We are blessed by these endorsements, thoughtful comments and words of encouragement!
I trust that this ministry is leading many women to a closer relationship with Jesus Christ. Please know that I ask the Lord’s continued blessings upon you and this ministry.”
Most Rev. Gregory L. Parkes
Bishop of the Diocese of St. Petersburg
“I have known Carol Marquardt, the Smile foundress, for over three decades and she has been an inspiration for me and many regarding Christian living and a life of prayer. SMILE is a tremendous gift to the church, to help women realize their “feminine genius” and actualize their gift of spiritual motherhood in and for the Church.”
Most Rev. David L. Toups
Bishop of the Diocese of Beaumont
Comments from other Women Leaders
“Understanding my Spiritual Motherhood, which is fundamental to my existence as a Catholic woman, has greatly impacted my call to ministry. I look at the women I am most passionate in helping, female athletes, and desire to love them deeply. I want to love them in their brokenness, and help bring healing and new life into their lives. As a result I now mentor and mother college and high school athletes around the country. I strongly support the Smile concept. Women have spiritually mothered me and I joyfully do it for others.”
Samantha Kelley
President and Founder of
Women Athletes Ministry Fierce Athlete, Inc.
“I have been a leader much of my adult life and been blessed with good spiritual directors. Often I am pouring love and encouragement into others…but have felt a vacuum of other people intentionally pouring into me. At times I have felt a need for an older woman before whom I could share my heart , hoping that she might nurture me, pray for me and help me grow into greater interior freedom. SMILE founder, Carol Marquardt is definitely one who has done this for me, and I joyfully do it for others.”
Angela Schnieders
Wife and mother
Presently a mentor in The Woman School