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May 30, 2017
Catholic Influencers&middot Resources

Inspiring Ministries for Everyday Catholics: Catholic Social Media Influencers, Volume 5

Inspiring Ministries for Everyday Catholics-

Do you prefer email over social media?  Good news!  Each person I am presenting to you for inspiration will send you uplifting emails!  Go to their website and sign up for their email list!

For Allison’s emails: Reconciled to You Inspiration – sign up for emails here

For Krisin’s emails: Burning Hearts Disciples – sign up here for emails!

If you are looking to add some inspiration to your newsfeed (I mean the memes, kid pictures and your friends’ thoughts on TV shows are great, but a little uplifting couldn’t hurt either ;)) Please follow these lovely, brave, hard working women who only want you to know that God does love you and He is listening to your heart’s prayers!  I love seeing their posts and pictures . . . and I think you will as well.

Allison Gingras

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Allison Gingras, founder of Reconciled To You ministries, writes, speaks and shares with enthusiasm and humor, her Catholic Faith and Relationship with Jesus as she experiences them in the everyday, ordinary of life!

Where can you be found on social media?

Facebook-  https://www.facebook.com/ReconciledToYou/

Twitter – Allison Gingras @reconciledtoyou

Instagram- Reconciledtoyou

Pinterest-  https://www.pinterest.com/allisongingras/boards/

What type of wine is your favorite?

My favorite wine WAS White Zinfandel (though my family tells me that is not real wine); however, a recent sulfa allergy now has me sipping Gluten Free Beer!

What is your favorite chocolate?

The Non-dairy kind … oh, the struggle is real! (*see answer to Fave Wine above – ha ha)

 What is your favorite prayer and/or quote?

“Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others for thou has many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance.” Thomas a Kempis, Imitation of Christ

 What services do you provide? 

To share how one can enjoy a vibrant and fulfilling life of faith in the everyday ordinary of moments of living. Topics of focus include but not limited to: Forgiveness, Trust, Joy, Mary as Model of Faith, ADHD, Spiritual Fortification, and Scripture.

  • Writer – blog, books, freelance, social media
  • Speaker – retreats, presentations, keynote
  • Media – radio, podcast, video and television

Are you in the New England area?  Allison often organizes free retreats be on the look out!

Check out Allison’s Event Page: Reconciled to You Ministries Events

Taking a look at the unique ways women interact with God and each other. Strategies for building or maintaining a relationship with God, keeping in mind we have other roles that take a lot of our time – mom, wife, housekeeper, caretaker, employee, etc.

Contact info

www.Reconciledtoyou.com

[email protected]

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Kristin Bird

Burning Hearts Disciples

Equipping, training, & supporting Catholics to live out Jesus’ call to “go and make disciples.” Creating a culture of intentional disciples.

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15 years of parish ministry, a Master’s degree in Pastoral Studies, a background in teaching, and my vocation as a wife and mother have given me a passion for living a life guided by the Holy Spirit and grounded in the real world. My goal is to inspire Catholics around the country to discover that the our faith is more than just doctrine, dogma and theory; it is a lived, intentional relationship with the person of Jesus Christ. My husband Tony and I have 3 children and live in Oshkosh, WI, and I am the Executive Director of Burning Hearts Disciples – an apostolate in the Diocese of Green Bay that inspires and equips parishes to create a culture of intentional discipleship. I manage our blog and social media accounts there which focus on equipping, training, and supporting Catholics to live out the New Evangelization through the art of accompaniment.

Where can you be found on social media?

   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BurningHeartsDisciples

   Twitter: https://twitter.com/BurningHeartsD

   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/krisedu/

   Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/BurningHeartsD

What type of wine is your favorite?

Just about anything is good as long as it’s not too sweet. If I had to pick one, probably 14 Hands Chardonnay which is has the most buttery feel. It’s like Lue La Roe leggings for your mouth!

What is your favorite chocolate?

I’m so much more of a salty person than a sweets person (in both taste and personality!) – so I prefer a sea salt chocolate or chocolate covered turtles!

What is your favorite prayer and/or quote?

Oh man, I feel like this changes on a regular basis! Lately, I have been enamored with this quote from St. John Paul II in Redemptoris Missio (Mission of the Redeemer):

“A radical conversion in thinking is required in order to become missionary, and this holds true both for individuals and entire communities” (49).

What services do you provide?

1 to 1 Faith Growth Plans: We pair you with a 1 to 1 Disciple who helps you develop your 1 to 1 Faith Growth Plan customized to meet your learning style, schedule, and goals. Learn more: http://bit.ly/2mQHlXT

Discipleship Compass: Mission planning for evangelization in a parish, diocese, school or organization. We can help you choose and adapt the available resources to create a plan for the New Evangelization that works for your community. Learn More: http://bit.ly/2nOCQOf

Speaking Engagements: Let us come and help your group discover a faith that is a relationship with Jesus Christ – who they can come to know intimately and personally. Let us come and help your group discover a faith that can apply to their lives at home, at work, at play. Kristin offers short talks, trainings, parish missions, and full day retreats on a variety of faith topics. Learn More: http://bit.ly/2qwzR0r

Contact info

 Kristin Bird

Burning Hearts Disciples

(920) 504-0209

[email protected]

www.burningheartsdisciples.org
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  1. Cecilia says

    May 31, 2017 at 9:48 am

    I really enjoy reading about these amazing ladies and their work in vineyard ! Looking forward to learning about many more!

  2. Jessica says

    May 31, 2017 at 1:19 pm

    What a wonderful project you have going here – thank you for sharing these amazing, inspiring women with us!

