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CONFERENCE INFO SPEAKERS
Sister Bernadette Beamsley,
DLJC Fr. Anthony Ozele 
Sister Bernadette Beamsley, DLJC Sister Bernadette received the Baptism in the Holy Spirit in 1979. In 1981 she entered the Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ to help pioneer this new charismatic Franciscan community, founded to proclaim the Good News to all men everywhere. She has served in the community’s various apostolates throughout the U.S. and Mexico, leading children’s and youth ministry, fostering Charismatic Renewal in Prayer Groups by giving talks, teachings, Life in the Spirit Seminars, and Growth in the Spirit Seminars; retreat work and evangelistic outreaches. In 1983 Sister worked with university students in the community’s Mission House in Monterrey, Mexico; in 1986 she worked with the students of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas; in 1989 she helped establish the Mission House in South Florida where she served for six years. In 1995 she became the Superior General of this new dynamic religious community and served until 2001. Fr. John Fink Reverend John Fink is a priest of the Archdiocese of Miami who is currently assigned to healthcare ministry at Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale. He has been active for many years in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, speaking at conferences, giving retreats and conducting healing services.  Fr. Anthony Mario Ozele, PhD Fr. Anthony Mario Ozele hails from the Catholic Diocese of Waru in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Ordained to the priesthood in 1992, this gentle and unassuming preacher, teacher, and evangelist is reputed for his insightful biblical analysis, boldness, and powerful witness to the Gospel which kindles and stirs the hearts of his hearers. He has organized numerous Retreats, Revivals, Missions, etc., in his home country of Nigeria, and is in regular demand for speaking engagements and healing services in Africa, the United States, and the Caribbean (Trinidad & Haiti). His audio tape/CD and DVD ministry in Nigeria is the largest in the Catholic Church, reaching to the West Coast, and the South of Africa, and are in great demand from both Catholics and non-Catholics alike, with testimonies of breakthroughs, repentance and signs following. Fr. Anthony also runs a TV program, ŒStreams of Love‚ in Nigeria.
Sister Linda Koontz Sister Linda Koontz has been a sister of the Holy Name of Jesus and Mary since 1960. She spent eight years teaching religion in Washington State before being propelled by the Lord into her dynamic ministry. In 1971, after having experienced the power of the Holy Spirit in her life, Sister Linda began serving full time in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal with great faith-filled power. Sister Linda has truly gone “out to all the world” to share the Good News. She has ministered powerful gifts of knowledge and healing in numerous countries. Always present in her ministry is the life-giving word of God bringing renewal to the hearts and minds of all who hear her.
At the present time, Sister Linda is based in El Paso, Texas and ministers to the poorest of the poor in Juarez, Mexico through the outreach ‘The Spirit of the Lord International Mission’. Evangelization, healing and zealous love for the poor are the gifts that she brings to the body of Christ. She is a well-known evangelist, preacher and teacher of God’s Word. She has traveled around the world proclaiming the Good News of salvation and baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Baptized in the Holy Spirit over thirty years ago, she has kept the “fire” going in her own life and has set many people on “fire” for the Lord Jesus! The gifts of the Holy Spirit, which St. Paul encourages us to “eagerly desire” them , (1 Cor. 14:1), are well manifested in Sr. Linda’s ministry. Don’t miss this opportunity to praise and worship our God and to listen to what the Lord is saying through Sister Linda!
Robbin Simons Robbin Simons, originally from Little Compton, RI, has lived in Miami, FL, since 1985. Robbin felt the call to dance ministry in July of that year while pursuing a Master’s Degree in Pastoral Ministries at St. Thomas University in Miami. She conducted research in the area of dance and worship, which resulted in her thesis project, Freeing the Spirit Within. After two years of prayer, instruction and careful discernment, in 1987 Robbin founded Disciples in Motion dance ministry at St. Louis Catholic Church in Miami, and she continues to serve as its director. In addition, Robbin holds a certificate in Scripture Study, also obtained at St. Thomas University. She currently teaches Sacred Studies, dance and music at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Day School in Miami.
