{"id":16894,"date":"2023-03-23T05:04:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T09:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/?page_id=16894"},"modified":"2024-05-09T20:19:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T00:19:49","slug":"speaker-michelle-karen-dsilva","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/speaker-michelle-karen-dsilva\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker: Michelle Karen D\u2019Silva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Michelle-DSilva-headshot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"382\" src=\"http:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Michelle-DSilva-headshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Michelle-DSilva-headshot.png 310w, https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Michelle-DSilva-headshot-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"about-dr-edward-sri\">About Michelle Karen D\u2019Silva<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michelle Karen D\u2019Silva<\/strong>&nbsp;is a Catholic Speaker who has served at numerous international platforms including leading worship at the Golden Jubilee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Rome and the World Youth Day in Panama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She resides in Doha, Qatar along with her husband Jensil and their 2 kids. Michelle is an active member of her parish \u2013 Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary. She serves as a member of the National Service of Communion (NSC), attending to the pastoral needs of the community through preaching and mentoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michelle pioneered the first Catholic Charismatic Youth Group in Qatar and continues to serve in the capacity of Youth Mentor. She has spearheaded numerous youth retreats, conferences and Gospel concerts including leadership and discipleship training for youth leaders across the Gulf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018 Michelle co-authored the book \u2013 \u2018Life in the Spirit, Youth Edition\u2019 under the mandate of CHARIS Youth Asia-Oceania and has travelled across the Middle East and Oceania equipping young leaders to lead and animate the Life in the Spirit seminars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, Michelle joined the team of \u2018Blessed Is She\u2019, USA as their Devotional Writer &amp; Blog Contributor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michelle\u2019s passion to equip and empower women has resulted in \u2018WellSpring Women\u2019, an online community that has hosted an array of virtual programs bringing women from over 30 countries together. 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