The Pray More Healing Retreat
Inspiring talks to help you heal, move forward and grow closer to God.
Here’s What You Get When You Register:
The Retreat is self-paced.
This means that you can participate wherever you are and whenever you have the time.
“There were many personal moments in which the speakers touched my heart and brought me closer to God’s love.”
“All the speakers were wonderful and it felt like they were speaking directly to me. I did not want it to end!”
“Wonderful talks! Great concept! Easy access!!!”
TOPICS
Anger, Fear, Loneliness and Sorrow: Handling These Emotions & Seeking Peace
by Jeannie Ewing
Embracing Our Cross: Redemptive Suffering
by Joshua Mazrin
“Forgiving God, Others and Yourself”
by Jeannie Ewing
“God Makes All Things New: Beauty, Healing, and Redemption from Pain”
by Ashley Stevens
Grief, Healing, and Meditating on Our Lady of Sorrows
by Jeannie Ewing
Healing from Emotional Wounds
by Jonna Schuster
Healing from Feeling Worthless
By Tim Lucchesi
Hearing God’s Voice on the Journey to Healing
by Jim Schuster
How to Lean on the Holy Spirit During Suffering
by Joshua Mazrin
Jesus, Our Divine Physician
by Dr. Bob Schuchts
Our Blessed Mother Mary: Her Suffering and Ours
by Joshua Mazrin
Praying for Healing
by Dr. Bob Schuchts
Six Spiritual Principles of Healing after Grief & Loss
by Jeannie Ewing
Standing with the Suffering: The Power of Normalcy
by Ashley Stevens
The Healing Power of the Sacraments
by Dr. Bob Schuchts
Standing with the Suffering: The Power of Showing Up
by Ashley Stevens
Uniting Our Suffering to Jesus to Find Healing
by Dr. Bob Schuchts
Trusting God in the Unknown
by Ashley Stevens
Witnessing to Our Loved Ones Who Have Left the Church
by Joshua Mazrin
Every talk comes with a Transcript, Study Guide, and Downloadable Audio
& Video (with Closed Captioning too)
You can watch, listen or read through the talks however you’d like best! Alone or with a group!
Jeannie Ewing
Dr. Bob Schuchts
Jim Schuster
Tim Lucchesi
Joshua Mazrin
Ashley Stevens
Jonna Schuster
— Why join the Pray More Healing Retreat? —
Hear inspiring testimonies about God’s presence throughout even the darkest of times.
Deepen your faith and pray more from the comfort of your own home or while you’re on the go!
Learn more about who God is as our Father and about how you can grow closer to Him through your cross.
Renew your hope as you wait expectantly & joyfully for God to work in your life and to answer your prayers.
Receive guidance and practical advice about how to move on from your pain.
Learn how to move forward from your pain into a place of peace, and from your fear into a place of faith.
“There were many personal moments in which the speakers touched my heart and brought me closer to God’s love.”
“All the speakers were wonderful and it felt like they were speaking directly to me. I did not want it to end!”
“Wonderful talks! Great concept! Easy access!!!”
Welcome to the Pray More Healing Retreat!
We invite you to join us for the next few weeks to reflect on God’s faithful love and presence in your life, and learn how to move from a place of pain and fear to a place of peace and faith.
St. John Paul II said that suffering is almost inseparable from man’s earthly existence. At times, suffering can lead you closer to Christ. And at other times, it can seem to lead you further away from Him. We created this retreat to help steer you closer back to Him, who is the divine healer.
As a part of this retreat, you will receive access to 19 different talks on healing. Some of them are about healing from specific problems – things like loss, grief, emotional pain — pain caused by others. Some are about healing the wounds of our heart, and learning our worth and dignity. Others are about God’s faithfulness in the darkest of times and how to practically pursue healing. Lastly, we also have a few talks about what to do when you don’t receive the healing you’ve been praying for and working towards.
You can participate in this retreat at your own pace. Some of the talks are 10 minutes long, and others are closer to 20. You will be able to watch them whenever you have the time, or to download them and listen to them even while you’re on-the-go. We also created a short study guide to go with each talk.
We hope the Pray More Healing Retreat will bring you closer to God’s healing love — wherever you are, and whenever you have the time.
Once you register, we will send all the presentations to your email for you to enjoy :)
God bless you!
John-Paul & Annie
PrayMoreNovenas.com
Why Join the Pray More Healing Retreat?
Hear inspiring testimonies about God’s presence throughout even the darkest of times.
Receive guidance and practical advice about how to move on from your pain.
Learn more about who God is as our Father and about how you can grow closer to Him through your cross.
Deepen your faith and pray more from the comfort of your own home or while you’re on the go!
