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Jul 30, 2017
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Catholic Speakers for Retreats, Days of Reflection, and Parish or School Events

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Amy Brooks

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Philadelphia, PA and surrounding areas

Presentation Topics:

The Power of Prayer in the Pro-life Movement (the Spiritual Adoption Prayer);

Prayer Journaling*;

Considering Adoption to grow your family? What you need to know to get started.

Finding Yourself and Your Mission through Your Interests and Talents.

**How to “Be Yourself”; Who you are meant to be and why you are so important!

*Prayer Journaling is in the form of a hands on workshop!  This is a fun faith and fellowship event!

**This topic is geared toward Middle Schoolers and can also be presented to high school students.

Audiences:

Parish Communities,

School Students;

Teachers on Retreat or Days of Reflection:

High School and College Pro-life groups;

Women’s Prayer Groups;

and couples interested in pursuing adoption.

Contact info: 

Email Amy at prayerwinechocolate@gmail.com

Website: Prayer Wine Chocolate

Amy Cattapan

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Chicago, Illinois

Presentation Topics:

  • For students in grades 4 and up—“Be Not Afraid! God Has a Plan for Your Life, Too!” (an author talk at schools about how God called me to be a writer)
  • For students in grades 4 and up—“How to Pack a Punch in the Plot of Your Story” (a 40-minute writing workshop)
  • For writers and artists—“How to Tap Into Your God-Given Creativity” (a 90-minute workshop and presentation)
  •  For teachers, catechists, and youth ministers -“Instagram for Education and Evangelization”
  • For teachers, catechists, and youth ministers—“Pinterest for Planning: A Gold Mine of Info”
  • For writers—“Author Newsletters: Your Direct Marketing Plan”

Depends on topic, see above.

Contact:

info@ajcattapan.com

Website link: www.ajcattapan.com

Kimberly Cook

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Presentation Topics:
Femininity, Motherhood, Postpartum Depression,
Conversion,
Natural Family Planning (from a mental health and theological perspective),
The Church and Morality.
Audience:
women, faith groups
Contact:
Kimberly@TheLionOfDesign.com
Website:
TheLionOfDesign.com

Jeanie Egolf

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Columbus, Ohio

Presentation Topics:

First Communion pep talk The Real Presence and Molly McBride;

2. Vocations awareness,

3. Putting your faith to work: life as a Catholic author/illustrator.

Audiences: Grade school students.

Contact:

jeanie.egolf@gmail.com

Website:

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Michelle Gelineau

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Presentation Topics:

Knowing Jesus Christ in a powerful, life-changing and personal relationship;
Learning about Christ’s love for you, the barriers that come between your relationship together,

Personal reflection, guided prayer with worship music
Contact:

mg@givehim5.net

Website:
www.givehim5.com

Michele Faehnle & Emily Jaminet

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Columbus, Ohio but will travel anywhere

Presentation Topics: 

  • Divine Mercy for Moms: Sharing the Lessons of St. Faustina
  • Our Friend Faustina: Lessons of Mercy for a Woman’s Life
  • Families of Mercy: Living out the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy in family life
  • A Day Hemmed in Prayer: Our Faith Journey as Catholic Women
  • The Friendship Project: Deepening and Developing our Relationships
  • Preparing Our Hearts for Christmas: Allowing Advent to Draw Us Closer To Jesus
  • Balancing Technology and Family Life
Idea audience:
Women but also do mixed groups for all presentations
Contact:
Michele Faehnle – info@divinemercyformoms.com
websites: www.divinemercyformoms.com and www.thefriendshipprojectbook.com

Allison Gingras

Massachusetts.  Will travel anywhere.

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Presentation Topics: 

Forgiveness and the Peace of Forgiving

Faith in the Every Day, Ordinary of Life

The Hope of Trusting in God

Seeking JOY!

Prayer and The Rosary for the Busy and Unfocused

Audience:  Women of any age.

Contact Information:

ReconciledToYou@gmail.com

Call or Text: 508-243-1133

Website: Allison Gingras: Reconciled to You

Julia Harrell

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Washington, DC metro area; willing to travel pretty much wherever if travel expenses are covered. I do require some lead time for significant travel. 

