Kathleen Beckman is an international evangelist, best-selling author and retreat director who has served the Church for thirty years.  At the invitation of bishops, priests, and laity, Kathleen has travelled to thirteen countries to speak at conferences and lead retreats.  She has made appearances on various Catholic media outlets including EWTN, The Catholic Channel, and hosted the Radio Maria program, “Eucharist, Mercy, and Saints” for five years. 

For eighteen years, Kathleen has served in the Church’s ministry of healing, deliverance, and exorcism.  In 2017, she graduated from the Association of International Exorcists Course at Rome’s Pontifical Regina Apostolorum University.  For six years, she was a faculty member of the Pope Leo XIII Institute, which trains clergy for exorcism ministry.  Presently she serves as the Administrator of Exorcism and Deliverance Ministry for the Diocese of Orange in California.  A member of the diocesan exorcist’s team, she accompanies persons seeking liberation from evil spirits.

In 2013, with encouragement from the then-Congregation for the Clergy, Kathleen and Monsignor Stephen Doktorczyk began the Foundation of Prayer for Priests apostolate.  This ministry consists of personal and group prayer, Eucharistic Adoration, parish cenacles and rosary groups focused on praying for the sanctification of the clergy.  More information is available at www.foundationforpriests.org.

Sophia Institute Press has published her five latest books, including “Praying for Priests”, “God’s Healing Mercy”, “When Women Pray”, “A Family Guide to Spiritual Warfare”, and “Beautiful Holiness”.  Each book has a Nihil Obstat and an Imprimatur from her Diocesan bishop.  

In 2002, Kathleen was invested in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem. A wife and mother, she and her husband live in Orange, California and are members of Saint Martin de Porres Parish in Yorba Linda.