Welcome to Magnificat Rochester Chapter
Praise the Lord!
We are so glad that the Holy Spirit guided you to our home on the Internet. Whether this is your first time, or you have visited many times before, we want you to know how happy we are that you are here! Please take a moment to mark your calendar for the Magnificat Breakfasts by Magnificat Rochester Chapter and check out our scheduled guest speakers.
A Unique Person-to-Person Ministry for Catholic Women
Magnificat is a solidly Catholic ministry; in Rochester, we are approved by the Diocese of Rochester. Magnificat is born out of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, and has been a focus for unity among women in the Church. It’s not about inflicting guilt, but meeting people where they are, like Mary did when she visited Elizabeth. Many have been wounded in some way by the Church or no longer feel a close relationship with God.
“My soul magnifies the Lord, my spirit finds joy in God my Savior…
God who is mighty has done great things for me, holy is His name.” Luke 1:46-49
Introducing our next speaker COLLEEN ANTONIO
Colleen Antonio is a wife and mother of two children. She is a retired English teacher who taught 7th and 8th grade English at Gates Chili Middle School for 36 years. She spends her time now expanding her growing garden, finding joy in time spent with her animals, family, and friends.
Her main focus each day is learning to lean into God’s Will for her life but most of all to embrace and surrender to His Divine Providence — to abandon our own will and submit to complete trust. She will share how God has continually tested her faith but how He has also allowed her to see how He works through our suffering and pain. She will reveal how God’s Glory is magnified through the Crosses in our lives.
Favorite Bible Verse:
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” – Proverbs 3:5-6