2011 WITNESS SPEAKER
Brenda Kindelan
In her talk, “The Little Flower, Two Hearts, and Me: A Present Day Conversion of a Prodigal Child,” Brenda shares how her devotion to St. Therese, The Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary helped her return to the Catholic faith to experienced God’s compassionate love through the fruit of forgiveness, the grace of the Sacraments, and the power of intercessory prayer. She graduated from Christian Brothers University in their first class of Master of Arts in Catholic Studies. She was the first Catholic Woman Rector for Memphis Kairos Prison Ministry, the first Lay Catholic Campus Minister for the University of Memphis, the first Women’s Morning of Spirituality Witness Speaker, a former Lay Director for the Memphis Cursillo Movement, and now the WMOS Chairperson. She and her husband Juan have been married since 1972. They are the parents of Katie Kindelan, Sarah and her husband Adam Crawford, Jennifer and her husband Michael Abshire, and Adrienne and her husband Matt Price. They are the proud grandparents of Anna, Caroline, Marian, June, Camp and Wilson. Her husband, Juan, and her son-in-law, Michael, were instrumental in the formation of the first Fishers of Men Group and the first Men’s Morning of Spirituality.
“Jesus does not demand great actions from us … but simply surrender and gratitude.” St. Therese of Lisieux
2011 KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Christina King
Christina King is nationally known in the Catholic/Christian world for herdynamic style and inspirational presentations on revealing our true inner beauty and how our feminine hearts have been created with the greatest of dignities: as a reflection of God’s own heart. She shared how we are to live our “fiat” – our obedient “yes” – as Mary did to change the world.
Christina’s passion for her faith was not only inspiring but contagious as she spoke of a woman’s dignity, value and worth in her presentation: “The Captivating Beauty of Women”. She shared how a woman’s God-given inner beauty can empower her to transform herself, her family and the community she lives in.
She engaged the minds and hearts of all telling us of the beauty and uniqueness of the woman’s body being curved to be able to hold others closely and also the emotional aspect of a woman’s ability to love powerfully and completely, and even our sense of humor when she spoke of the difference in the human anatomy of the male vs. the female. She reminded us of God’s complete and powerful love for us as she asked us to reflect on the lyrics of “You Are Mine” and “Oh How He Loves Me”. Christina resides in Wisconsin with her husband Shawn and eight children.
http://EmbracingYourGreatness.org
http://Youtube.com/ChristinaShawn http://EmbracingYourGreatness.blogspot.com
2011 POSTER DESIGN
