2025 Speakers
Danielle Bean
Danielle is a Catholic writer and speaker. She helps women to know their dignity and worth so they can find peace, balance, and joy in faith and family living.
So many of us struggle, and too many of us feel alone in that struggle. She knows what it’s like to give your all to your family and yet still sometimes feel like you are failing at the important stuff. She knows what it’s like to pour your heart and soul into this mom-thing and still sometimes wonder if it’s all worthwhile in the end.
Is there dignity in your motherhood? Is there worth in your dedication to family living? Danielle is here to tell you YES, and to help you find the happiness God means for you to find in your vocation.
In her books, newsletter, and podcast, She shares honestly about faith, family, and the struggles of motherhood. Danielle offer you encouragement and empowerment in the role God created you to play in your home and family.
Danielle has been married to her husband Dan for 29 years and together they have 8 children. She is the host of the Girlfriends podcast and a talk show host on CatholicTV.
She loves talking to women, couples, and families! Danielle is available as a speaker on a variety of subjects related to Catholic family life, schooling, marriage, and motherhood. She encourage women of all ages and stages of life to find humor in daily challenges and the joy God intends for every one of us.
Sister Mary Gabriel
Sister Mary Gabriel is a member of the Sisters of Life, a religious community founded by John Cardinal O’Connor and dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the sacredness of human life.
The community’s apostolates include direct services to women in need and evangelizing on God’s plan for life and love (www.sistersoflife.org). Originally from Long Island, NY, Sr. Mary Gabriel earned a degree from the University of Dallas before entering the Sisters of Life in 1999. She assisted the development of the community’s evangelization mission and served as Vocation Director for 5 years and Novice Director for 10 years before completing a graduate degree in theology at the John Paul II Institute in Washington, DC, in December 2022.
She has been involved with GIVEN since its inception and is in awe at the ways Jesus brings her passion for his Gospel and the power of the Holy Spirit to bear on her love and concern for his daughters and highlighting the gift of their lives and love.