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Immaculée Ilibagiza is a Catholic motivational speaker and Best-Selling author. Immaculée inspires others how prayer and hope can change difficult situations. She shares encounters of the Blessed Mother she and others had in their lives and stresses the importance of listening to the Blessed Mothers message of praying the Rosary, fasting and offering your sufferings to Jesus. She tells many stories of how implementing these practices of faith daily will result in answered prayer and unbelievable miracles.

In Immaculee’s first book, Left to Tell, she shares of her experience during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. She survived hidden for 91 days with seven other women in a small bathroom. The bathroom was concealed in a room behind a wardrobe in the home of a Hutu pastor. During the genocide, most of Ilibagiza’s family (her mother, her father, and her two brothers were killed. Besides herself, the only other survivor in her family was her brother Aimable, who was studying out of the country in Senegal and did not know of the genocide. Ilibagiza shares how her Catholic faith guided her through her ordeal and describes her eventual forgiveness and compassion toward her family’s killers.

Ilibagiza’s second book, Led by Faith: Rising from the ashes of the Rwandan Holocaust she tells her story of survival immediately following the genocide she had lived through. It describes how her faith in God kept her going as she struggled to find her place in the world again, and it also shows how she sought out and encouraged many of the orphans who were equally lost. She finally finds a safe refuge in the United States where she can look back at everything she had been through. It is in this safe place where she has the potential to reflect on why she lived through the experience at all.

Immaculée initially studied engineering in Rwanda before immigrating to the US in 1998. She has also worked for peace through the United Nations and received honorary doctorates from the University of Notre Dame and St. John’s.

This testimony was given to the West St. Tammany Chapter, LA Chapter in November 2024. 

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Father Patrick LaPointe was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the rural countryside. He was the youngest of 4 children. The children went to parochial school until his 5th grade year and then to public school. The family laxed in their Sunday obligation and only went to church on Christmas and Easter. Father Pat went into the Air Force then married his high school sweetheart a year later. Tragedy struck the family shortly after and his wife’s parents died in a tragic accident, leaving all her younger siblings They raised the two youngest and then later had their own children. Father Pat was a husband and a father to four children. Fr, Pat was a Cantor in his parish. He also served as a permanent Deacon in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. After his wife’s death, he discerned the call to the Priesthood. Father Pat will share his life journey and how along the way God was continuing to prepare and equip him for priestly ministry. Fr. Pat was ordained in 2023. He currently serves as pastor at St. Joseph’s Historic Catholic Church in Pensacola Florida.

This testimony was given to the Tallahassee, FL Chapter in November 2024.

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Sister Judith Gomila, a native of New Orleans, is a Marianite Sister of Holy Cross.

In service of our church for 65 years, she is known for her practical spirituality and storytelling. Saint Ignatius of Loyola encourages us to pray with images and to use our imagination. Sr. Judith wants you to imagine the image of a dance recital because as her story unfolds, you’ll see her relationship to dancing. As she prayed with the thought of a dancing school image, she became very much aware of the life of that spirit of Jesus, that has sometimes been sure footed like tap dancing and full of rhythm. She was able to identify segments in her life story with great balance and beauty as an on-point dancer. But life as a woman religious has been described as acrobats or gymnastics. There will be no costume changes, but she would like you to consider looking for the grace laced opportunities. Blessed is she who believes that the Lord’s promises to her will be fulfilled.

Sr. Judith is the Director of Parish Religious Education. She has ministered in the inner city, on the Bayou and in the Alaskan Bush. She has served her congregation and vocation ministry and on the provincial leadership team. She worked in the Archdiocese of New Orleans as adjunct staff at Notre Dame Seminary for 16 years and with the Society for the Propagation of the Faith promoting World Mission for over a decade, she has been a consultant and resource person to the United States Conference of Catholic Mission Committee. As well as an outreach coordinator for the Black and Indian Mission. Office, both in Washington, DC, currently assisted. Judy serves the Marianites in communications and PR. She is on the Board of Project Lazarus, which works to heal and empower persons living with HIV AIDS and is also the on the board of the Clarion Herald Catholic News efforts. Sr. Judith has facilitated retreats, workshops and parish missions from California to Florida.

