Keynote Speaker

Dr. Michael Fonseca

Director of Healing, Our Lady's Healing Center 

Founder and Board Member, God's Embrace Ministries

Dr. Michael Fonseca is a former member of the Society of Jesus. As a Jesuit priest, he served the people of the Archdiocese of Ranchi, India. His numerous assignments included teaching college courses and serving as a much sought after retreat master and spiritual director. He was named Vice-Provincial Superior for the formation of Jesuit seminarians in Ranchi, and was subsequently appointed Provincial Superior of the Ranchi Jesuit Province. In 1990, Dr. Fonseca requested, and was granted laicization from his priestly duties. In good standing with the Church, Dr. Fonseca has worked energetically as a layperson with the Dioceses of Gaylord MI, Grand Rapids MI, and Victoria TX over the past twenty-plus years. During this time he and his late wife Cherrie founded God's Embrace Ministries to instruct and empower Catholics to love and practice their traditional faith with devotion and authentic enthusiasm.Under the Holy Spirit’s direction, GEM took shape with the creation of formation programs in Catholic Spirituality and an Institute to form Spiritual Directors which he will be leading this fall. He currently resides in Seadrift where he serves Our Lady's Healing Center as the Director of Healing.