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The Catholic Apostolate Center is pleased to be a Platinum Sponsor of the Mid-Atlantic Congress taking place in Baltimore, MD, this week from February 12-14. This conference is an opportunity for Church ministers at all levels of parish, diocesan, and education ministries to come together, share, learn, network, and grow as faith-filled Catholic leaders.
This year we will offer four different presentations at the Mid-Atlantic Congress in collaboration with our partners at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Archdiocese of Washington. We are also sponsoring a special networking session for all MAC participants. Our schedule is as follows:
Thursday, February 12th:
- Join Catholic Apostolate Center Director Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C with Dr. Peter Murphy and Jeannine Marino of the USCCB, as they will be discussing the Pastoral Planning Guide for the New Evangelization (2:30-3:30pm)
- Later that evening, join our young adult staff and Jonathan Lewis of the Archdiocese of Washington for their presentation Be an Apostle: How to be a Witness to the Faith. (4:30-5:30pm)
- All attendees are invited to join us for our Collaborative Connections networking event. Relax and unwind, with the opportunity to meet fellow ministry leaders over beer, wine and refreshments. (South Foyer, 5:30-7pm)
Friday, February 13th:
- Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. and Catholic Apostolate Center Advisor Barbara McCrabb will be speaking on Moving Church from Maintenance to Mission through Co-Responsibility (1-2pm)
Saturday, February 14th:
- Join Catholic Apostolate Center Advisors Dr. Susan Timoney and Don McCrabb for their presentation, Pope Francis and the Call to Witness. (8-9am)
Please join us for one or more of these events and visit us at booths 305, 402 and 404 in the Francis Scott Key Ballroom. Throughout the conference at our booth we will be offering a Social Media Crash Course, the opportunity to take our Social Media Survey and even have fun at our photo booth! Our staff looks forward to meeting you!
Click the button below for more information on any of the above events at the Mid-Atlantic Congress!
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National Marriage Week
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has set aside this week (February 7-14) as its annual observance of National Marriage Week. Bishop Richard Malone, Bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo and Chairman of the Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, commented that this week provides, "an opportunity to celebrate the gift and blessing of marriage and to affirm and support engaged and married couples." 
T o support this effort by the USCCB we have compiled an extensive array of Marriage and Family Resources on our website. We encourage you to use these resources to complement those offered by your local parishes and dioceses. As always, we greatly appreciate any feedback you have to offer on these resources we have selected.
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Catholic Apostolate Center presents to the
Bishop and Priests of the Diocese of Knoxville
On February 2-4 Catholic Apostolate Center Director, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. and Advisor, Barbara McCrabb (USCCB Assistant Director for Higher Education) presented at the Study Days for Bishop Richard Stika and the Priests of the Diocese of Knoxville. This opportunity allowed Fr. Frank and Barbara to present on the New Evangelization, pastoral planning, co-responsibility and collaboration, engagement of young adults in the life of the faith, and the evangelizing aspects of Catholic schools. They also shared the various resources of the Catholic Apostolate Center and those of the many ministries with which we collaborate. Similar to our work at the Catholic Apostolate Center, the Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee, is also on the forefront of providing digital resources for use in ministry. Their robust website features a weekly radio podcast, weekly homilies, reflections from Bishop Stika and Cardinal Justin Rigali (who now lives in the diocese), videos with news stories from across the diocese, opportunities to connect with the diocese via social media and much more. Click the image below to visit their website!
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Lenten Resources
Next Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and a transition as we turn our focus to six weeks of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. The Church provides us with many beautiful teachings in the Lenten season and we encourage you to learn more about them through our Lenten Resource page. Complete with many different Lenten reflections, guides to the Sacrament of Penance, the Stations of the Cross and more, we hope that this provides you with a valuable resource for Lent! Be sure to check it out by clicking here and share it with your family, friends and colleagues.
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Interact with us on Social Media!
Don't forget to "Follow" and "Like" us on social media! Whether it be on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest, come join the conversation as we share more ministry and Church resources daily. Click any of the links below for more information!
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Witness to the Gospel:
Our Mission in the World Today
With the 40th anniversary of Evangelii Nuntiandi, this webinar series developed and produced by the Catholic Apostolate Center explores what it means to be an evangelizer and how we can live that out today. Explore the webinars that are a part of this series as follows:
Evangelii Gaudium: Moving the Church from Maintenance to Mission
Director, Catholic Apostolate Center
In his apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Francis invites all to a personal encounter with Jesus Chris. We are not to keep the faith to ourselves, but are sent as missionary disciples to transform the world to Christ. We are all called to be Spirit-filled disciples, not in a maintenance mode but rather a missionary one (Evangelii Gaudium, 118-120, 259-262). How can we accomplish this call to be a missionary disciple today? Click here to view this webinar.
Evangelii Nuntiandi: A Living Document for Evangelization in the Digital Age
Coordinator of Evangelization and Young Adult Initiatives,
Archdiocese of Washington
Pope Francis has called Blessed Pope Paul VI's Document on Evangelization, Evangelii Nuntiandi "the greatest pastoral document that has ever been written." As we celebrate its 40 year anniversary Jonathan unpacks key themes and discusses how it continues to provide practical insights into our call to be evangelizers in the Digital Age. Click here to view this webinar.
We invite you to click the button below to view any of our previous webinars, archived on our dedicated webinar webpage.
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Year of Consecrated Life Portal
Last week the global Church celebrated the World Day for Consecrated Life, which carried even greater meaning within this Year of Consecrated Life, announced by Pope Francis. As a ministry of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines) and the priests and brothers of the Immaculate Conception Province here in the United States, this Year of Consecrated Life carries great significance in our work here at the Catholic Apostolate Center. We invite you to visit our resource page which compiles resources from many different Church ministries, publications and leaders. Our prayer is that these resources may assist us in coming to a fuller appreciation and understanding of the part that consecrated religious play in the life of our global Church community. Click here to visit our Year of Consecrated Life resource page.
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Memorial of St. Scholastica
Memorial:
February 10th
Twin Brother:
St. Benedict
Patron of:
Women's religious communities
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From the Ad Infinitum Blog
50 Ways to Enjoy Your Faith: Part II
by Andrew Buonopane
(originally published February 3, 2015)
To celebrate the Catholic Apostolate Center passing 50,000 likes on Facebook, Communications and Social Media Intern Andrew Buonopane created a list of 50 ways to enjoy the Faith. This is the second installment in a five-part series in which we'll share the whole list. Click here to see this latest edition!
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