SPEAKERS
Debbie Herbeck
Debbie Herbeck has shared with many her personal journey of faith from Judaism to Christianity and subsequent entrance into the Catholic Church. For the past forty years, Debbie Herbeck has worked extensively in youth and women’s ministry, speaking, leading mission trips, and mentoring high school and college age women. She is the founder and executive director of Pine Hills Girls’ Camp. Debbie is the founder and leader of the Be Love Revolution, a ministry that exists to help young women encounter Christ and be His love to all they meet.
She has written Safely Through the Storm, 120 Reflections on Hope and Firmly on the Rock, 120 Reflections on Faith, and Love Never Fails, 120 Reflections on Love. She and her husband Peter have co-authored a book entitled, When the Spirit Speaks, Touched by God’s Word. Debbie is a frequent author and speaker for Blessed is She and contributing writer for Undone: Freeing your Feminine Heart from the Knots of Fear and Shame.
Debbie and her husband Peter live in Ann Arbor, Michigan and have 4 young adult children and 8 small grandchildren.
Rachel Herbeck
Rachel Herbeck is the Regional Director of Chapters for id (Intentional Disciples). She received her BA in Catholic Studies from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. She has worked extensively in youth ministry and she speaks to youth and young adults at retreats, conferences, and events in the US and Canada. Rachel is passionate about life issues and has worked for multiple pro-life and political organizations both in Minnesota and Washington, DC. Before joining the id team, she worked for the Minnesota Catholic Conference, where she did outreach and lobbied on behalf of the Catholic Bishops of Minnesota. She currently resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Sister Mary Margaret Hope, SV
Sister Mary Margaret Hope, SV was born and raised in Toronto, ON and graduated from Queen’s University in Kingston, ON. After completing her Masters in Astronomy at Harvard University, she entered the Sisters of Life in 2011. She professed her perpetual vows in 2019.
The Sisters of Life are a religious community of women founded in 1991 by John Cardinal O’Connor who take a fourth vow to protect and enhance the sacredness of human life. Immersed in Eucharistic prayer within a vibrant community life, their missions include caring for vulnerable pregnant women and their unborn children; inviting those wounded by abortion into the healing mercy of Jesus; fostering a culture of life through evangelization; retreat works; spiritual accompaniment of college students; and upholding the beauty of marriage and family life.
Sister Hope currently lives at Sacred Heart Convent in New York City, and serves as the Assistant Director of the Respect Life Office for the Archdiocese of New York. (www.sistersoflife.org)
Christy Dupuis
Christy Dupuis is a missionary and evangelist at heart. After University, Christy served with Catholic Christian Outreach as a lay missionary. Afterwards she spent several years in parish ministry and ministry consulting. Christy has now returned to CCO as a member of the new CCO Parish and Alumni Team. She also peaks at retreats and conferences and helped launch the Arise Catholic Movement. Christy loves hiking, a good book, adventures with her family, deep conversations with her girlfriends, and a glass of red wine paired with her hubby’s risotto. Her ministry and passion for evangelization is fueled and supported by her family. Christy is married to Dan and together they are raising their four young children whose adventurous spirits keep them both on their toes!
Meet Sister Mary Margaret Hope, SV
Meet Debbie Herbeck
Meet Rachel Herbeck
SUNDAY WORKSHOP PRESENTERS
JIM ANDERSON
Jim Anderson is the Director of Formation at St. Therese Institute of Faith and Mission, a post-secondary Catholic school in Bruno, Saskatchewan, Canada, which provides faith formation to young adults within a common life of study, prayer, and fellowship, inspired by the life and teachings of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. Jim holds Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in Theology from Franciscan University, and has been active in education and the apostolate to youth, young adults, and families for over thirty-five years. Jim is a musician with several recordings, and the co-author of a series of fantasy novels, the Legacy of the Stone Harp, published by Baen Books.
HOLLY LEONARD
Bio to come
ANNE WILLIAMS
Anne Williams is a Registered Social Worker and Certified Trauma Practitioner in Private Counseling Ministry in Saskatoon, SK. Ministering from a Christian perspective allows for the healing of the whole person – psychological, emotional, social, physiological and spiritual. She has served in the church in various capacities in adult faith formation and healing for 30+ years. Previously she has written for the Word Among Us, worked for Catholic Christian Outreach, sat on the Board of Directors for Face2Face Ministries and ministered on Rachel’s Vineyard Retreats. She is presently involved in the Diocese with the Covenant of Care team and Called and Gifted Process.
Anne-Marie Hughes
Anne-Marie Hughes is Director of Outreach at the Saskatoon Pregnancy Options and Support Centre and on the Evangelization Team at St. John Bosco Parish. She found her leadership and public speaking voice facilitating mornings and serving on the board of Time Out for Moms Catholic Enrichment for Women and let the mission she was on go from there.
As her children became independent Anne-Marie found God calling her in many interesting directions including obtaining a Canadian Certificate in Youth Ministry, being a freelance writer for the Diocese of Saskatoon and Prairie Messenger, writing, producing and directing scripture based youth theater for Sacred Canopy in Vancouver and eventually coming back to Saskatoon and developing a desire to work “on the ground” in ministry. At a Pregnancy Care Centre she does crisis pregnancy advocacy, pregnancy education support, fundraising and public speaking.
During this work she started a peer support group for women recovering from abortion and did further training with Pregnancy Care Canada, Surrender the Secret Bible Study and Rachel’s Vineyard Retreats. Finding that this wound often involves both unique trauma and grief work she is developing more healing skills and advocating for deeper discussions of the issue in wider society and within our church walls.
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