ST. BENEDICT PARISH

Praise & Worship Session Leader 

               & Magnificat Speaker                     

 Susan Potvin

When Susan recalls her childhood, one image comes to mind:  a house that looks clean and organized.  That is, until the drawers and closets are opened, exposing the clutter shoved into them to keep it hidden from view. In Susan’s life, everything looked good on the outside, while the ‘closets’ of her life were stuffed with insecurity, loneliness, a need to compare herself with others, and scars from life’s hurdles and hurts. 

Raised in an alcoholic home, Susan learned the unspoken rules of ‘don’t think, don’t feel, don’t talk’.  At age 12, she internalized the responsibility of being the caretaker of her family.  Married in college, adopting four children, rising to many leadership positions, how could she be so responsible on the outside but in so much pain on the inside? 

But the Lord did not leave her there.  He had plans for her healing and restoration and has led her in ways to serve Him that she would have never imagined nor would have been able to achieve on her own.

We serve an awesome God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – who loves us more than we could ever ask or imagine.  Whenever Susan shares her testimony, she makes of it an opportunity to be a prayer so that all who listen will encounter the overwhelming, passionate love of God for each person.