SPEAKERS
Jeannie Ewing is a Catholic spirituality writer and national speaker who focuses on moving through grief, the value of redemptive suffering, and how to wait for God’s timing fruitfully. Her books include Navigating Deep Waters, From Grief to Grace, A Sea Without A Shore, For Those Who Grieve, and Waiting with Purpose. She is a frequent guest on Catholic radio and contributes to several online and print Catholic periodicals. Jeannie, her husband, and their three daughters (plus one baby boy) live in northern Indiana. For more information, please visit her website jeannieewing.com. Follow Jeannie on social media: Facebook | LinkedIn | Instagram
Joshua Mazrin is a Catholic speaker and writer. He is a graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville with a Bachelors and Masters in Theology, while also currently working on his PhD in Systematic Theology at Ave Maria University. Joshua also serves as Director of Evangelization for the Catholic Diocese of Venice in Florida. You can learn more about him here.
Bob Schuchts, Ph.D. is the founder of the John Paul II Healing Center, and is a nationally renowned speaker throughout North America and overseas. Bob is the author of Be Healed: Encountering the Powerful Love of Jesus in Your Life; and Be Transformed: The Healing Power of the Sacraments; Real Suffering: Finding Hope and Healing in the Trials of Life; and Forty Weeks: A Journey of Healing and Transformation for Priests, with Fr. William Watson. Bob has also contributed to numerous publications and has published resources available through the Healing Center.
Bob spent more than 30 years as a marriage and family therapist, while also teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in marriage and family relationships, human development, applied psychology, and marriage and family therapy. He held adjunct professor positions at Florida State University, Tallahassee Community College and the Center for Biblical Studies in Tallahassee, Florida. He has also taught courses at the Theology of the Body Institute and the Augustine Institute. Bob is a widower with two married daughters and eight grandchildren
Ashley Stevens is a speaker, writer, wife, and mother of three. She was born near Philadelphia, PA, raised just outside Knoxville, TN and played soccer and converted to the Catholic faith at the University of Nebraska. While serving as a FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) missionary shortly after getting engaged, she was T-boned by a Mack truck and nearly lost her life. They got married on the one-year anniversary of the accident to redeem the day and she’s since shared her story with The 700 Club, Busted Halo Sirius XM Show, The Omaha World-Herald, and blogs and podcasts to encourage those whose life isn’t going according to plan. Find out more about her at www.mountainsunmoved.com.
Jim Schuster is co-founder of Catholic Revival Ministries, which exists to help Catholics step into the fullness of their identity and gifting as sons and daughters of God. He also serves as a ministry coach with The Evangelical Catholic, helping ministries to equip leaders and launch strategic small group evangelization movements. He believes in utilizing the collective wisdom of ministry, business, and entrepreneurial thought-leaders, while maintaining a dependence and responsiveness to the indispensable action of the Holy Spirit.
Jim holds an M.A. in systematic theology from Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Illinois. He has more than a decade of experience working in full-time parish ministry, previously serving within the diocese of Arlington, VA as a Director of Evangelization and as a Director of Youth Ministry. Jim and his wife, Jonna, currently reside in Northern California.
Jonna Schuster is an artist and a pioneer who is passionate about seeing the fulfillment of Jesus’ prayer: “on earth as it is in heaven.” She graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in graphic design, and completed a master’s degree in moral theology at Christendom Graduate School. She spent 10 years as a full-time Director of Youth Ministry in the diocese of Arlington, VA, before which she served for two years as Campus Minister at Western Illinois University.
She and her husband, Jim, recently launched Catholic Revival Ministries, where they serve the Church by equipping Catholics to bring supernatural impact to all areas of life by partnering with the Holy Spirit in power and love. They believe everyone is called to greatness, and they have a heart to see people come into the fullness of their identity & calling. They also have a deep value for ecumenism. When she’s not trying to change the world, Jonna enjoys exploring the outdoors, creating beautiful things, and spending quality time with her loved ones.
Tim Lucchesi is the Director of Chaste Love; a ministry dedicated to sharing the truth about the dignity of every person. He is to husband Jess and father of two children: a toddler named Evelyn an infant son named Maximilian. After working in a parish and regional youth ministry for six years, Tim felt God calling him to be a stay-at-home dad and create Chaste Love ministry with his wife. In addition, God and family, the great loves of Tim’s life are cheesecake, science fiction, St. John Paul II, superhero movies and the virtue of chastity.
“There were many personal moments in which the speakers touched my heart and brought me closer to God’s love.”
“All the speakers were wonderful and it felt like they were speaking directly to me. I did not want it to end!”
“Wonderful talks! Great concept! Easy access!!!”
Contact Us:
If you have any questions about the Pray More Retreat, you can e-mail us at:
John-Paul & Annie, PrayMoreNovenas.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Please put “Pray More Retreat” as your e-mail subject.