Guest Speaker: Mary Ann Sosa

Mary Ann Sosa was raised in a happy, faith-centred Catholic home.  It was an idyllic childhood. Everything seemed to fall perfectly in place – she met Leo, the partner that God had chosen for her, and married him 1984. They were ready to start a family but it was not to be. For years, she struggled with infertility and when they finally conceived after nine years of trying, they were overjoyed. But the joy was short-lived – at the end of her first trimester, they lost their long-awaited baby. Depressed and angry at God, she almost lost her faith, if not for a friend who brought her to the Catholic Renewal Services’ “Growth in the Spirit" prayer meeting in downtown Edmonton led by Sr. Mac Weber and Betty Sorensen. It was at this prayer meeting that the Holy Spirit touched her and led her into a deeper and exciting journey with Jesus. In her darkest moment, Jesus found her and led her by the hand to a full and abundant life. She never let go, and neither did He.