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2025 Conference Speakers
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Learn about this year's dynamic and engaging lineup of Catholic speakers for the 2025 Worcester Catholic Women's Conference. In addition to 5 inspiring talks, Bishop McManus will be with us to celebrate Mass. Priests from around the diocese will be available for confession around lunch. Each year we are blown away by the stories we hear about the deepening of faith that this conference yields. We look forward to seeing you in Webster, MA for the 7th Annual Worcester Catholic Women's Conference!
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Dr. Madeline Colón-Usowicz M.D., M.S., M.B.A. is a family physician from Webster, MA. Born and raised in a Catholic household, she was inspired to study medicine when her Godfather, a Passionist missionary priest, communicated the need for doctors at a rural clinic being constructed in Honduras. She has since had the opportunity to serve as a missionary doctor in Honduras and has dedicated her medical practice to serving vulnerable populations. A devout Marian, she traditionally celebrates the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, from a young age. Fluent in Spanish, her most recent evangelization has included sharing the love of Jesus through Mary, in both Spanish and English, at local Diocese of Worcester MA parish speaking engagements. She was most recently featured in the December 2024 WCCA TV show Close to Homediscussing, in a two-part series, the miraculous apparition and missionary image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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Noelle Mering is a fellow at the Washington D.C. based think tank, the Ethics and Public Policy Center. She is the author of the book, Awake, Not Woke: A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology (TAN Books, Spring 2021) order through TAN, TheologyofHome.com, or Amazon. She is an editor for the website Theology of Home and a coauthor of Theology of Home I, II, and III— order here or here. She writes on culture, politics, and religion and has published in Newsweek, Daily Wire, National Review, The Federalist, Washington Examiner, Catholic World Report, and National Catholic Register among others. She has been featured several time on Fox News, EWTN, Issues, Etc. and various other platforms. Noelle has an MA in philosophy and is a wife and mother of six children in Southern California.
https://www.noellemering.com/
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Adam is a “revert” to the Catholic faith having been born Catholic, raised Lutheran, and became Baptist in high school before returning to the Catholic Church in college. He oversees the day to day operations of St. Paul Street Evangelization, including the development of programs and resources. Adam brings the experience the institute has gained through hundreds of street teams in the form of talks and workshops on evangelization, healing, and hospitality. After converting to Catholicism in 2005, Adam obtained a BA in Theology and Catechetics and an MA in Theology in Christian Ministry from Franciscan University. Adam has been featured on EWTN Television and Radio, Catholic Answers Live, the Radio Maria Network, the National Catholic Register, as well as in several other Catholic news publications. He resides in Michigan with his wife and seven children.
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Tim Francis, one of six children, grew up attending Mass regularly. However, his college years led him astray, and he embraced a party lifestyle, drifting away from the Church. By the time he graduated, he had developed a cocaine addiction.
In 1999, Tim’s mother sent him a VHS tape of the FOX program “Signs from God – Science Tests Faith.” It wasn’t until a decade later, in 2009, that he truly understood the significance of the miracles highlighted in the show.
Since then, Tim has dedicated himself to conducting over a hundred parish missions, resulting in profound impacts on many lives
https://sciencetestsfaith.com/
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Fr. Denis grew up in a Catholic family in New York, planning to become a doctor. While studying human physiology Boston University, he had a "very powerful conversion experience" on retreat and began to better understand his faith. The decision of a friend to enter the seminary started him thinking about a vocation of his own. He entered St. John's Seminary in 2014 and after two years he went to Rome to study at the North American Pontifical College. In 2020 he returned to the U.S. and finished his studies at Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, S.T.L. He currently serves as an adjunct professor in Moral Theology at St. John's Seminary in Boston.
