Epiphany – September 18, 2023
Segment 1
Kevin Doyle talks about St. John’s Resort, it’s Mission, Speaker’s Series, and the new Wine Grotto.
Kevin Doyle is the Chief Operating Officer for the Pulte Family Charitable Foundation (PFCF), including oversight and management of 3 resort/hotel investments — Saint John’s Resort, in Plymouth, MI, The Inn at Stonecliffe on Mackinac Island, MI, and the Hilton Garden Inn in Laramie, WY. These properties contribute 100% of their profits to educational and humanitarian initiatives supported by the Pulte Family Charitable Foundation. Additionally, Kevin and his team developed the PFCF’s “Humanitarian Hotels” strategy, which aims at using those hotel properties to live out the mission of the Pulte Family Charitable Foundation by undertaking initiatives that better the lives of the hotels’ employees, guests, and community members.
Originally from Lynchburg, VA, Kevin now resides in Glen Ellyn, IL with his wife Caitlin and their three children – Grace, Callahan, and Brady. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelors’ degree in Finance & Sociology and from Duke University with a Masters in Business Administration. Prior to the Pulte Family Charitable Foundation, Kevin was a leader at Deloitte Consulting with a focus in the hospitality industry, including advising the largest hotel companies in the world, as well as being the Chief of Staff for Deloitte’s $1B+ Auto, Travel, Hospitality business unit. He is passionate about now utilizing his business background in the hospitality industry to support a Catholic mission geared towards serving those in need.
Visit St. John’s Resort here: https://www.saintjohnsresort.com/
Segment 2
Megan Madden talks about our Blessed Mother and her book “Mary, Teach Me to be Your Daughter: Finding Yourself in the Blessed Mother”.
Megan Madden is a homeschooling mother with a passion for writing and speaking on authentic femininity and virtuous womanhood. In 2017, she began graduate studies in marriage and family at the International Theological Institute in Austria. After moving to Kraków, Poland to work with university students, Megan more personally continued her research on the complementarity of man and woman, particularly on the question of what it means to be a woman. She delved into the study of renowned Catholic writers on women such as St. Edith Stein, Gertrude von le Fort, Alice von Hildebrand, St. John Paul II, and St. Teresa of Avila.
The results were the development of Megan’s online ministry A Mother’s Lace, as well as speaking opportunities and her new book from Ascension, Mary, Teach Me to Be Your Daughter: Finding Yourself in the Blessed Mother.
Megan lives outside of Oxford, England with her husband, who is a lecturer in theology, and their five children.
To purchase Megan’s book “Mary, Teach Me to Be Your Daughter: Finding Yourself in the Blessed Mother” click here: Mary Teach Me To Be Your Daughter Finding Yourself in the Blessed Mother
