We welcome you to the webpage of Our Lady of Grace Chapter of Magnificat in Morgantown, West Virginia. These are exciting times that we live in, and Magnificat was begun in 1981 for such a time as this! Our Chapter is one of nearly 100 Chapters throughout the United States, its territories, and many foreign countries.
OUR GUEST SPEAKER:
Debra A. Iwaniec
On March 27, 2008, 24-year-old Kenton Iwaniec served as a Pennsylvania State Trooper. Driving home after his shift, less than two miles from his station, an impaired driver crossed the center line and destroyed Kenton’s car and his life.
Since then, Debra and her family have honored Kenton by working to spare others the pain they know. Debra has spoken to audiences from inmates to military members worldwide, advocated successfully for stronger DUI laws, and founded the Trooper Kenton Iwaniec Memorial Foundation. The family and foundation have raised more than $1.5 million and donated over 3,176 portable breath-testing devices to state and local law enforcement agencies, helping remove impaired drivers from the roads. Their message offers hope amid grief and calls on everyone to make smart choices and influence others.
Through devastation, Debra’s journey has been sustained by faith and hope. Following Our Blessed Mother’s example of surrender to God’s will, she has experienced God’s blessings and the Holy Spirit’s comfort and strength. Her story testifies to God’s unending love.
Tickets & Reservations
Tickets for this prayer breakfast may be purchased using the mail-in registration form or via online link.
$25 registration/$13 student
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
Online: click on the link below to be directed to our online registration site. Once there, click on the “Home” tab and choose the “Magnificat Breakfast Registration” box on the right side.
FOR MAIL-IN REGISTRATION PLEASE USE THE RESERVATION FORM BELOW:
Mail-In: Complete the form below (include the names and phone numbers of other ticket holders in your group).
Reservations CANNOT be accepted after date. Registration fee is $cost per person/$__ per student (cash/check only).
MAIL-IN REGISTRATION FORM
Please Mail Reservation Form with check payable to “Our Lady of Grace Magnificat” at:
Our Lady of Grace
St. John University Parish Hall
1481 University Ave. Morgantown, WV
Morgantown WV
For registration questions contact:
Karen Higginbotham kmhigginb@gmail.com
Upcoming Events
February 1, 2027 – Life in the Spirit Seminar
March 13th, 2027 – Debra A. Iwaniec
June 12th, 2027 – Danielle Donohue
October 23, 2027 – Sr. Mary Giana
Rosary Blanket of Prayer
Remember our chapter’s commitment to Eucharistic Adoration and to pray the Rosary on the 30th of each month for the intentions of Magnificat, Sanctity of Life, Marriage and Family, and World Peace.
Our Prayer Groups
Is God calling you to be in a Prayer Group? Jesus said “Wherever two or three are gathered in My Name, there I am in their midst.” Our prayer groups are open to all.
LoL (Light of Life) Prayer Group meets every Tuesday from 7:00pm until 9:00pm via Uber conference call service. For the phone call in, please dial 213-992-5682 then use access code 93368. For further information about this prayer group or LoL Radio contact:
Web Link-www.LoLradio.org
Email – info@LoLradio.org
Phone – 304-598-0026
Morgantown Magnificat meets for a Prayer Gathering the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Star City for praise, worship, the rosary and personal prayer ministry. All are invited to attend.
Service Team Members
Mary Paul, Coordinator – hearingservices1@comcast.net
Katie Huffman, Asst. Coordinator –kehuffman3@gmail.com
Claire Mey, Secretary – clrpl09@gmail.com
Carla Comer, Treasurer – cmcomer13@gmail.com
Sam Duryea, Historian- sduryea35@protonmail.com
Karen Higginbotham, Asst. Secretary/Communications – kmhigginb@gmail.com
Rev. Fr. Brian J. Crenwelge, Spiritual Advisor — bcrenwelge@dwc.org
If you would like to help with a Ministry of Magnificat, or if you have a question or comment for our Service Team, please contact one of our service team members listed above.
History of Our Lady of Grace Magnificat Chapter – A Ministry to Catholic Women
After several years of discernment, prayer and formation along with the help of many brothers and sisters in Christ, Morgantown Magnificat held their first Magnificat Breakfast at Lakeview Resort on June 2, 2012. The service team chose the popular name of Our Lady of Grace for our Chapter since we have seen so many graces poured out upon us from Our Lady.
We began with a chapter meeting once each month and we were going to reduce those meetings to four per year just prior to the breakfasts for the purpose of preparation and intercessory prayer. However, we found a need for the monthly gatherings and continue to meet at the Youth Room at St. Mary Church, Star City, the 2nd Wednesday of each month (except for July and Holy Days of Obligation) from 7 to 9 pm. (For a short time, this in person meeting was replaced during the pandemic for an online Zoom meeting. If necessary, at a future time we will resume via Zoom) Everyone is encouraged to join us. We spend time praising the Lord, praying the Rosary, sharing the Word of God, teachings and personal prayer. It is a beautiful time of nourishing fellowship.
We hold Magnificat breakfasts four times a year. The program includes a shared meal, praise and worship led by music volunteers, a speaker who shares God’s work in her life, intercessory prayer and a mini teaching by our Spiritual Advisor. At each meal, a woman gives her testimony of how the Lord God has touched her life in an extraordinary way with His grace. The women in attendance come to understand that what God has done for that speaker, He can also do for them. This is a source of freedom and empowerment! This witness of God’s action and mercy in the speaker’s life focuses on hope in the midst of adversity and brings to life the scripture quote: “They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.” Rev 12:11
Magnificat has been a means of spiritual growth for each of us in the leadership of our chapter. We have seen fruits of the manifestation of the power of the Holy Spirit in the lives of all our membership through our gatherings. It is a truly a very rewarding grace to serve in this ministry.
We all find this ministry, begun in New Orleans in October of 1981, to be an anointed movement of the Holy Spirit. It has since spread internationally to nearly 100 chapters encompassing the United States, the Caribbean Islands, Canada, Malta, Poland, Ireland, Dominican Republic, and Uganda.
The late Bishop David E. Foley of the Birmingham diocese wrote the following prayer we would like to pray with you: “O Mary, Mother of Christ and Mother of our Catholic Church, may all women of the world take you as their model of what it means to be a woman. May you, who are Woman of Faith, lead us by the power of the Spirit to a new evangelization of the world. Amen.”
Come and see at our next gathering!
Last Updated on November 9, 2026.
