Women of Grace Lenten Online Retreat:
"Man of Sorrows, Lord of Joy"
Presenters:
Johnnette Williams
Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P.
Thomas K. Sullivan
Susan Brinkmann, O.C.D.S.
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Dr. Paul Thigpen
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Two Sessions:
Saturday Morning Session, 9:30am-2:00pm ET
Saturday Evening Session, 6:00pm-10:00pm ET
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“May Mary, our guide on the Lenten journey, lead us to ever deeper knowledge of the dead and Risen Christ, help us in the spiritual combat against sin, and sustain us as we pray with conviction: “Convert us to you, O God, our salvation.”
-Pope Benedict XVI
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Women of Grace® is hosting a Lenten Online Retreat on Saturday, March 27th
“Man of Sorrows, Lord of Joy”
Join us for this meditative retreat day, as we journey with Jesus in His Passion. As we prepare for the crucifixion of Our Lord, it is important to look at our own sufferings and the crosses we bear and unite them with His, seeking self-knowledge and healing so that we can find true joy in Christ Jesus.
Our Blessed Mother will not abandon us on the path to salvation!
We have prayerfully developed this Lenten Online Retreat to be beautiful, engaging, and prayerful, with presentations, Lenten reflections following the Sorrowful Mysteries, live music, reflection time, Adoration, and a beautiful healing rosary to close the day!
We pray this retreat, with the intercession of Our Blessed Mother, will be a time of reflection, surrender, and healing for you as we journey with Our Lord Jesus.
Presentations include:
"Take This Cup": In the Garden With Jesus
Thomas K. Sullivan
"He Handed Him Over": Embracing the Will of God
Fr. Peter John Cameron, OP
"Hail, King of the Jews": Self-Knowledge and Conversion
Johnnette Williams
"Do Not Weep For Me:" Suffering and Salvation
Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
"It Is Finished": The New Beginning
Dr. Paul Thigpen
(Complete Retreat Schedule Below)
We look forward to being together in the comfort of your own home where we will gather ONLINE, and journey towards salvation.
(Men welcome, too. Appropriate for youth.)
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If you can not attend live, you can register and enjoy the playback links
for up to 30 days following the live event dates.
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Johnnette B. Williams is Founder and President of Living His Life Abundantly® International, Inc., a Catholic evangelization apostolate with outreaches in television, radio, print, and internet communications. She is also Founder of Women of Grace®, a Catholic apostolate for Christian women that features a number of outreaches including conferences, curricula, study groups, and more. Johnnette is the host of the Women of Grace television program and Women of Grace Live, a one-hour, call-in radio talk show, which both air internationally on EWTN. Johnnette is also a popular conference, retreat, and seminar presenter, and is the author of several books including Full of Grace: Women and the Abundant Life, on which the Foundational Study Series for Women of Grace is based, in addition to recently released books, Graceful Living: Meditations to Help You Grow Closer to God Day by Day and The Rosary: Your Weapon for Spiritual Warfare. Johnnette was married to her husband, Anthony, for nearly 34 years and became widowed in 2007. After 11 years of widowhood, Johnnette married in 2018 to Mr. Jack Williams. She is the mother of three adult children, two living, and two adult children through marriage, and has nine grandchildren.
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Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P., was ordained a Dominican priest in 1986. He has a background in theatre and is the artistic director of Blackfriars Repertory Theatre in New York City. For twenty-four years, Fr. Cameron taught preaching at four seminaries. Fr. Cameron is the author of ten books, including The Classics of Catholic Spirituality, Blessing Prayers, Mysteries of the Virgin Mary, Made for Love--Loved by God, Novenas for the Church Year, and Jesus Present Before Me. He is the founding editor-in-chief of Magnificat, where he worked from 1998-2018. Fr. Cameron is the Prior of St. Patrick Priory in Columbus, Ohio.
