The 2012 Gathering of Catholic Men on Saturday April 14th
Check out this video from the last time Fr. Larry was at the Gathering of Catholic Men: As president of the Acton Institute, Fr. Sirico lectures at colleges, universities, and business organizations throughout the U.S. and abroad. His writings on religious, political, economic, and social matters are published in a variety of journals, including: the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the London Financial Times, the Washington Times, the Detroit News, and National Review. Fr. Sirico is often called upon by members of the broadcast media for statements regarding economics, civil rights, and issues of religious concern, and has provided commentary for CNN, ABC, the BBC, NPR, and CBS' 60 Minutes, among others. Suggested donation $40 per adult and $10 per student. Click here to purchase online or click here to print ticket order form. Your donation includes a boxed lunch. Doors open at 8 AM, program starts at 9 AM. Closing Mass with Bishop Zubik begins at 4 PM. Your ticket, directions and schedules will be mailed before April 9th.
SPEAKERS
Our dynamic speakers for 2012 will speak about directing your thoughts and energy toward fostering a stronger relationship with God, family, and friends.
Héctor Antonio Molina, Jr. is a dynamic Catholic speaker and evangelist with over 20 years of experience in professional pastoral ministry. From the age of 15, Hector has devoted himself to responding to Venerable John Paul II’s call for a “New Evangelization”. He pursued his theological studies at St. John's University while serving as Pastoral Associate at the historic St. John the Baptist Parish in his home Diocese of Brooklyn. He served in this capacity for over a decade before relocating to the Archdiocese of St. Louis where he served for six years under the episcopal leadership of then Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke, both as Director of Hispanic Ministry and later as founding Director of The Office for the New Evangelization.
Over his lengthy ministerial career Hector has preached to tens of thousands at Parish Missions, Retreats & Conferences throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2009, he launched his own full-time evangelization apostolate through which he continues to faithfully communicate the timeless truths of the Gospel and of our rich Catholic faith in a compelling way that stirs the hearts and minds of his listeners and awakens faith. Hector's fervent desire is to reach others for Christ, who, as the great apostle Paul put it, “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:4). Héctor is a devoted husband and father of four. The Molina’s are parishioners of the historic Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France.
Fr. Larry Richards - A gifted and captivating speaker, preacher, retreat master, and author. Fr. Larry Richards holds the answer to some of life's most profound questions. He speaks from experience as a pastor of an inner city parish, a high school chaplain, a counselor and evangelist. Fr. Larry Richards has directed hundreds of retreats, parish missions, and conferences for young and old alike. His inspirational talks, presentations, and books always authentic and enthusiastic, have changed the hearts, minds and lives of millions of listeners and readers worldwide.
Monsignor Jim Lisante is the pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Massapequa Park, NY.
He previously served as a Director of the Office of Family Ministry for the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Monsignor Jim has authored four books, including: Of Life and Love, Let's Talk, Personally Speaking, and The Power of One. Long active in the popular media Monsignor Lisante has hosted several national television programs including: Personally Speaking and Christopher Close-Up. He is currently in the process of launching a new television show, Close Encounter, which will appear nationally on PBS in the near future.
He is also a regular contributor to Fox News Channel and ABC Eyewitness News. Msgr. Lisante has also appeared on PBS, MSNBC, CNN and CBS and Nightline with Ted Koppel. He currently hosts an annual NBC Special called Personally Speaking. Monsignor Jim is also the host of a weekly radio program called Personally Speaking. Monsignor Jim's columns have appeared in over 300 newspapers.
Click here to visit Monsignor Lisante's website
Mark Nehrbas - Mark is a lay evangelist who enjoys speaking on a wide range of topics including men’s spirituality, starting Catholic men’s groups, the New Evangelization, the Holy Spirit, the spirituality of work, spiritual gifts, the universal call to holiness, and the power of prayer. He also enjoys sharing his inspiring conversion story from his college days. Mark has spoken at retreats, conferences, and days of renewal throughout the United States and abroad. He authored a booklet entitled, Small Groups for Catholic Men.
Mark has been employed on the campus of Franciscan University of Steubenville since 1985. He currently serves as Executive Director of Christian Outreach. He develops and implements the University’s adult summer conference and year-round evangelization programs which draw over 10,000 people to campus annually. In addition, he oversees the University’s off-campus high school youth conferences which serve an additional 35,000 participants at 13 different sites around the United States.
Rev. Robert A. Sirico received his Master of Divinity degree from the Catholic University of America, following undergraduate study at the University of Southern California and the University of London. During his studies and early ministry, he experienced a growing concern over the lack of training religious studies students receive in fundamental economic principles, leaving them poorly equipped to understand and address today's social problems. As a result of these concerns, Fr. Sirico co-founded the Acton Institute with Kris Alan Mauren in 1990.
