Jennifer Hubbard was the keynote speaker at this year’s Diocesan Women’s Conference. Jennifer lost her daughter in the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown.
One would think that her keynote would be inspiring while at the same time including sad recollections of a terrible low point in her life. But that could not be farther from the truth! Jennifer’s talk was filled of inspirational antidotes from her life as a cradle Catholic- sharing very frankly the ups and downs of her faith journey.
She stressed that as a believer she can always count on two facts - “I know God will always provide for and always protect me. She went on to say that at difficult times we forget that, especially when the world around us seems crazy and out of control.
She reminded us that faith is in fact an endurance test and good/God always wins. At one poignant moment she addressed the question she shared her heartfelt response when asked about her daughter’s death- “I would not want to take heaven away from her, at times I just want a ladder”.
The evening also honored our 2026 Diocesan Our Lady Queen of Hope Award winner- Donna Kitlinski, from the Divine Mercy Parish. She was given the award along with a check for 200- to her designated charity, which of course was her parish! She will be celebrated by her parish family at a special Mass celebrated by Bishop Reidy on Sunday, April 12th.
