1. Welcome to Magnificat!

2. Marilyn Quirk, foundress of Magnificat

3. 1980’s
Magnificat was begun by a group of Catholic women from the Archdiocese of New Orleans who observed a need among Catholic women for a faith- sharing experience in a relaxed social setting.

4. National Flags of Our Chapters
Aruba
Barbados
Canada
Dominica
Ireland
Malta
Poland
Trinidad & Tobago
Uganda
United States
Virgin Islands
Send Forth Your Spirit and Renew the Face of the Earth” Ps: 104

6. Magnificat Masaka, Uganda AFRICA

7. Malta EUROPE

8. What is the Mission of Magnificat
What is the Mission of Magnificat? Magnificat exists to evangelize and to encourage Catholic women to grow in holiness through opening more fully to the power and the gifts of the Holy Spirit (Handbook: C-3)

9. Magnificat An Outreach Ministry, Leading Catholic Women to Holiness
A herald for our times, calling women across the globe
Providing the doors to a deeper relationship with the Lord
A key that unlocks the human heart
Deepening Faith
Prayer Groups/LIS
Apostolic Movements
Retreats
Pilgrimages
Magnificat Missalette
Deepening Knowledge
Bible Studies
Catholic Schools
EWTN TV/Radio
Catholic Books
Birth Choice
Healing
Prayer Teams
Retrouvaille
Rachel’s Vineyard
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Discernment
Vocations
My soul proclaims
The greatness of the Lord
He fills the hungry with good things

10. REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES MAP
9- Europe
Magnificat has chapters throughout the US, in Europe,
the Caribbean, and in Africa
REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES MAP
1. Western ……………………. Michele Trichter
2. Central …………………… Mary Harper
3. S. Central ………………… Barbara Serba
4. Southern …………………… Mary Powell
5. S. Eastern ………………… Susan Shaw, Asst. RR Chair
6. Eastern & Canada………… Pat Higginbotham
7. N. Eastern & Canada...……Angela Rizzo
8. Caribbean Islands…………. Bernadette Patrick
9. Europe ………………………Carol Razza
Africa ……………………….Maria Vadia
8—Caribbean Islands
8-Caribbean Islands
10 - Africa

11. Active United States Chapters
AL Birmingham
AZ Phoenix
Tucson
AR Cherokee Village
Central Arkansas
CA Agoura Hills
Antelope Valley
Central San Diego
Indio
N. County San Diego
Orange County
Palm Desert
San Gabriel Valley
Santa Maria
Walnut Creek
W. San Fernando Valley
CO Denver
Pikes Peak Region
CT Bristol
Fairfield County
FL Broward County
Ft. Myers
Greater Orlando
Miami
Palm Beach
Pinellas / St. Petersburg
Tallahassee
Tampa
GA Atlanta
IA Northwest
IL McHenry
KY Lexington

12. LA Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Bossier City
Lake Charles
Metairie (Mother Chapter)
Slidell
West Bank
West St. Tammany
ME Scarborough
MN Walker
MS Diamondhead
Mississippi Gulf Coast
MO St. Louis
NE Alliance
Kearney
Lincoln Deanery
Ogallala
Omaha
NM Las Cruces
NY Albany
Buffalo
Rochester
Rockville Centre
Suffolk County

13. Virgin Islands, St. Croix Virgin Islands, St. Thomas/St John
OH Huron
Lima
Stark County Deanery
OR Salem
PA Greensburg
Pittsburgh
RI Providence
SC Greenville
TX Grapevine
WV Morgantown
WI Kenosha / Racine
West Bend
Virgin Islands, St. Croix
Virgin Islands, St. Thomas/St John
International Chapters
Brasil, Aruba
Christ Church, Barbados, WI
Halifax, NS, Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
Roseau, Dominica
Dublin, Ireland
Valletta, Malta
Czestochowa, Poland
 Czyżowice, Poland
Lublin, Poland
Scarborough, Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad & Tobago
San Fernando, Trinidad, Trinidad &Tobago
Tuna Puna, Trinidad, Trinidad &Tobago
Masaka, Uganda

14. What are the objectives of Magnificat? Magnificat’s objectives are to:
1.) live out the mystery of Mary’s visit to Elizabeth
2.) help Catholic women to open more and more to the Holy
Spirit through a deeper commitment of their lives to Jesus
as Lord and to impart the Holy Spirit to one another by their
love, service, and sharing the good news of salvation,
3.) provide opportunities which foster growth in holiness,
4.) sponsor the Magnificat Meal, the essential function of
Magnificat, and
5.) imitate Mary through spiritual adoption of priests and
seminarians (Handbook: C:5-6)

15. Visit our Chapters … Experience a Meal! CENLA Magnificat, LA
St. Louis, MO
Visit our Chapters …
Experience a Meal!

16. Walnut Creek, CA
Huron, OH
Speaker
Atlanta, GA

17. Welcome to our breakfast!

18. Suffolk Co, NY
Broward Co, FL
St. Louis, MO

21. Birmingham, AL
Lima, OH

22. Aruba
Las Cruces, NM
Suffolk Co, NY
Northwest Iowa I

23. Walker, MN .
Miami, FL

24. Organizational Structure
CST
CST Advisory Team
At Large Advisors
Regional Reps
Regional Teams*
Chapter Service Teams
Chapter Advisory Teams
CST Ministry Chairs
CST Ministry Teams*
Central Office
*Communications, Finance,
Formation and Leadership

25. MAGNIFICAT Contact Information: MARY (6279)