Julia Greeley Award Winner 2011

Jennifer Ricard has been using her God-given gifts in the service of love and life, spreading the Gospel in her home state of Ohio. Professionally trained as an engineer, she traded the world of aerospace technology for another kind of heavenly calling.

Her early days of outreach were spent caring for pregnant and newly delivered moms. She indulged her passion for reading by delving into spiritual classics that shaped her understanding of Catholic theology.

She loved John Paul II’s teachings on authentic feminism and theology of the body and when Endow came along, she embraced the role of facilitator. In addition to rearing six children with her husband Frank, Jennifer is a spiritual mother to seminarians as well as to the women in her many Endow groups. Like Julia Greeley, Jennifer loves worshipping God at daily Mass and faithfully prays for all those entrusted to her.