Retreat Speakers

JULIE HABIGER

Emcee & Speaker

Julie is a spiritual director fueled by the Holy Spirit and passionate about building an army for God. A convert to Catholicism, Julie holds a dual Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Spiritual Formation from the Avila Institute. She offers on-line spiritual direction and studies for personal growth and formation.

Breakout Talk: Words of Wisdom: Patterns, Practices, and Pathways on the Spiritual Journey

Julie shares how to enrich your daily journaling experience with the Word, one word at a time.

Geneva is a bilingual worship leader, songwriter, and speaker in the Catholic Church. A Franciscan University graduate, Geneva has helped lead worship for 6 years at the Atlanta Eucharistic Congress and is the music chairwoman for the Atlanta Magnificat chapter. Geneva resides in Peachtree City, GA with her husband Michael and 5 children.

GENEVA TIGUE

Worship Leader

SONJA CORBITT

Worship Leader

Sonja makes Bible study spinach taste like cake through speaking events; studies; books; her Catholic TV show; and her weekly podcast, to help equip you to love and lift all you’ve been given.

Talks:

#1 – Standing in the “Present”, Getting Priorities Right

#2 – “Present” for the Stand, Roll Call

#3 – “Present” Him Your Offering, WORSHIPping in Spirit & Truth

#4 – Receiving the Magnificat “Present”

Jansen Bagwell is a deliverance expert who helps serious Catholics harness the power of forgiveness to reclaim their dominion and release their charisms. With over 30 years experience in the area of deliverance, Jansen has developed a process called Discipleship Deliverance, which helps people achieve complete and sustainable spiritual healing.

Breakout Talk: Discipleship Deliverance

Jansen offers an overview of the process for reclaiming your dominion and releasing your charisms.

JANSEN BAGWELL

Speaker

JULIEANNE BARTLETT

Speaker

Julieanne married her husband, Seth, at the age of 42. Her favorite subject is the calling of marriage. both its reflection to the world for married couples. and especially to give hope to singles who want to be married.

Breakout Talk: God Wants You to Be Married

Julieanne explores Matthew 19:12 in which Jesus gives the three reasons why a person does not marry. Then we probe the wedding feast of the Lamb, where the Bride of Christ will be unvelled, and God will eternally wed himself to his people.

Carol is the founder and former Executive Director of Restoring Women Outreach. Honored with the Unsung Hero Award by the Cullman Times, Carol has been called a leading voice in the field of recovery and has helped hundreds find their path to a changed life.
Breakout Talk: Finding Peace in the Storm of Addiction
Carol offers principles for peace to those living with addiction themselves, or through those they love.

CAROL BERRY

Speaker

JULIE STORR

Speaker

Julie Storr is passionate about being Catholic and about praying Catholic. A convert to the Faith, she has become a lover of liturgy and writes a weekly reflection on the Propers of the Roman Missal. Her eight years served as a parish secretary. bookkeeper and DRE (all at the same time) has given her the thirst to bring others closer to Christ through liturgy.
Breakout Talk: Breaking open the Collect and the Post Communion Prayer for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Julie shows you how unpack these powerful prayers, word by word.
Eileen is a writer, an artist, and the homeschooling mother of ten children. Six of them live with her and her husband in rural New Hampshire and four of them intercede for them from heaven.
Breakout Talk: Present in the Pain
Eileen shares the lessons she learned after the death of her twin daughters: how suffering can bring life-changing growth and how we can endure it with faith, hope, and love.

EILEEN TULLY

Speaker

MARYKATHERINE BUSHEY

Admin

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