Guest Speakers, April 24, 2021


Kendra Von Esh 
       “Find Something More –
                     A Journey of Transformation and Grace”

-  Corporate Executive for Decades
-  Powerful Reversion Story & Life Changing Confession
-  Creator of "Go Deep" On-Line Video Prayer Course
-  Social Media Enthusiast, Podcaster, Blogger and Former
      Shalom World TV News Anchor
-  International Speaker, Retreat Leader, Radio Host, Author 
      and Columnist

I don’t need God … And Certainly NOT Catholicism!
 
Kendra Von Esh was a Corporate Executive who thought she had it all—money, prestige, power and bought into the "me" culture. She devoured all the pleasures this world had to offer but nothing satisfied her desire to "Find Something More" and her life filled with stress, anxiety and never being good enough continued as the norm. She bought into the lie that life was not supposed to be peaceful and loving ... that it was stressful and difficult so you better party hard because life is short.
 
Kendra was a confirmed Catholic – but knew nothing about the Faith. She only went to Mass on Christmas and Easter as a c hild. Her family never spoke about religion or God and the world raised her. When she moved out on her own, she wasn’t going to church of any kind for decades. 
 
Then God found her on Easter in 2013 and flipped her reality upside down and transformed her life! In her Amazon Best Seller, “Am I Catholic” Kendra recounts her struggles, triumphs and “God-incidences” that paved her way from the back pew to a state of grace, peace, and joy that can only come from the Catholic Church and a personal relationship with God.
 
In early 2018, Kendra left her career in Corporate America to evangelize the world leveraging technology, platforms and all forms of media.  In addition to speaking, she is a social media enthusiast, daily podcaster, vlogger, blogger and YouTube junkie.  Kendra believes that we are not meant to walk alone and uses media to walk together with everyone on the journey. 
 
Kendra is known for her contagious joy as she speaks of her reversion to the faith and the sacramental graces of the Catholic Church.  As an executive for decades, Kendra has years of experience on global stages as a speaker, panelist, facilitator and master of ceremonies.  She is an entertainer by nature.  Her humorous down-to-earth style sprinkled with her raw vulnerability wins over audiences as she inspires them to deepen their relationship with God and the Faith. You will leave changed!

https://kendravonesh.com 

Kendra's Video Prayer Course - "Go Deep"   
 

Sonja Corbitt
       "Becoming Magnificat"

-  Founder, Bible Study Evangelista

-  Best Selling Author, Speaker, and Radio Broadcaster

-  Produces Award Winning, Multimedia Bible Studies

-  From Southern Baptist to Catholic

Sonja erupted on the scene with her explosive best-selling book, Unleashed, where she shared how the Holy Spirit is freeing her from her patterns of toxic relationships, self-medicating habits, painful circumstances, and overwhelming desires. All but one of her books have gone on to be best-sellers.

Now she’s everywhere. Her 13-episode Unleashed series, perfect for study groups, aired weekly on CatholicTV, Focus TV, and Christian Associates TV. Soon after, Fearless also aired on Catholic TV stations across the country. Her radio show Bible Study Evangelista launched on Real Life Radio, Breadbox Media, St. Gabriel Radio, the Discerning    Hearts® website and is now available on the most popular
Catholic app for iPhone and Android, Laudate. 

Now, Sonja is thrilled to be part of the CatholicTV family with her own show, Evangelista Bible Study, which began airing weekly in September 2019.

Sonja offers brief, topical Bible study series that are immediately and obviously relevant to contemporary life. You can catch her current shows by subscribing to the Monday morning email, or listen via podcast on iTunes, TuneIn, GooglePlay, Podbean, or Stitcher.

Look for her newest release, Just Rest, Receiving God’s Refreshment in the Deserts of Your Life, A Study of the Exodus (Ave Maria Press) this fall, everywhere books are sold.

Sonja is a regular guest on EWTN; writes for The Great Adventure Bible Study Blog; Catholic Digest; Catechist Magazine; and Magnificat magazine; and speaks around the world.


Find the Bible Study Evangelista Show at: iTunes, iHeartRadio, Pandora, Stitcher, TuneIn, and GooglePlay.

https://www.biblestudyevangelista.com 
 

Christine Watkins, MTS, LCSW
        "How to Save The Souls You Love"

-  Former Atheist, Received Miraculous Healing

-  Spiritual Director, Retreat and Parish Mission Leader

-  Speaker, Author, Radio Host, Counselor

-  CEO and Founder of Queen of Peace Media

Christine Watkins is a popular Catholic speaker, author and is the CEO and founder of  www.QueenofPeaceMedia.com.  Formerly an anti-Christian atheist living a life of sin, she began a life of service to the Catholic Church after a miraculous healing from Jesus through Mary, which saved her from death.

Before her conversion, she danced professionally with the San Francisco Ballet Company. Today, she has twenty years of experience as a Catholic speaker, retreat and parish mission leader, spiritual director, and counselor, with ten years as a hospice grief counselor and ten as a post-abortion healing director. Watkins received her Masters degree in Social Welfare from the University of California at Berkeley, and her Masters in Theological Studies from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley.

Watkins co-hosts the show “Find Something More, Find Your Way Home,” on Radio Maria, has produced and hosted her own show on Shalom World Television, and is a frequent guest on radio and television.

She is the author of the Amazon #1 best-sellers: 
   OF MEN AND MARY; How Six Men Won the Greatest Battle of Their Lives,

  TRANSFIGURED: Patricia Sandoval’s Escape from Drugs, Homelessness, and the Back Doors of
         Planned Parenthood,

  FULL OF GRACE: Miraculous Stories of Healing and Conversion through Mary’s Intercession,

  MARY’S MANTLE CONSECRATION: A Spiritual Retreat for Heaven’s Help with the accompanying 

  MARY’S MANTLE CONSECRATION: Prayer Journal, and 

  THE WARNING: Testimonies and Prophecies of the Illumination of Conscience.

https://queenofpeacemedia.com/

https://queenofpeacemedia.com/christine-watkins-catholic-speakers/

 

Taylor Tripodi
        "Awakening Concert"

-  Singer and Songwriter

-  Worship Leader

-  Encounter God's Tuth, Goodness, and Beauty

-  Sing Oyur Way into the Presence of the Lord

With a heart full of music and a voice full of praise, 26-year-old Taylor Tripodi from Cleveland, OH is on a mission to put people in an encounter with truth, goodness, and beauty.  Because God’s voice is more real and more powerful than any voice we hear.

Taylor graduated from Franciscan University in 2016 as a Catechetics and Theology major and, after doing youth ministry for 2 years, is now a full-time musician, singer, songwriter, and worship leader. Her music has led her all around the country and even as far as the Holy Land in Israel. This past year she was named one of the top 30 Catholic artists in the world and her newest EP 'Awakening' released in August 2019 just hit over 500k streams on Spotify.

She recently began writing blogs for Ascension Press and, as the oldest of nine, she knows the importance of speaking out in order for your voice to be heard.

There are a lot of voices in our world and in our minds every day, but the one voice that's never truly leaned into is the voice of God. His voice can only be heard when we chose to take the time to listen to Him and He often speaks to us through music. She hopes that we can all join voices together in praise and be attentive to the presence of God through her gifts of music.


https://ttripodi1.wixsite.com/-epk