Your life matters--to God and to the world. Engage in daily prayer that unites all the works, joys, and sufferings of your day to the Heart of Jesus, for nothing less than the salvation of the world! Grace Mazza Urbanski is a Catholic speaker, author, educator, spiritual director, and retreat leader who loves to share the life-changing news about God’s love for each one of us. Her presentations engage parishes, schools, and organizations in spirited reflections on how to cooperate with God in our daily lives, especially through prayer.
As Assistant National Director of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network-USA, Grace helps people discover how to live their faith with generosity and purpose. She has learned deep lessons about prayer, discipleship, and the transforming power of God’s love in her experience as a wife, mother of five, grandmother, godmother of thirteen, spiritual director, Catholic school principal, English teacher, and professional singer.
In her doctorate of ministry work, Grace specialized in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. She now travels the country teaching leadership teams how to pray together and to pay attention to what happens to their work and relationships when they entrust themselves to the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.
Her book, Pray with Me: Seven Simple Ways to Pray with Your Children (Ave Maria Press), has guided families in making prayer a natural and lifegiving part of everyday life. Grace’s passion is helping people see how ordinary moments are invitations to encounter God’s extraordinary love.
Favorite Speaking Topics, on the themes of PRAYER and the LOVE OF GOD:
- Praying with the Heart. Discover the kind of prayer where heart speaks to heart.
- Self-Offering Prayer. See in the busy details of everyday life a connection to others and to Jesus, true God and true man.
- Sacred Heart of Jesus: the Origin Story. Fall in love with the devotion that can save lives through the power of God’s passion.
- The Examen. Embrace a few minutes each day that can transform your life and your relationship with God.
- Holy Week Women. Honor the women who stand at the heart of Holy Week–faithful, courageous, and cherished by Christ.
- Living Mission as Priest, Prophet, King. Celebrate our baptismal call to pray, proclaim, and reign with Christ in daily life.
- Filling Your Cup: Refreshment for Ministers. Come away for a while and rest yourselves, letting the Lord repair and renew your heart.
- Advent: I Wonder as I Wander. Share wonder, prayer, and preparation in the intimacy of Advent.
- Discernment of Spirits. Sort through confusion, influences, and desires to notice where God is leading.
- Principle and Foundation. Apply St. Ignatius’ famous philosophy to your organization’s mission or your personal life.
