Join Johnnette Benkovic, international retreat master 
Fr. Philip Scott, F.J., Dr. Monica Miller and Dr. Paul Thigpen for the Women of Grace National Conference
October 23rd through the 25th in Grapevine, Texas!

 A weekend of outstanding teachings, special liturgies, a healing prayer service, a spiritual warfare panel discussion, uplifting music and so much more!

  • The 2015 Women of Grace National Conference is coming to Texas for the first time and we will be located at the beautiful St. Francis of Assisi mission church in Grapevine. 
  • The theme is "Woman's Influence, Effect, and Power: Reclaiming the Feminine Ideal" and together we will discover how God is empowering women to reclaim our culture for Christ.
  • Be uplifted and inspired by the beautiful vocals and music of the Living Praise Worship Team.
  • Featuring a panel discussion on the topic of Spiritual Warfare with conference speakers and special guest, Thomas K. Sullivan, author of Called to Knighthood and creator of the Warrior's Rosary.
The conference will be preceded by the Benedicta Leadership Institute for Women on October 22nd until mid afternoon on October 23rd.  In this hands-on, interactive workshop we will explore the theme "Leading Like the Lady" and God's plan for the women of our time.  



"They gave me a better understanding of spiritual warfare, helped me to heal 
and understand wounds which are holding me captive and helped me better understand my vocation and dignity as a woman and daughter of God and 
our role in the culture at this point in history.  I most liked the blessed, 
Holy Spirit filled environment."
  
 About Our Speakers:

Johnnette S. Benkovic is Founder and President of Women of Grace�, a Catholic apostolate for women featuring a number of outreaches including conferences, media, study groups and more. 

After years of being a non-practicing Catholic, Johnnette experienced a deep conversion back to her Catholic faith in 1981. Her conversion sparked a new vocation: sharing the Gospel message through the utilization of media. She has been an inspiring and consistent presence on Catholic radio (1987) and in Catholic television (1988) ever since.
 
Fr. Philip Scott, F.J., is the Founder of Family of Jesus, a family of priests, brothers and sisters dedicated to Christ and His Church, bound by private vows of obedience, chastity, poverty and martyrdom; praying to be healed and formed into a family by the Divine Family (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) in order to live out in a prophetic manner their baptismal calling to follow Jesus Christ and to be His instruments of healing for families, including not only the individual domestic family, but also the broader family of the Church and of society.
     
They were founded by Father Philip Scott in 1998 under the auspices of Bishop Robert Lynch of the Diocese of St. Petersburg.  They have been missionaries in Chaclacayo, Peru, since January 10, 2003.

Monica Miller, Ph.D., is a nationally known pro-life leader, having been involved in the pro-life movement since 1976. She is the founder of Citizens for a Pro-life Society and author of several articles published on theological subjects and life-issues. Her work has appeared in This Rock, The National Catholic Register, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, The New Oxford Review, Fidelity Magazine, and Crisis Magazine. She is the author of Sexuality and Authority in the Catholic Church (University of Scranton Press), The Authority of Women in the Catholic Church (Crisis Books), and The Theology of the Passion of the Christ (Alba House). 
Dr. Miller has made several appearances on the Eternal Word Television Network and is the host for Michigan Catholic Radio's "The Christ and Culture Forum." 
Dr. Miller is married to Edmund Miller and they have three children: Bernadette, Joseph and Patrick.  

Dr. Paul Thigpen is an internationally known speaker, best-selling author and award-winning journalist. He has published forty-five books in a wide variety of genres and subjects and more than five hundred journal and magazine articles. Popular titles include The Rapture Trap: A Catholic Response to "End Times" Fever, Manual for Spiritual Warfare, and A Year With Mary.

In 2008 Thigpen was appointed by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to their National Advisory Council for a four-year term. He has served the Church as a theologian, historian, apologist, evangelist, and catechist in a number of settings, speaking frequently in Catholic and secular media broadcasts and at conferences, seminars, parish missions, and scholarly gatherings.

Thigpen graduated from Yale University in 1977 summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, with Distinction in the Major of Religious Studies.  He is currently the Editor of TAN Books, a Catholic publishing company in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

Special guest speaker for the Spiritual Warfare panel discussion, 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 5 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 grooming 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 and the creator of the Warrior's Rosary.



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