Meet Our Team

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.

Previously, Fr. Phil served as university chaplain at Loyola University Maryland and was pastor at St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church in Raleigh, NC. 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 helped found the Hearts on Fire retreat program based on the Spiritual Exercises. He also served as parochial vicar at Old St. Joseph’s Church in Philadelphia and taught at Gonzaga College High School in Washington, DC. He has written and recorded songs with the music collaborative Jesuit Tracks https://hyperfollow.com/jesuittracks.

Grace Mazza Urbanski is the Assistant National Director of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network-USA office. Grace is an author, educator, speaker, and retreat leader who loves to share the life-changing news about God’s love for each one of us. Her presentations engage parishes, schools, and organizations in spirited reflections on how to cooperate with God in our daily lives.

From 2012-2016, Grace developed a national children’s ministry with the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer). Before returning in 2025 to the PWPN-USA national office, Grace spent time learning and serving as a Catholic school principal, writer, spiritual director, and English teacher. Grace and her husband David have five children and one grandchild who helped inspire her book Pray with Me: Seven Simple Ways to Pray with Your Children, published by Ave Maria Press.

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.