Catholic Connection – May 2, 2023 – Hr 2
Kelly Marcum explains her Gratia Plena Institute and the important work they do with young women. Curtis Martin with FOCUS has been named by the Pope to the Dicastery for Evangelization.
Segment 1 – Intro and News
Segment 2 & 3 – Gratia Plena Institute
“Gratia Plena strives to arm young women with the beautiful truths of the Catholic faith so that they will be prepared to combat the disordered forces of toxic feminism and to repair the cultural wreckage wrought by the sexual revolution.” Kelly Marcum joins us today to discuss.
Kelly Marcum studied International Politics at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and received her M.A. from the War Studies Department at King’s College London. She is the founder and President of Gratia Plena Institute, an organization dedicated to teaching high school girls about the Catholic vision of authentic femininity. Her writing has been featured in The American Conservative, The Federalist, The Washington Examiner and Catholic Exchange.
Segment 4 – Pope Francis Names Several Americans to Dicastery for Evangelization Including FOCUS’ Curtis Martin
“Pope Francis established the Dicastery for Evangelization in the 2022 apostolic constitution Praedicate Evangelium, saying that it ‘serves the work of evangelization, so that Christ, the light of the nations, may be known and witnessed to by word and deed, and the Church, his mystical Body, may be built up.’” Read more here.
Curtis Martin is the founder and CEO of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), one of the fastest-growing college outreach apostolates in the Catholic Church. Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia stated, “No one does a more dynamic job of reaching college students for Christ than FOCUS.”