Presentation Topics:
Virtue education and it’s role and place in the larger topic of character education.
More specific topics include virtue and storytelling, the role of literature in moral/ethical formation, and the role of virtue in a diverse and pluralistic culture.
Ideal Audience:
Kids/teens AND parents/teachers/catechists. Obviously, the approach and details of the content differ depending on the age of my audience. When speaking with a younger audience, I love to talk about what virtue is, why it’s the key to an exciting and fulfilling life, and how to “train” like a saint. I’m also excited about speaking to adults to work with children and teens about the ways they can form them in virtue, and why that’s so important.
Contact Info:
 juliawharrell@gmail.com
Website:
 www.julia-harrell.com

Christine Henderson

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Kansas City area and willing to travel within an hour radius of this metro area.

Topics: Every presentation includes a captivating story about one of the glorious saints. The saint’s story is then applied to whatever topic I am asked to speak upon. Prayer life as a busy mom (Saint Zelie Martin), First Communion/Honesty (Blessed Imelda Lambertini), and Forgiveness (Saint Maria Goretti) are just some of the many topics I can present to your group. I speak to adults and/or children. Interested in a family talk/activity? How about an “Evening with the Saints” where I will tell a few saint stories the whole family will enjoy and also have a couple of fun saint activities to do?

Please contact me via email at: PlayingwiththeSAINTS@gmail.com

My website is: www.PlayingwiththeSAINTS.com

Sterling Jaquith

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Boise, ID – willing to travel to the continental U.S. and maybe Canada

Presentation Topics:
I teach women very practical ways to strive for sainthood.  I have a talk about overcoming spiritual dryness. I also have several talks about Catholic minimalism. I often tailor these talks or create custom ones for Catholic homeschoolers.
Ideal audience:
Catholic women who are interested in personal development
Contact info/Website:
https://sterlingjaquith.com/

Ginny Kochis

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Northern Virginia/DC Metro area; willing to travel within a one hour radius of Springfield, VA.

Topics:

Gifted and Twice Exceptional Homeschooling; Homeschooling; Catholic Homeschooling: Catholic/Christian Womanhood;

Motherhood; Building Connections through Family Literacy;

Writing Workshops and classes.

Ideal audience:
Homeschool groups, Women’s groups,
Catholic/Christian writers’ groups.
Website: 

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Virginia Lieto

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Harrisburg, NC (willing to travel across US)

Topics: 
Morality (virtues my specialty);
Prayer and Spirituality
Ideal audience:
Catholic Adults looking to learn more about their faith
Contact info:
 ginny@virginialieto.com
Website link:
 https://virginialieto.com

Melody Lyons

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Northeast Ohio; willing to travel.

Presentation Topics:

Restoring Joy to Your Homeschool
Homeschooling During Difficult Times
Becoming the Healer in Your Home
Self-Care in a Life of Christian Service
My Conversion Story
Blogging for Christ: Monetizing Without Selling Your Soul
God’s Design for Our Bodies: A Natural Approach to Family Wellness
Ideal Audience:

My ideal audience is anyone open to the healing power of Jesus Christ in their lives… and perhaps even those who have never considered the possibility of Christ as Healer. My message resonates strongly with women who are struggling in the midst of the married vocation; but I have found that men are also extremely receptive for themselves, their families, and their wives.

One surprisingly receptive audience is young adults who have not yet discerned their vocation. Many are already experiencing a spiritual, physical, and emotional need for healing and deeply desire to enter into a life of service as healthy and joyful people.
Contact Information
I welcome speaker inquiries at melody@theessentialmother.com or through the contact form on my website here: https://www.theessentialmother.com/speaking/
Website:
https://www.theessentialmother.com/
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Carmela Martino

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Chicago; will travel up to 3 hours driving distance from Chicago.

Presentation Topics/Audiences:

Writing and the research process (students in grades 4 – 12)

What it takes to be a published author (Adults interested in learning about writing)

Contact information:

carmela@carmelamartino.com

Website:

https://www.carmelamartino.com/bio.htm

Jeanette Marie Pascua

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Jeanette is a Creighton FertilityCare Practitioner

Riverside, California and am willing to travel a 3 hour radius for now.

Presentation Topics: NFP (the science and morality aspects); Theology of the Body; Sexual Morality.I also present a “10 practical ways to be Pro-life” talk.

Audiences: RCIA groups, Pre-Cana couples, Youth groups, Young adults and Marriage ministers.
Best way to contact me for now is through my website: https://www.restorefertilitycare.com/get-started

Samantha Povlock

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Located: Chicago, open to travel anywhere in the U.S.

