iGiveCatholic 2025

Hello,

My name is Katherine.  I am not sure where this path really began, unless it was when I became Catholic.  I was interested in serving and I love Jesus so much.  I was kind of lost and because of my age, I was turned down from becoming a religious sister.  My priest had suggested a consecrated virgin, but since I had children, I didn't think that was possible (it wasn't).  But through the questioning, I was put in touch with a spiritual director through Mary and Elizabeth.  

July 5, 2025, I took my first temporary vows as a privately dedicate person.  This has been such an amazing time for me!  I would have never discovered my way without God's guidance and using Mary and Elizabeth to direct and support my in my call.  Please consider a donation to help others like me who are trying to discern how God is calling them.  Thank you and God bless!

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.