Cleveland Catholic Women’s Conference

Hope Does Not Disappoint

October 11, 2025 | Hilton Garden in Independence, OH

Come as you are. Leave forever changed.

Be inspired to grow in relationship with the Lord others.

This year our theme is “Inflame Me with Thy Love,” a message shared by St. Catherine of Siena in her Prayer to the Holy Spirit.

Through the intercession of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and our patron saint, St. Catherine of Siena, our prayer is that this day will set you on fire with love for our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Speakers

Heather Khym

Heather Khym is the cohost of the internationally popular Abiding Together Podcast. She and her husband, Jake, are the co-founders of Life Restoration Ministries, where she serves as director of vision and ministry of the British Columbia-based apostolate. She has more than twenty-five years of experience as a speaker and retreat leader, offering workshops and conferences in the United States and Canada. She attended Franciscan University of Steubenville, studying theology and catechetics. Heather is passionate about evangelization, discipleship, and creating an environment for people to have a personal encounter with God. She lives with her husband and three children in British Columbia, Canada.

Fr. Boniface Hicks

Father Boniface Hicks, O.S.B., has been a monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey since 1998. Ordained to the priesthood in 2004, he is a sought-after retreat master, spiritual director, and speaker, traveling throughout the United States, and as far as Beijing, China, in his ministry. He currently serves as both the Director of Spiritual Formation and Director of the Institute for Ministry Formation at Saint Vincent Seminary. He is also the Program Director for WAOB (We Are One Body) radio station, Latrobe. A prolific author, his most recent works include The Fruit of Her Womb: 33 Day Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus, Through the Heart of St. Joseph, and The Hidden Power of Silence in the Mass: A Guide for Encountering Christ in the Liturgy. Father Boniface also co-authored, along with Father Thomas Acklin, O.S.B., Personal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father’s Love and Spiritual Direction: A Guide for Sharing the Father’s Love.

Bishop Edward C. Malesic

On September, 14, 2020 Bishop Edward C. Malesic, JCL, was installed as the 12th bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland. Prior to his arrival in Cleveland, He was appointed in 2015 by Pope Francis to be the fifth bishop of Greensburg on April 24, 2015. Bishop Malesic was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and was accepted into the seminary program at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy in 1983. He continued his theological studies at the Josephinum and was awarded a master of divinity degree in 1987, the same year he was ordained a priest. He is a member of the Canon Law Society of America and the USCCB’s Administrative Committee and the Subcommittee for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe.

you are invited

Gather with hundreds of Catholic women for:

Mass

Confession & Adoration

Fellowship

Schedule

8:30 AM – Doors open
9:00 AM – Mass with Bishop Malesic
10:00 AM – Light Breakfast
10:30 AM – Speaker #1
11:30 AM – Lunch
12:30 PM – Adoration
1:15 PM – Speaker #2
2:30 PM – Q&A
3:00 PM – Closing Prayer

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Join us this year in reaching hundreds of women.

Our Top Sponsors:

Parish Partners

Our Lady of Angels
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Cuyahoga Falls
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
Holy Family, Stow
Visitation of Mary, Akron
St. Hilary
St. Angela Merici
St. John Vianney
Sacred Heart Chapel
St. Patrick, Thompson
St. Monica
St. Mary, Chardon
St. Basil the Great

St. Mary of the Falls
St. Mary, Hudson
St. Luke
Holy Rosary
St. John Neumann
St. Raphael
Holy Family, Parma
St. Julie Billiart, North Ridgeville
St. Barnabas, Northfield
St, Michael, Independence
St. Helen, Newbury
St. Columbkille, Parma
St. Justin Martyr, Eastlake