Helena Catholic
Women's Conference
"Come to Me"- Matt 11:28
Western Montana Helena Catholic Women's Conference April 11, 2026
Friday April 10, 2026 5:30 mass at The Cathedral of St. Helena.
Saturday Schedule: 7 a.m. check-in. Conference: 8-4:15 p.m.
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"As a noncatholic I appreciated the unity of believers"
"It was a joyous experience. Women supporting and caring for one another is a beautiful and Christion experience."
Mission
To foster an appreciation for the personal dignity of women in Christ, to encourage, teach, and challenge women to know and love God, and to inspire women to use their feminine gifts to transform the family and society.
Speakers
Spa Day for the Soul
Celeste Behe
Known to her readers as "The Catholic Storyteller," Celeste is a Bronx-born Italian who tells tales drawn from her own experience, which ranges from a city upbringing to a turnabout life in small-town Pennsylvania.
Celeste has been a regular contributor to Catholic publications for twenty-five years. Celeste's stories are relatable and always entertaining even while conveying the timeless truths of our catholic faith.
She formed the St. Monica Ministry out of obedience to her bishop. But she was convinced that she wasn’t cut out to lead a ministry. Celeste gradually came to realize that the Holy Spirit would not only make up for her short comings but would provide everything she needed to accomplish the task that she had been given. All she had to do was follow His promptings.
For you especially, she will embrace humor laced with her talks that show there is nothing as joyful as the Catholic life.
Jessica Echeverry
Jess is a women and family advocate, speaker, author and podcaster. She has survived parental divorce and alcoholism, as well as emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Her testimony includes dark times of physical and sexual violence, teenage pregnancy, years of homelessness, abortion, same sex attraction and two attempts at suicide. In 1997 she met the man she would eventually marry; this man would help her create an environment of authentic love that enabled her healing journey, her relationship with Jesus Christ and her eventual forgiveness and love for her attackers. She converted to Catholicism in 2008. Her husband Charlie is a Permanent Deacon for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Together Deacon Charlie & Jess have 5 children.
Sr. Jacinta Phipps
Sister Jacinta Phipps was born the second of eight children to a ranching family in Garfield County in Eastern Montana. Her parents were received into the church when she was about 7 months old and was baptized together with them. Her first few years of education took place in a one-room country school house. She was then homeschooled up through 8th grade, after which she attended public school in Jordan, MT. She enrolled in the community college in Sheridan Wyoming for pre-nursing, but at the end of her second semester, she visited the Benedictines of Mary in Missouri, and knew the Lord was calling her to monastic life. She joined the community in the Fall of 2014, and made her solemn profession of vows in August 22, 2020.
Music
Lisa Weber
Lisa was born and raised in Montana. She loves the Lord and serving Him with her music. She began singing in the church choir at 12, & playing guitar in high school. For four decades she has been sharing her music at retreats and prayer groups. Currently she is in the midst of learning the joy of redemptive suffering with the amazing intersession of Our Blessed Mother. She is finding peace and trust in the Lord through life's challenges.
