Catholic Men's Fellowship (Diocese of Saginaw) at 5800 Weiss Street, Saginaw, MI 48603 US - EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!

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2011 CATHOLIC MEN'S
CONFERENCE


Respond to a Higher Calling in
Jesus Christ - Being a man after God's own Heart

Mark your calendars!

March 19, 2011
8:00 am to 3:00 pm
(doors open at 7:15 for registration)

St. Hyacinth Church, 1515 Cass Avenue, Bay City, MI 48708

Join with men of the Saginaw Diocese as they gather for prayer and fellowship. Participate in Holy Mass with Bishop Joseph Cistone. Speakers include Fr. Joe Krupp, Peter Herbeck, Fr. Graham Keep and Fr. Tom Forrest, CSSR. Come and enjoy a prayerful, spirit-filled experience with powerful, dynamic speakers.

Cost is only $20.00.  Priests, deacons, and youth under age 21 are free.

Download  a "Save the Date" flyer to print and share with others.

Tickets can be purchased at the door, the morning of the conference
Tickets can be purchased at A-M Religious Gifts, 3535 Bay Rd., Saginaw, MI

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Featured Speakers


Most Reverend Joseph R. Cistone

Ordained Bishop in 2004 and appointed Bishop of Saginaw by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on May 20, 2009. Bishop Joseph Cistone joins us this year at the Catholic Men’s Conference. Our Bishop has been very active since his appointment to Saginaw, travelling all across the Diocese to meet many of his flock. Bishop Cistone is a strong supporter of catechesis for the laity, particularly a focus on evangelism and spiritual growth. An ardent advocate for prayerful celebration of the Eucharist, Bishop Cistone will be our chief celebrant and homilist at Holy Mass.
http://saginaw.org/bishop/cistone/


Peter Herbeck

Peter Herbeck is the Vice President and Director of Missions for Renewal Ministries. Peter oversees the work of lay mission teams throughout the world who work to equip Catholic lay people to respond to the Holy Father's call for a new evangelization. Peter is the co-host of the weekly television show The Choices We Face, and the host of the daily radio show Fire on the Earth. Peter also is a co-host on Crossing the Goal, the popular new show for men broadcast weekly on EWTN. He is a frequent conference speaker, and the author of books and audio tapes about discipleship and life in the Spirit.
http://www.renewalministries.net/


Fr. Graham Keep

Fr. Graham Keep is a diocesan priest currently assigned to St. Boniface Catholic Church in Zurich, Ontario, Canada. Fr. Keep was ordained in 1993 and has served in various parishes throughout southeastern Ontario, as well as serving as military chaplain to Canadian reservists. Fr. Keep is also chaplain and co-coordinator for deaf ministry in his diocese and a delegate to the International Eucharistic Congress,. Fr. Keep has traveled the world giving retreats, missions, and taking pilgrim groups on various themed journeys.


Fr. Joe Krupp

Fr. Joe Krupp was a comedy writer for FOX who discovered he had a calling to the priesthood. He grew up in Montrose, MI, graduated from UM Flint with a degrees in History and Public Speaking, and Master of Divinity from Sacred Heart Seminary. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Lansing in 1998. This former Wolverine was appointed Director of Campus Ministry at Michigan State University in 2009. Father Joe is a regular on Catholic TV, as well as appearing every month in the pages of FAITH Magazine.
http://faithmag.com/faithmag/Column.asp?ColumnID=3
 

Fr. Tom Forrest, CSSR

Fr. Forrest is a Redemptorist priest who was ordained in New York in 1954 by Cardinal Spellman. For the first 23 years of his priesthood, he worked among the poor of the Caribbean. From 1978 to 1984 he was director of the International Office for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Fr. Forrest has traveled to, and spoken in, 104 different countries and his articles and books have been translated into a number of languages. He has met and spoken with the late Pope John Paul II many times, including numerous supper meetings with the Holy Father. Fr. Forrest has organized two Worldwide Retreats for Priests, one in 1984 and the other in 1990. He is presently the International Director of Evangelization 2000, a Catholic effort to promote Church renewal through prayer, proclamation of the Word and the formation of a more evangelistically activated people of God.
http://www.evangelization2000.org/