This testimony was given to the Magnificat Marrero Chapter, LA in May of 2024.

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You have preserved my life from the pit of destruction” (Is 38:17). That is exactly what the Lord did for Sr. Rita Clare. She went to a Catholic grade school and high school in Dearborn, Michigan. As a family, they went to Mass every Sunday and she thought that was all you had to do as a Catholic. She never thought about becoming a nun. She excelled in school and sports. She played volleyball, soccer, softball, golf, and basketball in high school. It’s no wonder there was not any time for God – except for a quick prayer here and there. She would pray a ‘Hail Mary’ every time one of her teammates would shoot a foul shot in basketball. She received a full scholarship to play Division I basketball at the University of Detroit-Mercy. Her faith still just consisted of Mass on Sundays.

In college Rita Clare was being exposed to the culture and becoming more and more desensitized to right and wrong. She did not know how to defend her faith and did not search for anyone to explain it to her. Sister Rita Clare graduated with a degree in Sports Medicine. After college, she opened a private training facility for athletes and played women’s professional football for six years. At this point in her life, she lived to party. Her life started steamrolling down the wrong path until one Sunday at Mass, the Priest preached on 1 Corinthians 11:27-30. She realized she was sick and dying on the inside and needed to run to confession. She slowly started converting back to the Lord, and He gently started calling her to religious life, and 15 years later, she was more fulfilled than she ever thought possible.

This testimony was given to the Pittsburgh, PA Chapter in August 2024.

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From an early age, Holly had a strong faith and a powerful encounter with God. Throughout the years, many life circumstances would challenge this faith. During her freshman year of high school, an airplane crash caused her family to take in three orphaned children.  Family life suddenly changed dramatically. Then in college, Holly met her future husband, Tim, a Protestant. Moving to a new city she left the Catholic Church and explored non-denominational fellowship. She experienced complicated pregnancy’s due to a genetic disorder. Through the loss of several children in miscarriages, birth and infancy her faith was shaken.  These difficult times led her back to the Catholic Church and her husband joined her.  She discovered the healing words of Mother Teresa and Padre Pio and experienced the power of the Sacraments. God was slowly revealing the truth of the Catholic Church.

He said, “Naked I came forth from my mother’s womb, and naked Ishall go back there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord!” Job 1:21

This testimony was given to the Stark County, OH Chapter in June of 2024.

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Lisa Flood is a wife, mom, and prayer warrior. A cradle Catholic from New Orleans. Disillusioned by abuse scandals within the church, her family left the church for several years and worshipped at a non-denominational church. They loved Jesus but did not love the Catholic Church and had no intention of returning. It was the Feast of Divine Mercy in 2008 that sparked three generations of her family to return to Catholicism. Through the gift of Ignatian prayer, Lord Teach Me to Pray, she developed an intimate relationship with each member of the Holy Trinity, and she has come to experience the Blessed Mother actively mothering her from Heaven.

Although she is a lawyer by training, Jesus had another plan. She has served in Catholic media for the past 15 years co-hosting “Focus Catholic TV” and co-hosting multiple programs on Catholic Community Radio. Lisa currently co-hosts “Faith and Marriage Today” with Jason Angelette which airs on WLAE and YouTube.

She and her husband, Mandeville dentist, Herb Flood are the proud parents of three sons and are spiritual parents to numerous children.

This testimony was given to the Metairie, LA Chapter in June of 2024.

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Mary Sampey was the youngest of 4 children in a close-knit Catholic family and was raised in Ohio. She can be described a very positive, enthusiastic and upbeat person. She attended Catholic schools through college. She was captain of the cheerleading squad and was voted as the classmate with the most school spirit in high school. Her family were hard workers and were very involved in the community.

