Her best selling ORBIS books Women of Mercy, Hidden Women of the Gospel and God in the Moment will be available for purchase and signing by the author.

Kathy Coffey is the author of Hidden Women of the Gospels, Women of Mercy,God in the Moment: Making Every Day a Prayer, Mary (ORBIS), Immersed in the Sacred: Discovering the Small s Sacraments (Ave Maria), catechetical resources such as Children and Christian Initiation, Baptism and Beyond and Confirmation: Anointed and Sealed with the Spirit (Living the Good News), and many articles in Catholic periodicals like America, U.S. Catholic, St. Anthony Messenger and Catechumenate.  She taught for fifteen years at the University of Colorado, Denver, and Regis Jesuit University. She has won thirteen awards from the Catholic Press Association, the Foley Poetry Award from America magazine, the Independent Publishers Book Award and the Associated Church Press Award for Editorial Courage.  Kathy has spoken at national conventions such as the L.A. Congress, the East Coast Congress, NCCL, NCEA, and many diocesan gatherings.
She gives retreats and workshops nationally and internationally.
The mother of four, she lives in Denver, Colorado.

WorkshopS

Session 3- 04
Prayer in Chaos, Commotion and Clutter

Are you too busy to pray? Yet do you feel a nagging need for it? Many people share the dilemma--longing for a spiritual center that gives meaning and depth to even the craziest days. Yet at the same time we know the need for prayer, we also face tremendous constraints on time. Let's take time now, in a session that will explore how prayer can occur in ordinary ways and commonplace locations--in settings where we're stressed as well as in tranquil retreats. How can springboards to prayer occur in packed schedules?  How can we then help others to find the seeds of the sacred in the ordinary experience? We'll look at ways to move beyond our stereotypes of prayer, see our work as prayer, and adapt traditional prayers to contemporary settings.

Session 5- 04
Women of Mercy

We are not the first people who want to change the world; indeed, we stand in a long line of giants who have worked for justice. This presentation looks at women like Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila and Thea Bowman, who represent the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. In this presentation, the quality of mercy will take on new meaning-and a human face. Hear tales of bold confrontation and forgiveness transcending human limits.  The art of Michael O'Neill McGrath, OSFS shows a sisterhood of hard-working women who inspire us today.

Session 6- 04
Hidden Women of the Gospels

Hidden women were there at every juncture of Jesus' life: from his conception to his resurrection. Over time, their roles may have faded, so let's re-discover their stories. Since we can't do time travel, the imagination helps us picture what Jesus' contemporaries must have been like, and how they related to him. We'll imagine the lives of women who lived at the time of Jesus using an ancient Midrash technique. Then we'll make the link to our lives: what do they teach us today? Come for reflection, surprise and a new approach to reading the gospels.