Brigid Curtis Ayer, Creator of All About The Grace
Released January 2020, Brigid’s New Book is
“BREAKING NEW GROUND: DISCIPLESHIP USING NEW MEDIA”
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Professional
Brigid has worked in media covering state and national public policy, Catholic events, and people using their gifts to serve God for 25 years. As a print, radio and television journalist and social media guru, Brigid has a unique perspective on ways to communicate the truths of the Catholic faith to an unformed, uninformed, and misinformed public.
New Book
Brigid released her first book “Breaking New Ground: Discipleship Using New Media” Evangelization in the Third Millennium (January 2020). The book is available at Amazon.
Radio & Television
Brigid currently serves as a Co-Host for locally-produced, popular 30-minute radio show Faith in Action on Catholic Radio Indy 89.1 FM, and 90.9 FM, and EWTN affiliate station in the Indianapolis media market . For over a decade, Brigid worked as an associate producer, writer, news co-anchor, and Catholic interviewer for a television show Religion in the News for the local CBS affiliate station WISH TV, Channel 8 in Indianapolis. On Capitol Hill, Brigid served on the press and legislative staff in Washington, DC, for U.S. Senator from Indiana, Richard G. Lugar, and for a small business government affairs office. Brigid also served as a press secretary for the Indiana Senate Majority staff and managed all media-radio, television, and print news- for 31 state senators.
Catholic Voice in the Public Square
Brigid served as Director of Communications and Research for the Indiana Catholic Conference. and for over a decade as the statehouse correspondent. For nearly 20 years, Brigid served as a correspondent for The Catholic Moment, the Lafayette-in-Indiana diocesan newspaper covering the Carmel Deanery.
Digital Discipleship, Consulting & Speaker
Brigid serves as principal consultant at PAX Public Relations, a media company she founded, and provides discernment, spiritual direction and communication strategy for a myriad of Catholic clients and mission-aligned organizations. She produces video and digital media content, or advises on how to incorporate new media into an organizations’ overall goals.
A blogger since 2015, at www.allaboutthegrace, in 2018 Brigid launched a YouTube show also called All About The Grace, which she produces and hosts. Brigid speaks at parish events, conferences, small groups, retreats, university campuses and Catholic seminaries on topics of culture, media, politics, public policy, discipleship using new media. In 2024, Brigid launched her podcast also under the name All About The Grace which is carried on the Indy Catholic Media network.
In addition to the five diocesan newspapers in Indiana, Brigid’s articles have been published in numerous national newspapers and magazines including National Catholic Register, Our Sunday Visitor Newsweekly, National Catholic Reporter, The Christian Advocate, Sweet 16, Catholic Parent, Girls Life Magazine, Guideposts, and Verily Magazine.
Spiritual Direction with Brigid
If you are seeking clarity in your life, faith, or prayer, spiritual direction is a space to listen more deeply to what God may be doing in your life.
Brigid Curtis Ayer is a Catholic spiritual director with more than 35 years of experience in ministry, pastoral leadership, and accompaniment. She walks with individuals who are discerning direction in their lives—whether in questions of faith, vocation, relationships, or simply a desire to grow closer to God.
Spiritual direction with Brigid is rooted in prayer, Scripture, and attentive listening. The focus is not advice-giving, but helping you become more aware of God’s presence and movement in your daily life, and learning how to respond with greater freedom and trust.
Her experience includes decades of parish and diocesan ministry, youth and adult formation, retreats, and evangelization work. She has accompanied individuals in discernment through Cursillo, Christ Renews His Parish, parish renewal ministries, and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of Indiana, as well as through Presentation Ministries, a Catholic lay apostolate centered on Scripture and lived faith.
During her ministry at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, she worked with hundreds of students navigating important life decisions and growing in their understanding of God’s guidance in their lives. That same attentiveness to discernment continues in her work with adults today.
In addition to spiritual direction, Brigid is a communications professional and media consultant. She is Principal Consultant at PAX PR Media and Founder of Indy Catholic Media, a Catholic digital evangelization network. She also hosts the All About The Grace podcast and YouTube program focused on faith, prayer, and learning to listen to God’s voice in everyday life.
If you are interested in spiritual direction or would like to explore whether it might be right for you, you are welcome to reach out at the contact page.
Education
Brigid holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, and a Graduate Certification in Public Policy & Non Profit Management from Indiana University’s nationally recognized School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) program. Brigid holds a graduate certification in fundraising from Indiana University’s Center on Philanthropy. Brigid holds a dual degree in Theology & Spiritual Formation from St. Joseph College, Renssalear, IN.
Ministry
Brigid served as a Director of Religious Education for grades 7-12 at a mega-sized parish serving over 700 youth on a weekly basis. Brigid has planned dozens of retreats, and been active in Christ Renews His Parish, Cursillo, and RCIA. Brigid served on the Indianapolis Archdiocesan Evangelization Commission and served on the leadership team for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of Central Indiana for years, and also served on the praise and worship team. For many years, Brigid served as a co-worker for Presentation Ministries, a Catholic lay apostolate based in Cincinnati, OH, dedicated to teaching the Word of God, encouraging daily Mass, and living the Mass and one’s baptismal call.
Personal
Brigid resides in Indiana with her husband, three children and two black Labrador retriever rescue dogs. Brigid loves the outdoors, history, travel, gardening, listening to Catholic podcasts, and offering a Catholic perspective on faith, culture, media and media.