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The Healing After Contraception Retreat will explore the multi-faceted problems created by the use of contraception and raise awareness of the real pain suffered by real people. Inspiring talks from medical doctors, priests, two philosophy professors, a filmmaker, a health coach, and pro-life women bring a message of healing, hope, forgiveness, conversion, and love.

Dr. Fedoryka is an associate professor of philosophy at Ave Maria University in Naples, Florida. She lectures on issues spanning from the centrality of love in the being of God, its role at the center of creation, to its meaning for marriage, family, and sexuality.

Dr. Bruchalski received his M.D. from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile and completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Eastern Virginia Medical Center and the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Norfolk, Virginia. He is the founder of Tepeyac OBGYN, a pro-life, faith-based practice in Fairfax, Virginia, and the umbrella organization Divine Mercy Health. Dr. Bruchalski had a change of heart in the middle of his residency from contraception to life-affirming women’s health that he has understood as “Medicine as an Act of Mercy.”

Kevin and Mary have been married for over 35 years, have 6 children and live in Hamilton Ontario. Kevin is an award-winning filmmaker, international speaker and entertainer whose DunnMedia productions on the dignity of the human person have been seen on major international media networks and have reached thousands and thousands around the world. Kevin also produces Canada’s National March for Life for EWTN through which millions have heard the pro-life message. Mary is a nurse and also deeply involved in spreading the pro-life message. Together their pro-life work has been a family affair; their children have been and continue to be involved in pro-life activities.

Father McCaffrey was ordained in 1958. Father holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicam) in Rome. During his ministry he has worked in the Apostolate of Marriage Enrichment establishing successful Natural Family Planning programs on the diocesan and parish levels. Father is a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.

Dr. Lanfranchi is a breast cancer surgeon who practiced in New Jersey from 1984-2017. She is co-founder and president of the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute, that has as its mission to educate lay and professional communities in the methods of risk reduction and prevention of breast cancer through research, publications and lectures.

Betsy is a certified fertility educator and women’s wellness practitioner. She energetically and soulfully assists women in their journey toward healing in mind, body, and soul through intentional action. She is the Founder of Integrated Catholic Woman.

Fr Angelo earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Saint Joseph College, and a Master of Divinity degree with a specialization in Liturgy from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, Illinois. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1989. He is the director of Vocation Ministry of the Cincinnati Province of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood.

Janet E. Smith recently retired from Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, MI. She is the author of Humanae Vitae: A Generation Later and A Right to Privacy. Self-Gift is a volume of her already published essays on Humanae Vitae and the thought of John Paul II. Professor Smith served three terms as a consulter to the Pontifical Council on the Family and also served as a member of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission, III for 8 years. She has received three honorary doctorates and several other awards for scholarship and service.

Dr. Peck earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Connecticut. She received her medical degree at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in Champaign and completed her Family Medicine Residency at Halifax Health. She completed a 1-year NFP Practicum from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in women’s health in 2012. Dr. Peck has published several research papers. She is the proud wife of Benjamin Peck, MD, and mother of six wonderful children. Dr. Peck is active in the Florida Medical, Catholic Medical and Volusia County Medical Associations.

A message of healing, hope, forgiveness, conversion, and love.