Among the four female Doctors of the Church, two of them are Carmelite. What is the relationship between the Carmelite tradition of prayer and a Catholic theology of womanhood? This course will consider the A-Z essentials of the Carmelite charism by studying the spiritual classic of Saint Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection. Saint Teresa leads us to understand the gradual perfection of charity through a determined determination of heart. Altogether, the specific Carmelite form will be put into sharp relief in order to calibrate the contemplative character of woman according to the Marian rhythms of divine grace. Click here for all the details!

Johnnette Williams is Founder and President of Women of Grace®, a Catholic apostolate for women featuring a number of outreaches including conferences, curricula, study groups and more.

After years of being a non-practicing Catholic, Johnnette experienced a deep conversion back to her Catholic faith in 1981. Her conversion sparked a new vocation: sharing the Gospel message through the utilization of media. She has been an inspiring and consistent presence on Catholic radio since 1987 and in Catholic television since 1988.

Johnnette is the Executive Producer of the Women of Grace® television program, that airs internationally Monday through Friday on EWTN. The program highlights contemporary issues from a Catholic perspective which also discusses authentic femininity™ in the world today. Johnnette is also host of Women of Grace® Live, a one-hour, a call-in radio talk show that airs on EWTN Monday through Friday. She is heard nationally on AM/FM stations, Sirius Satellite 130, and internationally via short-wave radio.

Focusing on eight simple principles, The Intentional Household gives profound directions for crafting the shared life we naturally crave for ourselves and our loved ones. Our souls were made for a living community at every phase of life.

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Dr. John Cuddeback is a professor of Philosophy at Christendom College, where he has taught for 30 years, and is the author of the books True Friendship and the newly released The Intentional Household. Through his popular podcasts, blogging, and free courses at LifeCraft, he helps listeners apply timeless wisdom on virtue, friendship, and family life to today’s world.

500,000 kids per DAY are targeted by sexual predators on Instagram and Facebook. Let that fact sink in. Stadiums and stadiums could be filled with these children. If we could truly picture it, we would recognize this as a national emergency. Worse? Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, knows this fact. The stat came from one of the company’s own researchers, who raised it to the attention of the company’s leadership in an internal email. Yet still, Meta refuses to meaningfully address the problem.

Instead, they pour millions of dollars—money that they could be spending on making their products safer—into trying to shut down child protection legislation. If that makes you angry ... well, we’re right there with you. This year, NCOSE is doubling down on our campaigns for Meta accountability.

Haley McNamara is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Programs at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. She leads joint campaigns within areas of legislation, litigation, and corporate advocacy regarding the full web of sexual exploitation issues. Her advocacy work has contributed to policy improvements in social media, online advertising, retail, and hotel industries. She has advocated at the United Nations, led international coalition campaigns, presented to Danish, Croatian, Colombian and Rwandan government officials, and more.

Haley is a former member of the Washington DC Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect. This Committee advises DC Mayor Muriel Bowser on the multi-faceted continuum of the District of Columbia’s child welfare services, including prevention, early intervention, treatment, and sources of permanency.