Mary and Elizabeth

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We exist to make Christ known and loved through spiritual accompaniment and discipleship. 

We are a non-profit and ministry in the Diocese of Memphis with mission houses near the University of Memphis. Our mission comes to life through spiritual direction, accompanied mentorship, and rich formation opportunities that meet women in the “niches” of their real, everyday lives. The Mary and Elizabeth House is a place of welcome, prayer, and authentic encounter. We additionally have offices at St. Anne Catholic Church. In July 2022, The Most Rev. Bishop David Talley blessed and encouraged the work, and it has continued to grow and bear fruit. 

Our reach now extends far beyond Memphis. Through online programming and the thoughtful use of technology, we accompany women across the United States, Canada, England, and New Zealand.

We are staffed by full-time, trained missionaries with extensive experience walking with women through direction, accompaniment, and vocational discernment. We additionally are supported by a qualified network of 36 women (lay, consecrated, and religious sisters) who all serve to provide direction and mentorship to meet the human and spiritual needs of the women who come to us.

Through spiritual direction, formation programs, outreach in vocational formation, and retreats, our apostolate creates spaces for women to encounter Jesus—and through that encounter, to more deeply know themselves, know Him, and discover their role in the Church and in the world.

Our mission is for every woman to have an encounter with Jesus, the Heart of the Father and be transformed by a life lived in union with Him. We hope that she might live her life in light of the Father's excessive, merciful love, and that the Father will be glorified by her interior renewal. We additionally hope that by her renewal through and with Him, the whole world will be renewed in His love. 

In 2025, your gift will directly support our five outreach programs and provide scholarships for women of all ages who long to grow in their relationship with the Lord. Your generosity helps us offer presence, formation, fellowship, discernment, healing opportunities, and Christ-centered encounters to women who need them most.

Your gift will help us provide:

• Scholarships for spiritual direction and mentorship with trained Mary and Elizabeth spiritual directors and mentors—available to any woman, regardless of age or state in life.

• Retreat and event scholarships, book studies, and community for young adult and college women—future doctors, educators, scientists, engineers, and leaders who seek to put Christ first in their lives.

• Monthly Stella Maris Formation for more than 150 trained spiritual directors and mentors—offering ongoing education, support, and supervision for those who accompany others.

• Monthly Lilies Formation, offering supplemental spiritual formation to women who have given their lives entirely to Christ, including religious sisters and publicly or privately consecrated women.

• Stipends and travel for 4–8 habited religious sisters to participate in our Fiat Initiative, serving our schools, families, and women discerning their vocation in the Diocese of Memphis.

• Training for 20 new women in the Church's vision for Accompaniment and Discipleship through our annual seven-week equipping program—forming missionary disciples prepared to walk with other women in faith.

• Support for retreats and events that create spaces for women to encounter the healing and transformative love of Jesus Christ.

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