“I first met [Fr. Edward] over two years ago when he started publishing essays at Ignitum Today. His scholarship was and still is outstanding. His love for Mary is beautiful!”

Stacy Trasancos
Author, Scientist, Professor

“Edward Looney spoke to our high school students at the Quad Parish Faith Formation Center in November of 2011. He gave a lively and very knowledgeable presentation on the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help at Champion. This was a great way to increase devotion to Mary and to promote this holy place within the Diocese of Green Bay. We were delighted to have as a speaker this gifted author and person of great faith and devotion. We hope to host Edward again.”

Tina Meyer
Director of Religious Education
Quad Parishes Green Bay, Wisconsin

“Here at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, we are eager to promote the message and mission entrusted to Adele Brise. And especially during this Year of Faith, it is a message and mission for all of us, especially as we welcome the call of the New Evangelization. For both children and adults, Edward Looney’s books about the apparitions and the Shrine are the finest available!”

Fr. Peter Stryker, C.P.M.
Rector, Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help

Fr. Edward Looney has spoken throughout the Midwest and is available to speak at your parish’s next event.  His focus and specialty is the 1859 American approved Marian apparition in Champion, WI.  He is a writer, author, and researcher on various topics in Mariology.  Depending on his schedule, he is more than willing to speak at your parish’s next event, whether it is a conference, prayer group, school classroom, book signing, or a parish talk. 

Titles of Past Talks include:

  • Mary, An Exemplary Disciple
  • Mary, Agent and Recipient of God’s Mercy
  • Ten Lessons Mary Taught at Champion
  • The Message of Our Lady of Good Help and the New Evangelization
  • Called to Evangelize: The Story of Adele Brise
  • The Spirituality of Sister Adele in the 21st Century
  • The Story of Sister Adele
  • Modern Day Heroes: Answering God’s Call to Be Saints
  • Devoted to Mary: Expressions of Marian Devotion Today
  • Shared Message, Shared Mission: Our Lady of Guadalupe and Our Lady of Good Help  (English or Spanish)
  • Martin Luther’s Homily on the Magnificat: An Expression of His Early Marian Beliefs
  • A Portrait of St. Peter
  • A Portrait of the Holy Family
  • The Motherhood of Mary and Your Motherhood Too!  (A Talk for Women’s Groups)
 Past Speaking Engagements:
Academic
  • Franciscan Renewal Center, Scottsdale, Arizona- Annual Meeting of the Mariological Society of America
  • Northside Chicago Theological Institute, 7th Annual Conference, Mundelein, Illinois
  • The Catholic Conference Center, Hickory, North Carolina- Annual Meeting of the Mariological Society of America
  • Pontifical International Marian Academy (PAMI Congress), Fatima, Portugal- “Devotion to Notre Dame de Bon Secours”
  • Byzantine Theotokos Conference, Pittsburgh, PA: “The Life of Mary: East meets West,” (May 2017).
  • Schoenstatt Retreat Center, Corpus Christi, Texas- Annual Meeting of the Mariological Society of America- “Theological Themes in the Marian Eucharistic Meditations of Fr. Daniel A. Lord, SJ”

Conferences

  • Marian Day of Faith for the Year of Faith, Institute on Religious Life, Libertyville, IL
  • Totally Yours, Chicago, IL (2013)
  • Marian Center of Dallas (2014)
  • Annual Meeting of the Institute on Religious Life (2016)
  • Vesuvius Press, Phoenix Arizona (2016)
  • Diocese of Green Bay Leadership Convocation (2016)

Parishes and Catholic Ministries 

  • Esto Vir Men’s Morning of Reflection (2015, 2016, 2017)
  • Spiritus Ministries– Monthly Cor Jesu (2017, 2016)
  • Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, Champion, WI
  • Holy Family Parish, Marinette, WI (2013)
  • Resurrection Catholic Church, Soup and Substance, Menominee, MI (2013)
  • Cross and Crown Prayer Group, Combined Locks, Wisconsin (2011, 2016)
  • Holy Trinity Parish, Oconto, WI (2014)
  • Quad-Parishes, Green Bay, WI

Schools

  • St. John the Baptist Parish, Howard, WI
  • St. Irene Catholic School, Warrenville, IL
  • St. James Parish, Highwood, IL

To book Fr. Edward Looney for your next event click HERE.