Bishop Terry LaValley and Johnnette Benkovic

Bishop Terry LaValley of the Diocese of Ogdensburg, NY said that women who have participated in Women of Grace, "help to realize a civilization and a culture imbued with a spirit of the Gospel renewed, revitalized, and healed through the love of God...It is truly transformative."  He commented that

the Women of Grace Study equips "the confident, joy-filled disciple" to address the diocesan priorities and goals of his diocese and for that, he said, "I am most grateful."

Bishop LaValley's comments about this apostolate and our study program express the hearts of other bishops we have met and the many numbers of priests who have told us how their parishes have been renewed by the fruit this apostolate has borne.  Women of Grace is making a difference!

The Women of Grace® Foundational study takes a multi-media approach to dig deeply into Catholic teaching using the study text, "Full of Grace," Sacred Scripture, the Catechism, citations from Vatican II and other Magisterial documents, and the biographies of 16 Catholic women saints.  

As participants learn the great gift of authentic femininity and how to live it out in our world today, hearts are healed, lives are changed and souls are saved. Women of Grace facilitators have the blessed privilege of witnessing the magnificent movement of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the women who attend - and  experience His dynamic power and grace in their own lives as well.