Kelly M. Wahlquist is a Catholic author and speaker, and the founder of WINE: Women In the New Evangelization. She is the director for the Archbishop Flynn Catechetical Institute in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Wahlquist is the author of
Created to Relate, the editor of
Walk In Her Sandals and
Gaze Upon Jesus, and a contributing writer for WINE. Wahlquist leads women’s pilgrimages through Italy and Ireland and travels around the country speaking on the New Evangelization. She lives in Minnesota with her husband, Andy, and their children.
Alyssa Bormes is a theology teacher at Chesterton Academy, the author of
The Catechism of Hockey, and writes for the WINE: Women In the New Evangelization blog. She also hosts
Catholic Kaleidoscope on Radio Maria.
Allison Gingras is a Catholic social media consultant and the host and creator of the podcast A Seeking Heart.
Gingras developed and acquired six volumes in the Stay Connected Journals for Women series and wrote two—The Gift of Invitation and Seeking Peace. She is a contributor to a number of books, including The Ave Prayer Book for Catholic Mothers, Called by Name, and The Catholic Mom’s Prayer Companion. Gingras has been featured on a variety of Catholic television and radio programs and podcasts. She is a regular contributor to LPI, Diocesan.com, CatholicMom.com, Family Rosary, WINE, Amazing Catechists, and CatholicSistas. Gingras is the cohost of the Catholic MomCast.
She was given the Light of Christ Award by the Archdiocese of Boston in 2008. She is a member of Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha’s Diocesan Revitalization Committee in the Fall River Diocese. Gingras is a member of the Catholic Writer’s Guild, the National Council of Catholic Women, and Catholics Online.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Bridgewater State University and a master’s degree in technology in education from Lesley University. She is a certified paralegal.
