A Baby’s Breath Leadership Course 2025
Saturday, April 12, Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown
"... to help a mother to see her child take his or her first breath."
“Perfection consists of doing His will, in being what He wills it to be.” – St. Therese of Liseaux, Patron Saint of A Baby’s Breath
A Baby’s Breath has a unique model for structuring a successful nonprofit, and we are pleased to share that with you in building your own organization. Using these principles we have been able to grow from one location to five centers, including a home for pregnant mothers in crisis, developing a medical service, a housing service, and a financial assistance program. All this has been accomplished through implementing our model which utilizes volunteer leadership, operates free of any government funding, and upholds Catholic teaching on morality. It is by the grace of God we have been able to do His will.
Agenda
7:30am – 9:00am Registration, Coffee, Tea , Breakfast (After Mass)
8:00am – 8:30am 8 am Mass, Confessions till 11 am
8:45am – 9:00am Welcome and Explanation of A Baby’s Breath Model & Introduction to Leadership course – Karen Patota, Founder & President of A Baby’s Breath
9:00am – 9:45am Dr. Monique Ruberu, Our Providers | Natural Women’s Health | Pennsylvania Why not Artificial Contraception?
9:45am – 10:00am Break
10:00am – 12pm Break-out sessions:
- Susan Grant, Collegeville director, Catherine Fry, Warminster Director, Julia Sponseller, Wayne Director, Thomas Patota, Jeffersonville Director, Star Prieto, Jeffersonville Advocate/Parenting class Coordinator, and Karen Patota, CEO
- Applying the Catholic/Christian mission Thomas Patota Jeffersonville Director & Star Prieto, Jeffersonville Advocate & Parenting Class Coordinator & Julia Sponseller, Wayne Director
- Managing a large client base & volunteers Catherine Fry, Warminster Director
- Advocate meeting agendas – connecting your advocates, donation coordinators, baby store workers, and prenatal/parenting class and Independence service providers – ALL
- How to nominate your client to the Independence program – Karen Patota, CEO
- Christine O’Reilly, Wayne DC, Doug Paida, PHX DC, Brianna Maslonka, Jeffersonville/Independence DC, Carmen Hernandez, Jeffersonville DC, Sheila Davis & Lucille Pelosi, Collegeville DCs, Ed & Diane Zapisiak, Warminster DCs
- The process of recording donations, volunteer/donor/resource information & Sponsorship Mailing- Doug Paida, PHX Donations Coordinator ,
- Updating the db for Website donations – Josh Patota – ABB CFO
- Anne Ruegner, Warminster GM, Pete Rawson, Jeffersonville GM, Chris Wentzel & Peggy Rezza, Collegeville GM’s, Don Boyle, Wayne GM, Amy Curran, PHX GM
- Outreach – growing your base of clients/donors – Anne Ruegner, Warminster GM & Pete Rawson, Jeffersonville GM
- Budgets – how and when to form them
- Local board meetings – agendas & who should attend
- Susan McInerney, RN, Jane Bradley, RN – Roles for a Nurse at ABB, Cell Phone Holder Training
- Ultrasound Nurse & Prenatal Class training – Susan McInerney, RN
12pm – 12:30pm Lunch/Networking
12:30pm – 2pm New Centers/Services
Leadership Course – Saturday, April 12, Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown –
Register online or send check with this form to contact information below
Send email to [email protected] | Subject: Leadership Course
Cost: $25 (send checks made payable to A Baby’s Breath, 2062 W. Main
Street, Norristown, PA 19403)
FREE for active A Baby’s Breath Volunteers and Clergy.
Contact Victoria Patota @ 2672757712
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Saturday, April 12, 2025
FAQs
The A Baby’s Breath leadership course is open to current and new volunteers who are pro-life and would like to learn more about how the leadership of A Baby’s Breath offers free pregnancy services to mothers, fathers and families in a crisis pregnancy – before, during and after a crisis pregnancy.
Three centers—Jeffersonville, Collegeville, and Wayne—were already established with the first leadership course in 2009. Warminster began in 2014 and our Phoenixville home started with core services in 2015 and housing in 2016. The standard of care for our core services, including goal-oriented pregnancy counseling, parenting/prenatal classes, and material assistance through a baby store program, was taught in all five centers through the leadership course.
Yes! That would be the best way to learn about our approach. We have a shared session where all leaders can learn about a particular topic. Then, we break out into groups that are key to operating in the A Baby’s Breath model.
Yes! Our leadership course is more than just an organization that teaches how to speak about pro-life. We teach how to start, manage and grow centers/services.
No. If your group would like to pursue becoming an A Baby’s Breath center, we would give your group the initial costs to start your organization, but our corporate board would have to approve your application.
No. A Baby’s Breath helps more than just abortion-minded clients. Ninety percent or more of our clients are choosing life and need help with their life choices. A Baby’s Breath also takes a position on contraception, which is different from most pro-life centers. We hold Catholic/Christian values in our mission & charter because artificial contraception is not a solution to a crisis pregnancy lifestyle. A Baby’s Breath does not accept government money – our organization can maintain the integrity of its mission by not accepting government money. A Baby’s Breath is an all-volunteer leadership organization. Our volunteers value their time with their families and other activities more than compensated time.