Presentation Topics:

Catholic feminism and ProLife feminsim

Ideal Audience: Young women (teens to young adults)

Contact me at info@femcatholic.com

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Katie Sciba

Omaha, NE but travels nationwide for talks and retreats

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Topics:
Vulnerability, overcoming brokenness, finding bravery by God’s grace,
why prayer in marriage and as an individual is necessary for personal strength and happiness,
having a personal relationship with Jesus and the saints,
marriage and money (more topics are listed on my site: https://thecatholicwife.net/speaking/)
Ideal audience:
adult women with the occasional mixed audience
Website:
https://thecatholicwife.net/speaking/

Adrienne Thorne

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San Diego area, willing to travel to Los Angeles area, possibly farther with travel compensation.

Presentation Topics

Catholic media literacy

Being a Catholic/Christian artist

Finding God in movies/TV,

Chastity in dating/marriage

Ideal Audience

Catholic young adults, but open to speaking to other audiences as well.

Contact:

adrienne@thorneintheflesh.com

Website link:

https://thorneintheflesh.com/

Lindsey West

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Northern California and willing to travel anywhere in the United States.

Presentation Topics:

For middle schoolers and high schoolers, I present on prayer, living the faith practically for middle schoolers and teens, apologetic topics as a re-vert to the Catholic faith, and Theology of the Body and relationships.

For Youth Ministry, Faith Formation, and other Parish Leaders, I present

Going deeper with middle schoolers, best practices in retreats, partnering with parents in ministry, ecclesial integration of disability communities, and autism inclusion.

Audiences: Middle school and high school youth groups and retreatants. The second audience(s) include primarily Youth Ministers and their Core Teams, Faith Formation Coordinators and their Catechists, as well as parish staff (particularly for the ecclesial integration and autism inclusion pieces).

lindseyawest@gmail.com

Website link: autism and disability blog – www.uniquelycatholic.org or personal, broad ministry interest – lindseyawest.wordpress.com

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  1. Cecilia Escobedo says

    July 31, 2017 at 11:43 am

    What a great group of ladies and amazing resources.

    • Amy says

      July 31, 2017 at 1:39 pm

      Thanks Ceci!

  2. Kirby Hoberg says

    July 31, 2017 at 1:37 pm

    Thanks for putting these together Amy! It’s so nice to have a consolidated list. Occasionally someone will throw out an idea for an event that needs a speaker and going through individual websites can be a real time sink. This is super helpful!

    • Amy says

      July 31, 2017 at 4:31 pm

      Thanks Kirby!!!

  3. Jen says

    July 31, 2017 at 2:50 pm

    Awesome ladies! Great list 🙂

  4. Ginny says

    July 31, 2017 at 7:29 pm

    Beautifully done! You are such a blessing to this community, Amy!

    • Amy says

      August 2, 2017 at 3:56 am

      Thank you Ginny!!!

  5. Sara @ To Jesus Sincerely says

    August 1, 2017 at 8:16 am

    I hope to join the ranks someday!

    • Amy says

      August 2, 2017 at 3:56 am

      Definitely!

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1. I recently took my own “headshots”. The first photo is one of MANY photos I took. It was super windy that day. If you need professional photos… give it a try - you can save a ton of $ this way! I used a tripod and my phone!

2. I see a lot of people posting photos of 2016. In 2016 I heard Gianna Emanuela (daughter of Saint Gianna) give a talk. I remember thinking, “her Dad sounds like a saint too!” I got to meet her. My husband and oldest son met her and asked her to pray that we could adopt again. 40 weeks later our twins were born!

3. Gianna Emmanuela is doing all she can to help the world see how holy her Father was. She has made prayer cards with Ecclesiastic approval. I’m asking Pietro Molla to intercede for a special intention. I will post more about this soon! He is such an inspiring man!

4. I have two guilty pleasures. I love getting my hair done and every once in a while I get a box from Stitch Fix. My coat was in one of those boxes.

5. I can’t remember all the pictures I chose for this post. I’m super forgetful. It’s not my age, I’ve always been this way. Saint Anthony is busy with just me most of the time.

6. We are taking our Christmas tree down this weekend. I loved our tree so much this year. My husband, all 3 children and me picked it out. We all agreed upon it and it really is so perfect.

7. I’m not so great at tech. I don’t know how to go back and see which pictures I posted without deleting this whole post. I promised after this post I would play a @saints.alive.pod episode for my daughter. I’m off to listen to another episode for at least the 3rd time. Hoping a new one comes out soon 😉 

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