Queen of Hearts Retreats

 Marie has been a health educator for 35 years. Since 2017, she has been presenting topics on Women's Health issues at local high schools, colleges and to young adult groups. Marie has also been invited to deliver presentations to  women at retreat centers in Philadelphia and surrounding areas, focused on Women's Fertility. 

In 2016, Marie completed the Certified Fertility Care Practitioner (CFCP) program through the St. Paul VI Institute, and she has consistently met the requirements biannually for the rigorous re-certification process. For the last nine years, Marie has met with women to provide one-to-one educational sessions to help them understand their bodies and  identify cycle abnormalities in their menstrual cycles. 

Marie especially enjoys working with young female athletes. She has coached multiple team sports at the high school and collegiate level. Listen to Sam Kelly's  interview with Marie here on the Fierce Athlete Podcast.

NEXT UPCOMING RETREAT: 

DATES: 

- Arrive Fri, October 31, 2025 @ 6:30 PM

- Depart Sun, November 2, 2025 @ 1:00 PM

VENU: 

The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa 

654 Ferry Rd, Doylestown, PA 18901

COST (ALL MEALS INCLUDED):

- $350 for double room occupancy

- $400 for single room occupancy

- Payment accepted via check or Zelle 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

- Women 18 yrs and older who are single, married, or considering a vocation. 

- Women who are struggling with common gynecological problems, including but not limited to: 

• Irregular periods
• Painful periods
• Endometriosis 
• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
• PMS
• Infertility
• Recurrent miscarriages
• Hormonal mood fluctuations

...... and you don't want to take the birth control pill to treat your symptoms and/or you don't want to use IVF to get pregnant.

**** Detailed Agenda will be provided upon arrival to the retreat ****

Sharon has been a PA since 2003. She has clinical expertise in NaProTechnology- Gynecology, Neurology and Academia. Sharon is passionate about education, and she has been teaching in some capacity for the last twenty years. She has held full time faculty and leadership positions in PA programs in both Pennsylvania and Florida. 

Sharon is also the Founder & Chair of APP2APP Virtual Lectures, Inc., which is  501(c)3 non-profit organization started in 2021, where experienced PAs and NPs offer FREE virtual lectures and reasonably priced Training & Mentoring packages, to ultimately improve the quality of healthcare delivered by APPs across the nation. 

From 2018 to 2021, Sharon served as sub-investigator on multiple clinical trials with faculty at the University of Pennsylvania in the the Penn Memory Center.  In 2017, she assisted in the development of a novel Inpatient TeleNeurology Program with faculty at the Thomas Jefferson University Department of Neuroscience,