An outsider might think that the family had it all together and nothing ever went wrong.  But as Mary entered adulthood things were about to change for her family. A number or traumas and health issues occurred within the family, and they went into isolation and secrecy. Her story is about how their faith helped them deal the family illnesses, traumas, and the devastating loss of a family member. Her family would experience great suffering, but it brought her closer to Christ and she learned how suffering can turn to joy. Mary would discover the meaning of a verse God revealed to her, “You do not know what I am doing, but later you will understand.” John 13:7

Mary Sampey has a bachelor’s degree in Catholic theology from St. Vincent College and a master’s degree in theology from Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. She is an active member and cantor at her parish and has served in roles in the Diocese of Greensburg and the Diocese of Pittsburgh.

This testimony was given to the Morgantown, WV Chapter in August of 2024.

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Kathy Corona’s witness is the transforming love of Christ and how Jesus worked in her life to break the chains and heal her, bringing her to the best version of herself. Kathy is an avid hiker and describes her faith journey as climbing a mountain, starting in the valley and hiking up the mountain, having that mountain top experience and then going down into the valley again.

Kathy is married to Ken, the mother of 5 grown children and grandmother of 8. She grew up in Ohio. She has worked in the banking industry for 33 years. She went to a Life in the Spirit Seminar in 1997 and was baptized in the Holy Spirit, which changed her life! She moved to Florida in 2009 and is the founder and leader of the Healing Prayer Team in her parish.

She has been an active member of the Magnificat Broward Chapter for 10 years, holding many different positions. In 2020 she joined the Magnificat Region 5 Service Team in the Leadership position and is currently the Regional Representative for Region 5. She truly loves the Magnificat Ministry and knows it brings women closer to Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Virgin Mother Mary, and the Holy Spirit.

‘May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.’ Romans 15:13

This testimony was given to the Broward County, FL Chapter in August of 2024.

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Patty Mansfield begins her talk by sharing the story of how the Ministry received the name ‘Magnificat’, the mystery of the visitation as the Holy Spirit overshadows the encounter of Mary and her cousin Elizabeth.

Patty has traveled to the Holy Land many times and she shares some of her personal experiences. She focuses on four locations, two in Galilee and two in Jerusalem. as she poses the question, “How can I imitate Mary?” Her first stop is in Cana of Galilee at the wedding feast where she tells the servers, “Do whatever He tells you.’ Mary shows ‘confidence,’ no matter how bleak the experience, we must always have confidence in God. Patty gave another of example of how Jesus said, “Blessed our those who hear the Word of God and keep it,” Jesus valued even more than her physical motherhood, her ‘obedience’ to the Word of God. Those are two ways not only to imitate Mary but to ‘be Mary.’ Patty’s last important point was when Jesus gave his mother to the world, he was giving her a new mission of spiritual motherhood.

Our prophetic call in this suffering world and our suffering Church is to stand and pray for our priests, just as Mary stood at the cross of Jesus. She endured, she humbled herself and stayed hidden. She was a lowly handmaiden who emptied herself for the sake of her son and the new Pentecost.

This talk was given at the ‘Who Do You Say That I Am’ Magnificat International Leaders Conference on October 8, 2021.

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Alexandra is a wife and mother of two young boys and a Pro-Life speaker who shares her testimony as an Abortion Survivor. Alexandra reveals the ways in which God carried out His plan for her life, to bring her out of an orphanage in Russia so she could spread the message of the Gospel. Alexandra has a powerful message of mercy and forgiveness as she healed from the rejection of being unwanted and the low self esteem she carried for many years.

Alexandra shares what she learned from a priest by attending a retreat and other influential individual’s wisdom that she has gleaned from in her journey of faith and hope.  She applied the knowledge in her own life to forgive her birth mother and overcome the obstacles. She received true freedom, forgiveness, and love that only the Lord can give through His abundant mercy. She wants people to know that they have experienced her similar situation and that there is hope for them, too.

Alexandra is an active member of her Parish, a Registered Nurse, and a Creighton Model Fertility Care Practitioner Intern.

This testimony was given to the Rochester, NY Chapter in April of 2021.

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