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01Aug

Directing a 30-day Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Retreat

I was honored to be invited to serve as a Spiritual Director for a 30-day Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Retreat. The retreat was held at the beautiful retreat house on Mundelein Seminary outside of Chicago. I had three directees with whom
24May

St. Mark Transformed in Love Training

We were pleased to offer a training for St. Mark’s new marriage preparation team who will run Transformed in Love at their parish August 11th and 12th! This is one of a handful of new parishes selected by the archdiocese
08May

Second Meeting at the Vatican

We were thrilled to receive a return invite from Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life, to meet again with the “San Calisto Community,” a group of delegates from all over the world (Austria, Benin, Brazil,
07May

NEW Coming this AUGUST… Annunciation Ministries Jewelry!

We are very excited to announce that we are working with Leni Kesselstatt from Austria to develop a line of Annunciation Ministries jewelry! We met Leni through meetings at the Dicastery of Laity, Family and Life in Rome. She works
27Apr

Parish Marriage Missionaries Formation Weekend

We were thrilled to spend the weekend with many faith-filled couples at the beautiful retreat center, Our Lady of Florida, in North Palm Beach, FL. It was a weekend aimed to form parish leaders to “evangelize through marriage.” Thanks and
07Apr

Transformed in Love for the Archdiocese of Miami

There was such a large interest from engaged couples that the Archdiocese of Miami had to add another Transformed in Love program to it’s schedule. We are very grateful to all of the couples and Fr. Govin who generously jumped
12Mar

USCCB Consultation in D.C.

It is an honor and privilege to continue to serve as a consultant to the Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth and to attend again their bi-annual meeting in DC. I am continually impressed by the excellent work being done
21Jan

St. Mark Transformed in Love

We were very excited to help pilot the first program at St. Mark’s Parish in Southwest Ranches (which also happens to be our home parish). That parish is one of a number of new sites for the Archdiocese of Miami.
04Dec

Parish Marriage Missionaries Advent Gathering

We had a wonderful Advent Gathering for those who attended our August Parish Marriage Missionaries Formation Weekend. Alicio and Nirma Pina generously offered to host the event at their beautiful home and the weather was spectacular! We were able to
30Nov

Invitation from the Vatican

We were honored to be invited by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life, to attend a two-day meeting to discuss affective sexual education for high school aged students in light of Amoris Laetitia. We