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Thomas K. Sullivan began a career serving in the United States Military (U.S. Navy and Coast Guard) at the young age of 17. During his 12 years of service, Tom spent five 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. He has spent the past 24 years in Catholic evangelization, education and apologetics. Since 2001, Tom has worked for Living His Life Abundantly International/Women of Grace where he currently serves as the Director of Operations, Director of Information Technology and Network Administrator. Tom is also the producer of the Television program Women of Grace on the EWTN television network. He is the author of Called to Knighthood, The Rosary: Your Weapon for Spiritual Warfare and the creator of the Warrior's Rosary.
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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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Dr. Paul Thigpen is the Director of Adult Faith Formation and Evangelization at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Kennesaw, Georgia. An internationally known speaker, best-selling author, and award-winning journalist, he has published fifty-four books, including the Manual for Spiritual Warfare, The Rapture Trap, The Biblical Names of Jesus, and Saints Who Saw Hell. In addition, Paul has published more than five hundred journal and magazine articles in more than forty religious and secular periodicals. His work has been circulated worldwide and translated into fifteen languages. In 2008 Paul was appointed by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to their National Advisory Council for a four-year term. He has also served the Church as a university theology professor, historian, apologist, evangelist, and catechist. Formerly an ordained Protestant pastor, Paul entered the Catholic Church in 1993 with his wife, Leisa, and their two children. They recently celebrated their forty-first wedding anniversary and are enjoying their five grandchildren.
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Music provided by Living Praise Worship Team
Live music throughout the event!
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The women of the Living Praise Worship Team come from all walks of life – married, single, divorced, annulled, remarried, professionals, stay at home moms, and home-schoolers. We raise children, grandchildren, horses, dogs, gardens and flowers. We lead and serve in other music groups in our churches, Catholic and Protestant, traditional and charismatic. What has brought us together is a desire to serve the body of Christ with the gifts of worship the Lord has given us. We strive not to perform but share a gift of passionate worship, bringing those we minister to into the Lord’s presence. “Living Praise” is a Music Ministry Worship Team founded on the call to worship the Lord through song and praise. We strive to bring an inspiring spirit of worship wherever we sing, inviting all to become “living praise” for the Lord with us. |
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Women of Grace Lenten ONLINE Retreat Schedule:
Saturday, March 27, 2021 (Saturday Morning Session)
Eastern Time Zone
9:30am Music, Welcome, Introductions, Opening Prayer
9:50am “Take This Cup:” In the Garden With Jesus
Thomas K. Sullivan
10:30am Lenten Reflection-The Agony in the Garden
Johnnette Williams
10:40am Reflection Break, live music
Living Praise Worship Team
10:50am Event Review
11:00am “He Handed Him Over:” Embracing the Will of God
Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P.
11:45am Lenten Reflection-Scourging at the Pillar
Johnnette Williams
11:55pm Reflection Break, live music
Living Praise Worship Team
12:05pm Event Review
12:10pm Witness
12:20pm “Hail, King of the Jews:” Self-Knowledge and Conversion
Johnnette Williams
1:00pm Lenten Reflection-Crowning of Thorns
Johnnette Williams
1:10pm Reflection Break, live music
Living Praise Worship Team
1:20pm Women of Grace Mission Update
1:35pm Q & A
Johnnette Williams, Father Peter John Cameron, O.P., and Thomas K. Sullivan
2:00pm Closing Prayer with Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P.
Saturday, March 27, 2021 (Saturday Evening Session)
Eastern Time Zone
6:00pm Music, Welcome, Introductions, Opening Prayer
6:20pm “Do Not Weep for Me:” Suffering and Salvation
Susan Brinkmann, O.C.D.S.
7:00pm Lenten Reflection-Carrying of the Cross
Johnnette Williams
7:10pm Reflection Break, live music
Living Praise Worship Team
7:20pm Event Review
7:25pm “It is Finished:” The New Beginning
Dr. Paul Thigpen
8:10pm Lenten Reflection-The Crucifixion
Johnnette Williams
8:20pm Reflection Break, live music
Living Praise Worship Team
8:30pm Event Review, Preparation for Adoration
8:40pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
8:50pm Lenten Healing Rosary, the Sorrowful Mysteries
Johnnette Williams
9:40pm Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
9:45pm Reflection Break, live music
Living Praise Worship Team
9:50pm Closing with Johnnette Williams
10:00pm Closing Prayer with Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P.
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