A view of the Bucks County countryside in early morning, Oct. 23 at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown. (Chris Friel)

Ladies get to know one another during the Women’s Conference.

Morning keynote speaker Lisa Brenninkmeyer, creator of the popular “Walking With Purpose” Bible study program for women, speaks to attendees before her talk at the women’s conference. (Photo by Nicky Verna)

Keynote speaker for the morning session of the Women’s Conference, Lisa Brenninkmeyer, makes a point during her talk.

Meghan Cokeley, director of the archdiocesan Office for the New Evangelization and a key organizer of the Women’s Conference, speaks to the assembled women.

Archbishop Nelson Perez leads prayers during a eucharistic Holy Hour.

Father Dennis Gill reviews musical selections with Tonya Taylor-Dorsey.

Tonya Taylor-Dorsey, at the piano, leads singers of the Philadelphia Catholic Gospel Mass Choir. (Chris Friel)

The choir and their director, Tonya Taylor-Dorsey, pose for a photo.

Women attending the conference in two sessions were able to utilize the spacious church of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa to practice safe social distancing.(Chris Friel)

Mother Clare Matthiass, a Francisccan Sister of the Renewal ministering in New York City, gives the keynote talk of the afternoon session.

Sisters of Life provide musical accompaniment in the afternoon session.

Mother Clare Matthiass chats with women after her talk.

Bags of keepsakes and resources were given to each attendee of the conference. (Meghan Cokeley)

A woman stops during the conference to pray at a shrine on the grounds of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown.

The women’s conference, postponed for two years because of the pandemic, was a complete success this year, as this sign of a rainbow appearing in Bucks County after the conference’s conclusion can attest. (Meghan Cokeley)