2008 WWCCR Day of Renewal Speak Bios

Open the Eyes of Our Hearts, Ephesians 1:17-18

2008 WWCCR Day of Renewal

Speaker Bios:

David Thorp is married and the father of three children. A graduate of Boston College and Princeton Theological Seminary, David has been in full-time service to the Catholic Church since 1979 as a leader, teacher, and evangelist. He is currently the Director of Evangelization for the Spiritual Life Center of Marian Community, a private association of Christ’s faithful, in Massachusetts.

David has spoken at three previous WWCCR Conferences (2003, 1997 and 1987). He has lectured in theology at Emmanuel College, Boston College and St. John’s Seminary in Boston. He has spoken at conferences, retreats and parish missions across the United States and Canada, in Jamaica and Ireland.

Fr. Jim Lee

A lifetime Roman Catholic, Fr. Jim has served the community at St. Michael’s Parish in Olympia since July 1, 1997 and has presided at WWCCR Healing Masses. When asked what his faith means to him, he says: "Everything! Without it, nothing makes sense. God is the very ground of our being, the source of all, the beginning and the end and all that is in between. I seek to have faith animate all that I do."

About the ministry to which God has called him he says: "I see how the Holy Spirit is so mightily at work that it astounds me sometimes. I truly believe that God has so much in store for us! All we need to do is surrender and allow God’s will to be accomplished in us and through us."