Our Blog and Recent Events

01Jun

Archdiocese of Miami Transformed in Love Training

As the Archdiocese of Miami continues to implement Transformed in Love throughout the Archdiocese, Annunciation Ministries was called upon to offer training for St. John Neumann Parish. We were thrilled to see that they had six couples wonderful couples there
28Apr

Spiritual Direction for Retreats

I had the privilege to serve as a Spiritual Director at the beautiful Broomtree Retreat Center in Irene, South Dakota, for the University of Mary’s President’s Council and Staff. This was my first interaction with the University of Mary and
12Apr

Writing Project

Once again, I had the privilege to spend a week at the beautiful Campion Center in Weston, Massachusetts to work on a writing project. This building was designed by the same architect who designed the National Basilica. One can see
30Mar

Annunciation Ministries Transformed in Love

We were thrilled to have Deacon Joe and Ceci Cooley return to Florida (from Boston) to help, yet again, run another Transformed in Love program for the Archdiocese of Miami. The Archdiocese of Miami is actively training new sites; however,
21Mar

Lenten Married Couple’s Retreat in Everyday Life

Annunciation Ministries ran a Lenten retreat for married couples. We met every Thursday throughout Lent at Kari and Stephen’s home and we used Ascension Press’s No Greater Love materials to guide us through our group meetings and individual daily prayer
11Mar

USCCB Meeting and Writing Project

I was honored once again to return to DC to serve as a consultant to the USCCB Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth Committee. Please pray for the bishops who serve on this Committee, including the current Chairman, Archbishop Chaput,
24Feb

San Isidro Transformed in Love Preparation

San Isidro Mission observed the Transformed in Love marriage preparation program that the Archdiocese of Miami is implementing in its parishes. They liked the program so much that they translated the program into Spanish for their community. An amazing team
26Jan

St. Mark Transformed in Love

After helping to train St. Mark’s Marriage Preparation Team, the team ran their first program on their own January 26 and 27. They have an amazingly dedicated and faithful (and large) team of volunteers! It is exciting to see how
12Jan

Couples Night Out

Our Annunciation Ministries Senior Advisors, Pete and Therese Braudis, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this year! We invited them to share with other couples some of their greatest insights after 50 years together. It was a cool “winter” evening (for
18Nov

Pre-Advent Married Couples Retreat

Annunciation Ministries ran a Pre-Advent Married Couples Retreat for couples from throughout the Archdiocese. We offered two Advent Reflections (on Spiritual Practices, Confession, prayer, how to pray with Scripture, and some teaching on some of St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Rules