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Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network
1501 S. Layton Blvd
Milwaukee, WI 53215-1924
414.486.1152
For prayer requests, general information, or questions please complete the form.
Fr. Phil Hurley, SJ
National Director
Fr. Phil Hurley, S.J. is the National Director of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network-USA office. His work is wide-ranging – visioning and strategic planning, development, leading retreats around the USA, assisting with our Hearts on Fire retreats for young adults, and more. He also serves as the PWPN North American region Continental Coordinator, which includes members in the U.S., Canada, and several Caribbean countries, and is a member of the PWPN International Council.
Fr. Phil Hurley, S.J., recently served as university chaplain at Loyola University Maryland. Previously, Fr. Phil was pastor at St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church in Raleigh, NC, from 2014-2022. From 2009-2013, he served as youth and young adult director for the U.S. office of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer), and directed the Hearts on Fire retreat program based on the Spiritual Exercises. A graduate of Baltimore’s Mount Saint Joseph High School, he also served as parochial vicar at Old St. Joseph’s Church in Philadelphia and taught at Gonzaga College High School in Washington, DC.
Read more about Fr. Phil here: Meet Fr. Phil Hurley, SJ
Grace Mazza Urbanski
Assistant Director
Grace Mazza Urbanski is set to serve as full-time Assistant Director of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network-USA [Apostleship of Prayer] national office, beginning in the summer of 2025.
In her role as Assistant Director, she will serve as a fellow leader and thought partner with the U.S. National Director to develop, plan and implement vision, strategy and tactics to carry out the mission of the organization, and be one of the public faces of the PWPN-USA in terms of speaking, retreat leading, media appearances, writing, etc.
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Read more about Grace here: Meet Grace Mazza Urbanski
Jocelyn Marin
Communications Coordinator
From the Greater Chicago area, she graduated with her Bachelor’s from Northern Illinois University. Right after college she served as a missionary with NET Ministries in the Twin Cities and in 2020 moved to Milwaukee to serve a year with Brew City Catholic.
She started working at PWPN in 2022 and has grown in her role as Communications Coordinator since then!
At our office we appreciate her love for Mother Mary, walking with her coworkers in faith, and her love for coffee and fancy latte art.
Expect to talk with her through emails and phone calls, say hello to her at a retreat, and be assured that she is praying for you and for all of your prayer intentions.
Our Prayers for You
Because we are millions of people around the world who pray with Pope Francis for his monthly intentions, we have been called the world’s largest prayer group. In homes, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, and prisons, we are united in prayer. And because we pray for one another in the daily offering, there are millions of people praying for you and your intentions every day.
We believe in the power of prayer and so should you. As a small staff here at the USA offices of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, we pray daily for the Pope’s monthly intention and for the prayer requests that you send our way. Each day our communications coordinator reads the prayer request emails and records them to be shared with everyone on staff. In addition to our daily prayer we have staff Mass monthly that includes your prayer intentions in the petitions.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out with prayer requests and to share with us when prayers are answers or graces are received. Stay close to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, God bless you!