Frannie Rose

Spiritual teacher, inspirational speaker, and author Frannie Rose received her graduate degree in speech and language pathology from the University of Arizona. She worked as speech and language pathologist until the age of thirty-two when her career was derailed by the sudden onset of an unknown illness. Bedridden for seventeen years, Frannie had to give up her career, and she became limited in her role as a mother to young toddlers. Faced with these losses, she was forced to make the choice to surrender to a God in whom she hardly believed or to commit suicide. She chose to live.

From the trials and tribulations of these lost years, Frannie began forging a new life. The events that Frannie describes in *The Invitation: Uncovering God's Longing to Be Heard* took her on a spiritual path of enlightenment and discovery which she now shares with others in her teachings, writings, and workshops.

Currently, Frannie is the co-founder and spiritual teacher of One Simple Voice (OSV), a nonprofit organization located in the offices of the Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs. Through OSV, she teaches in retreats and workshops for interfaith groups, religious groups, and other organizations, and she is invited to make presentations for other professional speaking engagements. She also carries a full-time load of spiritual students. Her following includes people from all walks of life, including religious clergy, bishops, nuns, those who wander, high-powered executives, those with addictions, and the unemployed. Frannie is most inspired by God to teach clergy how to hear God's voice--with the purpose of breathing God's words, acceptance, and peace into organized religion.

With her children now fully grown, she lives with her husband in the mountains of Colorado in a world she describes as "one filled with wonder and the true essence of life." Frannie's deepest wishes are echoes of God's wish: a world where there is peace and harmony as every soul listens to His voice. She wishes for each soul to know that a mystical journey such as hers is possible for anyone.

Please visit www.FrannieRose.com or www.OneSimpleVoice.org to learn more about Frannie Rose or to participate in a retreat or online event hosted by One Simple Voice.