Columbus Catholic Women's Conference

2008 registration is closed
The event was held February 16, 2008
St. Andrew Catholic Church
1899 McCoy Rd, Upper Arlington, Ohio

Keynote Speaker, Johnnette S. Benkovic

Johnnette S. Benkovic is Founder and President of Living His Life Abundantly® International, Inc., a Catholic evangelization apostolate with outreaches in television, radio, print, and internet communications. She is also Founder of Women of Grace®, a Catholic apostolate for Christian women that features 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 1981and discerned a call to share the Gospel message through the media. She has been a consistent presence in Catholic radio since 1987 and in Catholic television since 1988.

Johnnette is Executive Producer of The Abundant Life (seen internationally on EWTN), a television program that discusses contemporary issues from a Catholic perspective. She is also host of Moments of Truth Live, a one hour call-in radio talk show that airs live three times a week. She is heard nationally on AM/FM stations and internationally via short wave radio. For additional information about Living His Life Abundantly® International, Inc. and Women of Grace®, visit the websites listed above.

In addition, Johnnette is a popular conference speaker, retreat conductor, and seminar presenter, and has been published in major Catholic magazines. She is the author of several books including Full of Grace: Women and the Abundant Life (St. Anthony Messenger Press), Grace-Filled Moments (Our Sunday Visitor), Living the Abundant Life: Stories of People Who Know God Personally (St. Anthony Messenger Press), Experience Grace in Abundance: Strategies For Your Spiritual Life (Our Sunday Visitor) and The New Age Counterfeit (Queenship). Johnnette has been married to her husband, Anthony, since 1973, and is the mother of three adult children.

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Karen Rinehart

Karen Rinehart, creator of The Bus Stop Mommies is an award-winning syndicated newspaper, magazine and online humor columnist, public speaker and author of the book, Invisible Underwear, Bus Stop Mommies and Other Things True to  Life.

Tim Bete, Director of the Erma Bombeck Writer's Conference, says, "With a deft stroke of the pen, Karen Rinehart shares her faith and family foibles in a way that warms your heart and makes you laugh at your own hectic life."

A native of Upper Arlington, Ohio, Karen lives in Concord, NC with her husband and two children, where they're members of St. James The Greater Catholic Church.

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