  3. Sara @ To Jesus Sincerely says

    May 31, 2017 at 9:46 pm

    Another great highlight! I really love learning everyone’s favorite quotes – so inspirational 🙂

  4. Allison says

    June 15, 2017 at 12:37 pm

    I have learned about so many influencers via this series. Bravo! Sharing.

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When I was a little girl, I vaguely remember a sil When I was a little girl, I vaguely remember a silver and blue medal fastened to my school uniform with a pin. My mom put that medal on my uniform. I don’t remember asking any questions, but I still think that blue was so pretty.
Fast forward about 9 years, and another memory surfaces… my Dad took our family to a church in a neighborhood we had to drive to. I remember parking across the street and entering the front doors of the @miraculousmedal Shrine. I recall the pads of paper placed on the marble in front of the different statues. These little memo 📝 pads were notes to God, asking Our Lady to intercede for us. I loved that I could write an intention but that one of the suggestions was “for a Catholic boyfriend” I was 15, I checked that box.
But honestly, I wasn’t a “Mary” person when it came to prayer.
Any personal prayer addressed Jesus or God.
10 years later my friend’s Mom gave me a Miraculous Medal keychain. I put it on my keys and life went on…

And over a decade later… it was that shrine I went to with this big idea about a Catholic gift guide and a giveaway.

But confession, many times in between those years each and every time I was going through something hard,I visited that place.
I poured my hearts desires on those little memo papers.
I asked Our Blessed Mother to pray for me.
I begged God to answer my prayers.

And He did.

Without me knowing the details of the Miraculous Medal.
But that time I went in there with the gift guide and giveaway idea… I was asked if I was only going to write one blog post.

That question inspired a second.
I researched the Miraculous Medal and read that Our Lady promised graces, especially to those who wore it around their neck.

More graces? Yes please 

I wrote a post…” 5 Reasons Why I wear a Miraculous Medal and maybe You Should Too”.
Church Pop @churchpop asked if they could publish it.
It went viral… at least viral for me.

And a few weeks ago, I brought about 30 women there for a retreat.

I didn’t pursue Mary, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal… I pursued her Son.
My pursuit was sloppy.
Like any mother, she couldn’t resist helping me a little.

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you
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“This was the BEST RETREAT I have ever been to!” “This was the BEST RETREAT I have ever been to!” 

I forgot to create a feedback paper again, but thankfully one of the attendees made sure to tell me this before she left! Someone else told me later they overheard the same words in the ladies room!
Woohooo!!! I am so happy and grateful!!!

If you missed it, please know I have created resources for you so that you can make one of these events happen in your community!

I will be thanking the many sponsors of the 2025 Prayer Wine Chocolate Retreat all week… but let me give a few shout outs now!

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The Basilica Shrine of the Miraculous Medal @miraculousmedal provided a spectacular day for all of us. I am so happy this year’s retreat day was at this incredibly special and holy place.

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you!

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I did not plan to start a ministry that included a I did not plan to start a ministry that included an annual retreat…
But wow, God is so good!

The friends I have made and met through this work are such a blessing!!!

I’m sure glad you’re here reading this!

I’m so grateful for this mission… to foster, encourage and nurture friendships that put faith first.

Join me in making praying with friends just as normal as drinking wine with friends!
 
Let’s joyfully invite others to see the love God has for each one of us.
 
The adventure is just beginning!
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As a busy Catholic mom, I want to do as much as I As a busy Catholic mom, I want to do as much as I can to promote a culture of life…

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If we want to bring more of our loved ones back to If we want to bring more of our loved ones back to church… we need to invite them.

If we want our parish’s to have stronger communities, we need to meet the busy women where they are… and encourage faith filled friendships.

Praying the Rosary with others is powerful and life changing.
Let’s do this!
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October 2025…quickest month ever!!!! October 2025…quickest month ever!!!!
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I definitely bought myself a gift… but it’s for the whole family!

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“I can’t go this year, but next year I hope to!” “I can’t go this year, but next year I hope to!”

I hear this every year when I’m planning the Prayer Wine Chocolate Retreat.

And every year I think…” I don’t know if I’ll be able to do this again next year.”

Each year- each day- is a gift.
Getting to plan a retreat for women that truly serves their minds, their souls and their hearts is truly a gift.
But the truth is, I never know if I’ll be given this gift again.

Jesus reminds us all in the Gospels that we all really don’t know what will happen in the future.
I don’t know what next year will bring…

But I do know that when women attend a Prayer Wine Chocolate Retreat for a day, they say things like

“I needed this”
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I understand life is busy. I feel strongly that the busyness is a distraction from the stillness Our Lord is calling us to.

If you really can’t attend this year’s Prayer Wine Chocolate Retreat, may I make a suggestion?

Get out your calendar and schedule a day to go to confession,
A day to go to Mass that is not Sunday,
A day to get together with someone else to pray the Rosary out loud and a day to spend time with another woman that needs your prayers.

All of these things are available on November 15th.
There’s still time to register!

If you want to join us this year, comment “Register “ and I’ll send you the details.

If you definitely can’t make it, drop a prayer intention in the comments- or message me- and we will bring your intentions with us!

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I swear my laundry is multiplying… I need to get o I swear my laundry is multiplying… I need to get out as much as anyone..

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I have a LOT of situations! I heard if you revere I have a LOT of situations!

I heard if you reverently bless yourself with the sign of the Cross, demons flee.

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Tired? Need some peace? Want to refill your cup? Y Tired? Need some peace? Want to refill your cup? Yes to any of these? The good news is you can still register for the 2025 Prayer Wine Chocolate Retreat! It’s November 15th… just in time to recharge before the busyness of the holiday season is in full swing.

Schedule time for prayer, sacramental grace, holy friends and a meal you don’t have to cook!

Message me or comment if you would like more details!

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