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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 1981 and 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 Women of Grace® Live, a one hour call-in radio talk show that airs live five 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 website links 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, Grace-Filled Moments, Living Life Abundantly: Stories of People Who Have Encountered God, Experience Grace in Abundance: Strategies For Your Spiritual Life and The New Age Counterfeit. She also developed the Women of Grace® Study Series which has reached thousands of women worldwide with the healing love of Jesus Christ.
Johnnette lost her son Simon in a tragic accident and then her husband of more than thirty years, Anthony, to terminal brain cancer. Through these tragedies, she was strengthened by her faith, family, friends and the prayers of the many wonderful supporters of Living His Life Abundantly® and Women of Grace®. She enjoys time with her daughters, grandchildren, extended family and friends.
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Johnnette S Benkovic |
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Scott Moore, CPA |
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He was ordained a priest on July 17, 1960, in Rome, at the Church of the Twelve Apostles by Cardinal Traglia, the Vicar General of Rome. He served as an assistant pastor in parishes near Milwaukee, and then did graduate work at the Gregorian University in Rome, where he received a doctorate in Dogmatic Theology in 1969. He taught for a very brief time at St. Francis Seminary, and then worked in the Congregation for Catholic Education, a department of the Holy See, in Rome, for eleven years. Bishop Bruskewitz was named a Monsignor in 1976 and elevated to be a Prelate of Honor 1980. In 1980, he became the pastor of Saint Bernard Parish in a suburb of Milwaukee, and in 1992, was named the eighth Bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska. He was consecrated a bishop and installed in the Cathedral of the Risen Christ in Lincoln, on May 13, 1992. |
The Most Reverend Fabian Bruskewitz,
Bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln |
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Robert P. Lockwood is the former president and publisher of Our Sunday Visitor. A graduate of Fairfield University, he currently writes the award-winning column ìCatholic Journalî for Our Sunday Visitor. He resides in Fort Wayne, Indiana. |
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Mary Jo Anderson is a contributing editor for Crisis Magazine, a monthly journal of politics, religion and culture. She also serves on the editorial board for VOICES, the journal of Women for Faith and Family. Her articles have appeared in numerous Catholic magazines. Mrs. Anderson is a regular guest on EWTN’s “Abundant Life” with Johnnette Benkovic. She is a popular speaker at Catholic and secular conferences and a frequent guest on talk radio programs nationwide. Mary Jo’s investigative journalism often takes her to the United Nations where she covers the work of the Holy See Mission to the UN. |
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Kathy was born in Michigan in 1944 and moved to Orlando in 1976. Her first career was as a registered nurse, and began her real estate career in 1971. Since 1976, she has been involved in every aspect of the real estate business, including acquisition and development of land, apartment buildings etc. She has owned her own real estate brokerage and real estate investment holding company for over 25 years. Kathy holds a bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies from St. Leo’s in Dade City. She has been active in parish ministry for the last 20 years and has served at different times as a Reader, Extrordinary Minister of the Eucharist, ministering to the sick, facilitating adult ed, and has served on the RCIA team. Kathy has three grown children and a beautiful granddaughter! |
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