In October of 2002, Robbin was invited as a guest speaker for the 2002 Theological Symposium, an annual gathering of the Association of Diocesan Liaisons to the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Her presentation unveiled the role of dance as an experience of praise and worship under the symposium’s theme of Prayer and Ecclesial Maturity: Worship in the Spirit.
Robbin has ministered in many cities throughout the United States and Canada, and has had the opportunity to work with such Christian worship leaders as Paul Wilbur, Don Moen, Robert Stearns and Chuck King. Since 1999, Robbin has been part of the dance company for Exaltation, an annual conference on worship and the arts, held in Columbus, OH. She has served on the dance team for the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem Taste of the Feast events in Florida. In September of 1994, Robbin was called to minister in Jerusalem, Israel, for the Feast of Tabernacles celebration hosted by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem.
As a conference speaker and workshop leader, Robbin has been invited to address gatherings and to share her experience in dance ministry in Florida, New York, Virginia, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, and Toronto, Canada. She is a founding member of CAMP – Catholic Association of Ministers of Praise – and is responsible for the dance division of this organization. Since 1999, Robbin has been a member of the praise and worship team for the annual National Catholic Charismatic Conference, serving as both a vocalist and as a dance leader.
With almost 20 years experience in dance and ministry, Robbin brings her love for the Lord, her call as a worshipper, and her gift of dance to every worship situation.
Aggie Neck Lives in Marksville, Louisiana under the Alexandria Diocese. She was baptized in the Holy Spirit in March of 1972 and is currently in full time ministry serving as Co-Director of Servant House, a Catholic Charismatic House of Prayer in Marksville. She also serves the Catholic Charismatic Renewal as Chairman of the National Service Committee. She is a member of the Steering Committee for the Southern Regional Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, a member of the Diocesan Service Committee for the Alexandria Diocese, and is involved in a Teaching ministry.Aggie is married to Clyde M. Neck, and is the mother of three children and four grandchildren.
Fr. John Harvey Pastor of St. Mary of the Assumption Parish. Intending to become a lawyer, he entered Ohio State University, College of Law, but became ill and had to withdraw from school. While at home, he sensed a call to ministry. He received a Master of Divinity degree from the Chicago Theological Seminary; entered Mundelein Seminary and was ordained in 1986. He has been involved with the Charismatic Renewal, the Marian Movement and African-American ministry.
Fr. John says, "I have been involved in the Charismatic Renewal forall my priesthood. I believe profoundly in the work of the Spirit in our times, and I believe that the Renewal is an answer to the crisis of the lack of participation in our Church today. I also have a strong devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. After all, our salvation came from the union of the Holy Spirit with the womb of Mary. May God bless the Charismatic Renewal and the Marian
Valli Leone Valli is a native New Yorker, originally born in Freeport, Long Island. After she and her husband, Marty, were married in 1968, they moved to Florida, where they now reside in Key Largo. She is the mother of two sons and daughters-in-law (and love) and six grandchildren. She is a commissioned lay minister for the Archdiocese of Miami. For many years she worked as a legal assistant, followed by nine years at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church as Ministries Coordinator and Religion Teacher for the school. Throughout the years, Valli has continued to grow in the Holy Spirit and in the ministries of teaching, Bible study, Eucharistic ministry, Life in the Spirit, as a speaker at Conferences and Seminars, through Catholic radio, evangelization and prayer group leadership. Beginning in 2002, she was invited to be a part of a team of 60 priests and lay presenters and traveled with different priests to many Catholic parishes in the U.S. as a lay presenter of four-day Isaiah Missions , a Catholic evangelization effort, focused on God’s love, forgiveness, healing and empowerment to share the Good News. Valli presently serves on the Board for Charismatic Renewal in the Archdiocese of Miami, on the Service Team of the Jesus is Lord Chapter of Miami Magnificat and is involved in ministry in her Key Largo parish of St. Justin the Martyr, as well as the ecumenical Gateway Prayer team for the Florida Upper Keys. She cherishes her cradle Catholic faith, embraces the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and strives daily to claim and share the joy of the Lord. Her favorite words of encouragement are: Jesus never fails! 
