St. Jude Women's Ministry
Love Heals: A Biblical Plan to Restore our Emotions, Memories, Souls & Bodies
A Women’s Retreat with Sonja Corbitt
August 22nd –23rd, 2025
God’s love heals.
God’s love resurrects. God’s love renews.
God’s love transforms.
Sonja Corbitt is the Catholic Evangelista and creator of the LOVE the Word® Bible study and prayer method. Drawing on decades of experience and training at the Holy Apostles College and Seminary; Catholic Psychotherapy Association; NICABM; Compassionate Inquiry; Encounter School of Ministry; JPII Healing Center Ministry Training; and Unbound®, Sonja teaches through Scripture how to feel better and how to be better. The author of Unleashed, Fearless, Ignite, Fulfilled, How to Pray Like Mary, Exalted, and Just Rest, her weekly television and radio shows and other Bible study resources help busy Christians to experience God and heal through the Scriptures within the mind and heart of the Church.
Find Sonja Corbitt at sonjacorbitt.com
Live Music is presented by Ileana Burdine, Performer, Songwriter and Producer.
From music festivals and conferences to intimate coffee houses and churches, Ileana Burdine brings her joy filled voice to every song. After spending time in the Los Angeles area performing, songwriting and producing several CD releases which earned her accolades including a Malibu Music Award and NM 'Mic' Award, she returns to New Mexico to continue her work in Contemporary Youth Choirs. Currently serving as the Youth Mass Choir Director at St. Jude Thaddeus Parish, she helps develop confidence in her tween and teen choir members while promoting the blessings of being of service to their parish through their musical gifts. She continues to write and perform her songs and psalm settings and leads music for holy hours with worship and praise, retreats and the youth ministry.
Friday Night Encounter: 8/22/2025
Opening Mass, 6:00 PM, Fr. Tien-Tri Nguyen
St. Jude Thaddeus Church, 7:00 – 900 PM
Men and Women are welcome!
Love Offering suggested
Sonja Corbitt, Catholic Evangelista, presents:
With all your Heart:
Healing Wounded Emotions and Memories
Worship & Praise by Ileana Burdine,
Performer, Songwriter & Producer
Saturday: A Women’s Retreat: 8/23/2025
Love Heals: A Biblical Plan to Restore
our Emotions, Memories,
Souls & Bodies
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM, St. Jude’s Parish Hall
Presentations by Sonja Corbitt, Catholic Evangelista
Worship and Praise by Ileana Burdine, Performer, Songwriter & Producer
In Love Heals, Corbitt will walk with you, hand in hand, through the process of opening your heart, mind, body, and soul to the healing love of God—not because there is something wrong with you or because you need to be fixed but because healing is your rightful inheritance as a child of God.
St. Jude Thaddeus Church
5712 Paradise Blvd. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87114
(505) 898-0826
Register Online below or by Mail or in-person at the Parish Office. Registration Closes: 8/15/2025.
FRIDAY NIGHT ENCOUNTER: Love Offering Suggested.
SATURDAY WOMENS RETREAT: Early Bird Special: $45 if paid by 7/31/25. $50 on or after 8/1/25. Registration closes 8/15/25
Friday Night Encounter:
August 22nd, St. Jude Thaddeus Church
Men and Women are welcome!
Love Offering suggested
Opening Mass, 6:00 PM, Fr. Tien-Tri Nguyen
Confession Offered
Encounter: 7:00 – 900 PM
Ileana Burdine, Performer, Songwriter, Producer
Worship and Praise with Adoration
Sonja Corbitt, Catholic Evangelista, presents:
With all your Heart:
Healing Wounded Emotions and Memories
With all your heart: JPII said suffering unleashes love. Discover how the Holy Spirit heals wounded emotions and memories through the pattern in your suffering.
Love transforms. Love resurrects.
Love heals
Saturday Retreat:
Love Heals: A Biblical Plan to Restore our Emotions Memories Souls & Bodies
August 23rd, St. Jude’s Parish Hall
A Women’s Retreat
Presentations by Sonja Corbitt, Catholic Evangelista, with Worship and Praise by Ileana Burdine, Performer, Songwriter and Producer.
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Opening Reception, Worship & Praise
9:30 AM – 10:15 AM – Talk 2
With All Your Soul: Healing Judgments
If it's the primary commandment and content of redemption, we must know HOW to cooperate with His healing love. Because if we do not cooperate with God's purifying work of love here on earth, we WILL do it in purgatory.
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Adoration, Worship & Praise, Confession Offered
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM – Talk 3
With All Your Mind:
Healing Anxiety and Identify Lies
Biologically, anxiety and fear begin in the mind and are rooted in the lies we came to believe about ourselves in our suffering. Learn how the Holy Spirit heals anxiety and identity lies so you can live in the peace that passes all understanding.
12:15 AM – 1:30 PM
Lunch Break
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
Worship & Praise
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM – Talk 4
With All Your Strength:
Healing Physical Symptoms
Dark thoughts and emotions are stress energy that accumulates in our bodies and makes us sick. Learn how specific parts of the body express pain and the message in your physical symptoms.
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Q&A, Discussion
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Break, Raffle
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Closing Mass
Fr. Tien-Tri Nguyen
