"Let the Oppressed Go Free: Breaking the Bonds of Addiction" The Conference will focus on the interplay between the sacred and the therapeutic dimensions of clinical pastoral care in addictions ministry with individuals and families. Issues of prevention, treatment and recovery will be addressed.
Cardinal Justin Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia, will deliver opening remarks and will be the principal celebrant and homilist for the closing Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.
Co-Sponsored by Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Saint John Vianney Center and Guest House Institute.
Registration fee of $95.00 includes conference, continental breakfast and lunch. Early registrants (those registering by October 15) will receive a $10 discount off registration fee. In addition, groups of 3 or more preregistering together will receive group rate of $75.00 per person.
Walkin Registration (subject to space availability $105)
If you would like additional registration information please call:
Colleen Richards (248) 391-4445, Ext 1207
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2010 SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET TO HONOR BISHOP MAGINNIS
The Archdiocesan Office for Black Catholics will hold a Banquet to support the Monsignor John Mitchell Memorial Scholarship on Friday, November 5, 2010, at the Sheraton Philadelphia Center City Hotel, 17th & Race Streets.
In 2008, Archdiocese of Philadelphia received a bequest to fund a scholarship in honor of Monsignor John T. Mitchell. Msgr. Mitchell served as a priest of the Archdiocese from 1939 – 1981. During that time, he was the Pastor of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Saint Francis de Sales Parishes in West Philadelphia, where he was known for his faithful ministry to African American Catholics. He also founded Saint Ignatius Nursing Home in West Philadelphia.
The Scholarship Fund has assisted 19 high school students since its founding.
This year’s honoree is Most Reverend Robert P. Maginnis, Retired Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia and Founding Chairman of the Scholarship Fund.
For more information and to purchase tickets, please contact Reverend Stephen Thorne, Office for Black Catholics at (215) 587-3634 or frsthorn@adphila.org.