Meet Kelly & T

Kelly Wahlquist

Kelly is a dynamic and inspiring Catholic author and speaker, and the founder of WINE: Women in the New Evangelization. She is the director for the Archbishop Flynn Catechetical Institute in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

Kelly is the author of Created to Relate: God’s Design for Peace and Joy, and created and editor of Walk in Her Sandals: Experiencing the Passion of Jesus through the Eyes of Women, Gaze Upon Jesus: Experiencing Christ’s Childhood through the Eyes of Women, and Called By Name: 365 Daily Devotions for Catholic Women. Kelly travels around the country speaking about the joy of the New Evangelization, particularly the role of women in the New Evangelization.  She lives in Minnesota with her husband, Andy, and their three children.

teresa tomeo

Teresa is a motivational speaker, best-selling author, and the host of the daily morning show Catholic Connection on Ave Maria Radio. Teresa also cohosts the weekly EWTN-TV series The Catholic View for Women. 

Teresa has been featured on national news and talk shows discussing matters of faith, media awareness, and Catholic Church teachings especially as they relate to the culture and women. She is the author of multiple books, including her latest Girlfriend’s and Other Saints: Companions on My Journey of Faith and is a contributing writing for Walk in Her Sandals: Experiencing the Passion of Jesus through the Eyes of Women and Gaze Upon Jesus: Experiencing Christ’s Childhood through the Eyes of Women. Teresa is a speaker, author, and board member for WINE: Women In the New Evangelization. She lives in Michigan with her husband, Deacon Dom.

OUR SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR

FR. JOHN KLOCKEMAN

Fr. John Klockeman, the chaplain of WINE: Women In the New Evangelization, is widely acclaimed as an expert in Catholic spirituality. He has appeared locally and nationally on television and radio programs, conducted pilgrimages, led retreats and parish missions in many dioceses, and has been a speaker at conferences across the United States.

Fr. Klockeman is a native of the Twin Cities, from a family of six children, and a diocesan priest of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. He was ordained to the priesthood in May of 2000. Father Klockeman holds a Masters of Divinity degree from the Saint Paul Seminary and a Masters of Theology degree from Franciscan University of Steubenville.

OUR GUESTS

ELizabeth Lev

Liz is a transplanted US art historian with degrees from University of Chicago and University of Bologna. She has been working as a guide in Rome for over 20 years and teaches at Duquesne University’s Italian campus as well as the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. She loves Rome, its history, art, cuisine and people and is happiest in its many churches and museums. She has served as a commissioner of the Tourism board of Rome and a didactic consultant for the Vatican Museums.

Liz is also the author of 4 books and has commented on art and the papacy for several television networks. She has taught and lectured in numerous venues in Europe, the US, Singapore, and Australia, including an address at the United Nations in New York. Her recent projects include a series of columns for the Epoch Times on the light of art throughout dark times in history. She is also a certified sommelier, so cheers!

joan lewis

Joan  has lived in Rome for more than three decades, during which she has worked for or covered the Vatican as a journalist. Fluent in several languages, Joan has been a member of several high-level Holy See delegations to the international conferences, covered numerous papal trips, one papal funeral, one papal resignations, two conclaves, and the canonizations of Sts. JohnXXIII and John Paul II.

Called “Rome’s Joan” by her many friends in the Roman Curia, she is often a guest on Catholic radio and a guest lecturer in Rome and in the United States. Joan is a contributing writer for WINE: Women In the New Evangelization, and her latest book A Holy Year in Rome: The Complete Pilgrim’s Guide for the Jubilee Year of Mercy is a must have for any person planning a pilgrimage to Rome.

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