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Keynote Addresses are sermonic in style. “Listen to what the Spirit saying to the Church.” (Rev. 3:22)” Such experiences enable women to understand the meaning of the Word in the depth of the mystery of faith with its application to women’s issues in life
Activities: WWW Letter writing serve as a means of dialogue between Jesus and His woman. Small group praying and sharing make for strong community bonding and fellowshipping. At the banqueting table women share delicious soul food meals: dinner, breakfast, banquet, and brunch.
WWW: Well Women Witness
Description of WWW ProgramWWW: Well Women Witness is a Women’s Conference Retreat. It is a weekend experience of Catholic/Christian women gathered with the intent of encountering Jesus Christ. The WWW Conference is based on THREE women in the Bible: 1) The woman with the alabaster box (Matt. 26: 6-15), 2) The Samaritan woman at the Well (John 4:1-42), and 3) The woman beneath the Cross of her Son (John 19:25-30). The overriding experience is “Encountering Jesus Christ!” Each day begins with a powerful opening WWW Prayer Service. We women gather at the Well, or with our alabaster boxes, and personal crucifixes. We bless each other in the Name of Jesus Christ, invoking the Holy Spirit to “stir the waters.” We carry our alabaster boxes with perfumed oil for the reconciling anointing. We are an ARMY rising up as prayer warriors for our children (bring photo).
The Meditations: A mirror meditation, rock meditation, Cross meditation and Closing Mass all lend themselves to women “Encountering Jesus Christ.”
Commissioned to “Witness to the Glory of God,” Well women, Second-Line with umbrellas as they sing: “When the Saints Go Marching In!”
Joined by the “Cloud of Witnesses” Well women, like the woman at the well, run out and declare to others, “Come! Come and see...” And others will know for themselves: “...truly Jesus is the Savior of the world.” They will go to family, friends, in parking lots, super markets, even clubs to share their WWW experience, “Encountering Jesus Christ.”
Commissioned to “Witness to the Glory of God,” Well women, Second-Line with umbrellas as they sing: “When the Saints Go Marching In!”
Joined by the “Cloud of Witnesses” Well women, like the woman at the well, run out and declare to others, “Come! Come and see...” And others will know for themselves: “...truly Jesus is the Savior of the world.” They will go to family, friends, in parking lots, super markets, even clubs to share their WWW experience, “Encountering Jesus Christ.”
The History of the WWW Program:WWW: Well Women Witness began at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk, VA. of the Diocese of Richmond, VA. There, a hundred four (104) African American and African women gathered at the Well!
As a national program, WWW was able to travel to parishes and dioceses and catechize Black women who longed for spiritual growth. From 2015 to the present WWW found its way from the Black Basilica in Norfolk to Washington, DC @ St. Teresa of Avila 3X’s, Incarnation Catholic Church (DC) (3X’s), New Orleans, LA (Hosted St. Mary’s Academy), Wilmington, DE, (St. Joseph Catholic Church, Fr. Paul William, OFM -pastor), the Diocese of Pittsburgh (Dr. Greta Stokes Tucker), returning to DC @ Centro Maria Center (DC) Feb., 2018, and in DC Incarnation Catholic Church, Fr. John Carroll, SSJ (October 27, 2018). Numerous women have returned to WWW three (3) to eight (8) times.
A book, Well Women Witness ~ Letters from Christ authored by Sr. Dr. Oralisa Martin, was published in 2018. WWW Small Groups emerged as a result of Women’s individual experiences of letter writing through the book.
With life’s “normal” interrupted by COVID-19, WWW: Well Women Witness now returns with a new vigor. Instead of the one Biblical text of the Samaritan woman, there are now three women. Instead of a one-day retreat, WWW is a weekend conference retreat. Instead of ministering to locals, women travel from abroad to attend the Conference.
As a national program, WWW was able to travel to parishes and dioceses and catechize Black women who longed for spiritual growth. From 2015 to the present WWW found its way from the Black Basilica in Norfolk to Washington, DC @ St. Teresa of Avila 3X’s, Incarnation Catholic Church (DC) (3X’s), New Orleans, LA (Hosted St. Mary’s Academy), Wilmington, DE, (St. Joseph Catholic Church, Fr. Paul William, OFM -pastor), the Diocese of Pittsburgh (Dr. Greta Stokes Tucker), returning to DC @ Centro Maria Center (DC) Feb., 2018, and in DC Incarnation Catholic Church, Fr. John Carroll, SSJ (October 27, 2018). Numerous women have returned to WWW three (3) to eight (8) times.
A book, Well Women Witness ~ Letters from Christ authored by Sr. Dr. Oralisa Martin, was published in 2018. WWW Small Groups emerged as a result of Women’s individual experiences of letter writing through the book.
With life’s “normal” interrupted by COVID-19, WWW: Well Women Witness now returns with a new vigor. Instead of the one Biblical text of the Samaritan woman, there are now three women. Instead of a one-day retreat, WWW is a weekend conference retreat. Instead of ministering to locals, women travel from abroad to attend the Conference.
