Papal Visit to the United States

Issue 74

August 31, 2015

Papal Visit Portal

To prepare for the Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis to the United States, the Catholic Apostolate Center has created a Papal Visit Portal resource page. On this page, which will be updated regularly, you will find vetted resources about the Holy Father's visit from sources including: the Archdiocese of Washington, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Click here to visit our Papal Visit Portal, which includes the Holy Father's schedule, catechetical resources and links to live streams of his visit to the United States.

In This Issue

World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

Lay Ecclesial Ministry Summit

Past Webinar

Past Speaking Events

Ad Infinitum Blog

Support the Catholic Apostolate Center

St. Gregory the Great

Pope Francis Announces World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

As Vatican Radio reported, Pope Francis has decided to set up a "World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation" which will be celebrated on September 1st annually.

"The annual World Day of prayer for the Care of Creation offers to individual believers and to the community a precious opportunity to renew our personal participation in this vocation as custodians of creation, raising to God our thanks for the marvellous works that He has entrusted to our care, invoking his help for the protection of creation and his mercy for the sins committed against the world in which we live." -Pope Francis, letter announcing the "World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation."

Read more of the Pope's Letter.

To learn more about Pope Francis and the "World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation," please visit our Laudato Si' Resources Page.

Lay Ecclesial Ministry Summit

This past June, the Catholic Apostolate Center was pleased to be a sponsor of the 2015 Lay Ecclesial Ministry Summit, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Around 120 bishops and pastoral leaders met on June 7-8 in St. Louis for the Lay Ecclesial Ministry Summit. The Lay Ecclesial Ministry Summit was hosted by the USCCB Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth; the Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church; and the Subcommittee on Certification for Ecclesial Ministry and Service; in partnership with the Committee on Doctrine. The Catholic Apostolate Center was a sponsor of this event, which marked the 10 year anniversary of the bishops' statement on lay ecclesial ministry "Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord." Catholic Apostolate Center Director, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. presented on the topic Co-Responsibility for the New Evangelization.

The Lay Ecclesial Ministry page on the USCCB's website has recently been updated to include video and transcript from the event to view. To read more about the Lay Ecclesial Ministry Summit, please go to the USCCB page by clicking here.

Past Webinar

Pope Francis and the Call to Witness

By Drs. Susan Timoney and Don McCrabb

Missionary discipleship is a key theme for Pope Francis in his addresses to Christians and in his visit to the United States in September for the World Meeting of Families. Join Catholic Apostolate Center advisors, Dr. Susan Timoney, Secretary for Pastoral Concerns at the Archdiocese of Washington, and pastoral theologian, Dr. Don McCrabb, in this presentation where they will discuss the New Evangelization as a way of ongoing Church and personal renewal that can result in vibrant parishes with all the baptized living as missionary disciples.

Past Speaking Events

2015 J.S. Paluch Vocations Seminar

Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C., Director,

Catholic Apostolate Center
August 17-19

This past August, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. was invited to offer the keynote presentation at the J.S. Paluch Vocation Seminar in Chicago, IL. This year's theme was "Vocation Ministry: Keys to Collaboration." Attendees included representatives from youth and campus ministry, marriage and family life, communications, and ethnic ministries from the U.S. and Canada. Click here for more information.

If you are interested in having the advisors or staff of the Catholic Apostolate Center present, discuss, and speak on many topics with relevance to the Church and the world today, we encourage you to contact the Center to learn more about how we can collaborate with you by clicking here.

From the Ad Infinitum Blog

Love is Our Mission

by Thomas Wong

"How beautiful are the footsteps of those who bring Good News" (Romans 10:15-17)! With these words of Isaiah quoted by Saint Paul, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI warmly greeted the cardinals, bishops, and educators assembled at The Catholic University of America during his April 2008 apostolic visit to the United States.

Seven years later, Pope Francis will be following in the footsteps of his predecessors as he brings the Good News to our nation. He is the fourth pontiff to do so. While the good news of Christianity itself hasn't changed in two thousand years, its Argentine messenger is certainly electrifying the faithful with his personality of joyous humility, simplicity, and compassion evident in the course of his evangelization--specifically renewed calls to holiness and having an unreserved love of neighbor.

Click here to read more of this blog post.

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