for 11 years and business owner with her husband since 1984. Kathleen was in for a surprise she did not realize her God was a jealous God and He managed to get her attention in 1989. The merciful love of the Savior chattered my comfortable worldly existence by allowing the cross to touch my family and He would become the Lord of my life. Since 1989 her life dramatically changed. Kathleen became a daily communicant, Coordinator of the Orange County Magnificat Chapter, and a lady of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem. Kathleen shared that suffering compelled me to pray, contemplation led me to worship, praise, and service. I found solace in Holy Mother Church. You will hear about the graces that led to her conversion.

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, speaking and as  a certified Retreat Director. Sophia Institute Press has published her four best-selling books including, “Praying for Priests”, “God’s Healing Mercy”, “When Women Pray” and the newest, “A Family Guide to Spiritual Warfare”.

At the invitation of the 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 at Mundelein Seminary for six years. She presently serves as the lay administrator of the exorcism and deliverance ministry and is a member of the exorcist’s team. In 2013, with encouragement from the Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy, Kathleen co-founded the “Foundation of Prayer for Priests” a ministry of intercessory prayer for the holiness and protection of clergy.

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A Presbyterian with strong anti-Catholic convictions, her road to Catholicism led her through difficult struggles and trials before entering the Catholic Church in 1990, 4 years after her husband’s conversion.

Kimberly Hahn is married to Scott Hahn. She enjoys the speaking ministry with Scott,  but family commitments take top priority with her. She earned an MA in Theology from Gordon Cromwell Theological Seminary.

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Aggie Neck is Chairman of the National Service Committee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of the United States. She is Co-Director of Service House and Catholic House of Prayer, a place of prayer, seminars, spiritual direction, bible studies, prison ministry, food for those in need. She has devoted her life to the ministry and takes seriously Jesus command to feed the hungry, visit the imprisoned and set the captives free. She is a member of CENLA, a Magnificat Chapter in central Louisiana.

Jesus has led me to discover who I am in him. He has opened my to see and understand that I have value and ability in and through him.

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Paulette Renaudin is a devoted wife and mother of three children. She is a master gardener and experienced photographer. How does a painfully shy person shout the works of the Lord? How does one who has a career in glamour and high fashion become a humble servant of the Lord? Paulette shares how the Lord turned her life around 180 degrees through a kaleidoscope of events.

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Magnificat ® is dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God, an image of the Church, and model for all Christians, especially women.

Two hundred Catholic women from all walks of life crowded into a Knights of Columbus hall on October 7, 1981, to have breakfast and to hear a woman’s personal
witness to the power of God in her life.

The women who left that hall were filled with a joy that only the Holy Spirit can give; that is, a deeper awareness of God’s loving presence in their lives and a burning desire to share this wonderful experience with more and more of their sisters in Christ.

The modest breakfast held on October 7, 1981, is today, a ministry to Catholic women known as “Magnificat” with Chapters in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa.

While the Magnificat Meal is the main function of the ministry, Magnificat is much more than “putting on a meal.” It is a time of praise and worship, fellowship, and prayer.
Magnificat is a private association of the Christian faithful under the vigilance and jurisdiction of the local ordinary. The ministry is consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

The essence of Magnificat is the encounter between Mary and Elizabeth (Luke 1:39-56). Magnificat is a woman-to-woman ministry which calls forth a lively faith in God and His actions in daily life, a love for Mary and for the Church, and deep holiness. The words of Our Lady’s canticle in Luke’s gospel take on a personal significance for Magnificat women as they seek to magnify the Lord in their own lives and lead others to know His great love and goodness.

We encourage you to join us as we pray, learn, and experience what God can do in our lives if we let Him!

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Joy Pinto is married to Jim Pinto and they have four children. Joy lived this perfect and happy life as a Protestant Pastor’s wife until Jim felt called to return to the Catholic Church. They traveled this conversion journey together along with three of their four children. Joy yearned for the real presence of the Eucharist and when she received the sacrament of Communion, it with a tearful celebration of gratitude to have the body, blood, soul, and divinity possess her. Their lives changed dramatically but their heart for God did not.

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Dr. Cyndi Peterson is married to Dr. Drew Allen Peterson an Orthopedic surgeon. She has five children. Cyndi graduated with Magna cum laude honors from Creighton University and  was awarded ‘Woman of the Year’ from Creighton in 1984.  She is a Staff Dermatologist and Dermatological surgeon. Cyndi has experienced amazing grace in raising a family and knows that if one seeks God you will find him. She received the best from what the world has to offer and was offered the best of what the Lord has to give.

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