Dr. Carol J. Razza Dr. Carol J. Razza is a Psychotherapist licensed by the state of Florida in Mental Health Counseling. Her degrees include an Ed.D. in Child and Youth Studies from Nova Southeastern University, an M.S. in Counseling Psychology from Nova Southeastern University and a B.S. in Psychology from Florida Atlantic University.
Dr. Razza is a fulltime faculty member and formation advisor at St. Vincent de Paul Seminary. She also serves as the Coordinator of the Palm Beach Diocese Magnificat and serves on the Advisory Board for the International Magnificat. She has worked in private practice as a psychotherapist for over twenty-five years. She has written two books, Sonblock, How Christians unknowingly shield themselves from Grace, and Parent me....Please, a book helping parents to parent their adolescents. Carol also presents at seminars, conferences, workshops, and retreats both nationally and internationally.
Carol’s greatest blessings include her marriage of over thirty-nine years to her husband Paul, and their wonderful sons and daughters-in-law.
Greg and Lydia Trainor Catholic missionary-evangelists from West Palm Beach, FL. Greg and Lydia, have four children. They founded the Holy Spirit Missionary Assoc. in 1986. They have worked preaching the Gospel and training others to evangelize in many nations. Their preaching is both practical and inspiring, calling others to answer God's call to spread the Gospel in our day.
Maria Vadia Born in Havana, Cuba, Maria was 10 years old when she and her family fled to Miami, Florida to escape the communist regime in her native country. She attended Catholic schools and was a “Sunday” Catholic with no personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Later married to a wealthy man, she was gripped by materialism; yet in the midst of everything the world could offer, she knew that something was missing.
Maria was baptized in the Holy Spirit in 1987 and consecrated her life to the Lord Jesus Christ and to the preaching of the Gospel. In spite of great adversity, the Lord has been with her like a “mighty warrior” (Jeremiah 20:11).
Maria is active in the “Catholic Charismatic Renewal” of the Archdiocese of Miami and has spoken at many charismatic conferences. She is founder of the “Jesus is Lord” chapter of Magnificat in Miami, and a member of the Advisory Board of Magnificat, International, a ministry for Catholic Women. She has traveled around America, Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, Mexico, Malta, Ghana, Nicaragua, Uganda, Indonesia, Canada and India bringing a message of faith, salvation and healing. She ministers the Word to various prayer groups, including “The King Jesus Prayer Group” which she has faithfully led since 1992, as well as at the Miami Women’s Detention Center and Genesis House, a home for the homeless with AIDS (presently closed). She has authored three books; “There is Power In Your Tongue,” “Pressing On In The Spirit” and “An Arrow In His Hand.”
Maria is the mother of four: Ricky, Victor, Eddy and Rosario. 
Father Tom DiLorenzo Father Tom was born in East Boston, Massachusetts in 1946.
He graduated from Salem State College, Salem Ma. in 1968, and was ordained
a priest for the Archdiocese of Boston by Humberto Cardinal Medeiros in 1979.
He has served as a parochial vicar at Sacred Heart Church, Quincy, Ma and
at St. Adelaide's Church, Peabody, Ma. He is currently the Administrator
of Holy Rosary Church in Winthrop, just outside Boston. Father Tom has been
active in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal for over two decades, and has
preached at countless conferences and prayer meetings. In 1984 he began In
Season and Out of Season, a Catholic evangelical Bible outreach on
radio. His program is now heard on over 25 stations across the U.S., and
is also carried by WEWN, the shortwave radio ministry of Mother Angelica's
Eternal Word Television Network.
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