Kelly Wahlquist

God has a plan of blessedness and happiness, and He includes us to be active in that plan. Mary’s beautiful “yes” brought us the fruit of her womb, Jesus, who teaches us that He is the Vine and we are the branches; we are joined to Jesus in the action of the Faith. What an honor! By embracing Scripture and examining Christ’s earthly journey from the seed of the woman to the fruit of the vine to the wine, which becomes the Blood of Christ in the Mass, we can map out our spiritual path to peace and joy, as we walk with Our Lady of the Grapes, Mary, to our heavenly Father.

You won’t want to miss this fruitful evening!

Kelly Wahlquist is a dynamic and inspiring Catholic author and speaker whose gift of weaving personal stories and Scripture together with practical advice allows her audience to enter more fully into what Pope Francis has called us to do—to live the joy of the Gospel with missionary zeal.

Kelly is the founder of WINE: Women In the New Evangelization, a women’s ministry that invigorates Catholic parishes through inspiring, supporting, and nurturing women in the faith and by equipping and mobilizing women as intentional disciples of Christ.
She is the Director for the Archbishop Flynn Catechetical Institute, a popular school that serves Catholic adults in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in Minnesota.

She is a contributing writer for CatholicMom.com and CatholicVineyard.com. Her book, Created to Relate: God’ s Design for Peace & Joy, encourages and inspires women to live fully their beautiful God-given gifts for building relationships and shows how doing so can draw others into a relationship with Christ and lead to a life of peace and joy. She is the editor of Walk in Her Sandals: Experiencing the Passion of Christ through the Eyes of Women and Gaze Upon Jesus: Experiencing Christ’s Childhood through the Eyes of Women, which are innovative collaborative works that allow women to enter into their relationship with Jesus in the way in which they were created to—as women.

Kelly travels the country speaking on the New Evangelization in an effort to encourage all to spread the message of Jesus by living the joy of the Gospel, and leads women’s pilgrimages (WINE & Shrine) through Italy. She enjoys speaking to all groups, but has a special affinity towards speaking at Catholic women’s conferences and retreats. She resides in Minnesota with her husband, Andy, and their three children.