LADIES & GENTELMEN,
We have attended this conference for the past several years. We highly recommend it as the speakers & message are outstanding & echo the true faith of the Church
Pat Ashcraft - 2015
We have received many testimonials from people who have been touched by the Columbus Marian Conferences. We have begun this page in the hope that others may be inspired by Mary's intercession in these dark times. If you would like to share your testimonial with us, please email Nancy at [email protected]
Here is a testimony for the 2014 Columbus Marian Conference
In 2014 I attended the Marian Conference. I had been asked to attend for 2 years, but 2014 was the first year I could attend. I had a great desire to go, but when the weekend arrived, I came up with many reasons to not attend. I decided to go anyway and I am so thankful I went.
I grew closer to Mary at this conference and I was able to see her Son more clearly, especially at the Latin Mass. This was the first Latin Mass I had ever attended, but it changed my whole perspective on worshipping Christ. I have never felt so close to the Lord than at the Latin Mass. It was so beautiful and intimate. I saw true reverence for the Eucharist. Each person knelt down before our Lord to receive Him, from the priest, and we all received Him directly on our tongue. I truly felt I was in paradise during this Latin Mass.
This encounter with the Eucharist opened my heart for all that was to come at the conference. In fact, it convicted my heart in knowing the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist and how we should worship Him through the Holy Mass. Each priest that spoke brought a different element of love, respect and reverence of Mary, Jesus, the Eucharist, and the Church. This conference touched me in ways that I had not expected and through it I have grown ever more for my love of the Catholic Faith.
Mindy
Here is a testimony for the 2014 Conference:
We learned of last year's Marian Conference (July, 2014), while at a homeschooling conference, and, WOW--what a GREAT conference!!! This was the first conference, of its magnitude (i.e., with this number of Priests/other speakers), that we've attended, and we found it EXTREMELY edifying, in that it has--as the title of the Conference indicates--taken us a step closer to getting to know the Blessed Virgin! In the words of Saint Louis de Montfort, referring to Her Litany, "Cause of our Joy!...Mystical Rose!...Gate of heaven!... Health of the Sick...!" And, while, sadly for us, we cannot attend the 2015 Marian Conference, we are, very much, looking forward to making this Marian Conference a yearly event for our family. ¡Viva la Virgin de Guadalupe! ¡Viva Cristo Rey! --John Houlihan, Frankfort, Kentucky
Here is a testimony for the 2013 Conference:
I was astounded at how much I learned about my Catholic faith at the 2013 Columbus Marian Conference. I thought I knew everything already. I was inspired and blessed and my faith was reinvigorated. Join me at the 2014 Columbus Marian Conference. Cecile Smith, Holy Family Parish, Diocese of Columbus
This is a testimonial sent to us after the Second Columbus Marian Conference 2012:
To All Who Served:
Thank you for hosting the Marian Conference. It was a truly Spiritual
Experience. My friend, Maria and I were moved to see other believers
devoted to Mary and her son, Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior.
May God continue to bring each of you blessings for the work you are doing
and have done to spread the love of Christ and the love of Mary, our Mother.
We were amazed by the many testimonies. Touched by our Blessed Mother, we
had an unexplained tingling throughout our bodies while at the conference;
this feeling continued, even the day after the conference.
Our journey from Texas to Ohio, was heaven sent, we were guided and led by
our Blessed Mother. She brought us to the Triumph of Two Hearts Conference.
She knew our lives would be forever changed, the moment we were surrounded
by our brothers and sisters in Christ, and the believers of the Sacred Heart
of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary.
The Two Hearts will triumph!
signed, Maricela & Maria
"The Ladies fromTexas"
A testimonial from the first Columbus Marian Conference held in July of 2011:
December 9, 2010 was the day when I heard the words “its cancer”; I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I was devastated and thought about my 1 ½ year old son then. My treatment was 5 months of chemotherapy, mastectomy and 34 radiation sessions.
I really didn’t know what to expect with chemotherapy since the side effects can be different for everybody. All I hope is that I will have minimal side effects as possible. I was hooked to an IV for an hour and a half, prayed and imagined the drugs to be Jesus’ blood going through my veins cleansing me. On my 2nd month of chemo, my mother and all her siblings went to a holy pilgrimage to Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal and Our Lady of Lourdes in France. She felt guilty for leaving me but I told her that I want her to go to ask for healing on my behalf. I had no side effects throughout my treatment except for this one week when my mother was away, I started to experience the ‘metallic taste’ side effect. I remember feeling weak that day too, so I decided to go to bed early that night. I woke up the next day feeling so refreshed and no more metallic taste in my mouth. My mother called me that day and told me that they were just in Lourdes and they all prayed for me. Our Lady healed me of the side effects! I know it was no coincidence, I just experienced a miracle.
With God’s grace I completed my chemotherapy, mastectomy and radiation with no physical pain. I survived this journey because I trusted in the Lord to heal me and prayer was my weapon. Prayers from my family and friends.
My aunt gave me a flyer on the ‘First Marian Conference’ in Columbus. I kept it next to my bed and Mary’s picture on the flyer gave me a warm and soothing feeling. I was excited to attend the Conference to thank Mary for being there for me and for her son who carried me like a child in his arms throughout my treatment. My aunt couldn't go to the Conference due to other prior commitments. I didn’t want to go by myself so I was disappointed. I looked at the flyer and it said "Be Not Afraid", then I knew Mary wanted me to go. I went and felt Mary’s love and presence everywhere. I looked forward to attending the Marian Conference every year since then.
Yvette