Speakers
2012 National Medjugorje Conference
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Fr. Jozo Grbes, OFM was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina and was a young man when the Medjugorje visions started in 1981. Father Jozo has studied Our Lady's messages over the past thirty years and encourages all to respond to her urgent call to conversion and peace. He will give an update on Medjugorje at the conference and testimony to the tremendous good fruit that has come through Our Lady's apparitions. | |
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Mark Forrest has filled concert halls and cathedrals worldwide with his beautiful tenor voice. His music inspires people everywhere to appreciate the importance of their faith and family. He has a number of top-selling albums of traditional Irish songs and classical hymns. Mark and his wife Muriel have eight children and are founders of the Faith and Family Foundation, established to support and encourage families with special needs. | |
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Christine Watkins was a professional ballet dancer with the San Francisco Ballet and an avowed atheist before her miraculous conversion to Catholicism. Moving away from her previous life, she is now a well-known and very articulate speaker for the Catholic faith and the call of Our Lady. Christine is the author of a new book entitled Full of Grace: Miraculous Stories of Healing and Conversion through Mary's Intercession. | |
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Fr. Paul Nomellini served the Church as a religious brother for twenty years before his ordination to the priesthood in 1977. He went as a skeptic to Medjugorje in 1990. His experience there made him a believer and he has since led four pilgrimages to Medjugorje. Since his retirement as a pastor, he is busier than ever giving retreats and missions around the country. Father Nomellini's Medjugorje testimony is very inspiring. | |
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Dr. Theodore Homa is a medical doctor from Chicago who was an atheist before his trip to Medjugorje. In 2008 he had a brush with eternity after lapsing into a coma while awaiting a heart transplant. His testimony about his near-death experience is powerful and inspiring. Doctor Homa says, "If this had happened before Medjugorje, I'd be in hell now." | |
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Fr. Ken Grabner, CSC is widely known for his wise and inspiring talks and homilies. His career as a monk, priest, scholar, and teacher spans over fifty years. Father Ken is the author of a number of prayer and meditation books including Focus Your Day—Reflections on the Christian Experience and Gazing Into God's Open Heart—101 Pathways to Joy. | |
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Cathy Nolan is co-founder (with her husband Denis) of Mary TV, a lay apostolate dedicated to using modern communication technology to promote the call of Our Lady from Medjugorje. Cathy is co-host of the daily online rosary and writes a daily reflection on Our Lady's messages from Medjugorje. She is the mother of eight children and has the unique gift of both a scholar's intellect and a mother's heart. | |
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Dr. Joseph Bagiackas has a Ph.D. in systematic theology from Catholic University of America. He is an expert on the theology of the laity and has written Lay Person's Guides to Blessed John Paul II's and Pope Benedict XVI's teachings. He will speak on the subject of loyalty to the Church and the importance of knowing our faith well and being ready to defend it. |
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Queen of Peace Ministries sponsors the National Medjugorje Conference at Notre Dame each year, and throughout the year spreads Our Lady's message via television and print publications. In the South Bend area, visitors are welcome to attend monthly Mass and other events.
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