Most Rev. Robert V. Finn earned a Master’s in Theology in 1979 from Angelicum University in Rome and was ordained for the Archdiocese of St. Louis on July 7, 1979. As a priest, he served as an educator, parochial vicar, and in a number of other administrative posts, including working as editor of the St. Louis Review. Bishop Finn was ordained to the episcopacy on May 3, 2004 and later succeeded Bishop Raymond Boland as sixth bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.

Rev. Thomas Nelson, O.Praem., a member of the Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael’s Abbey, in Silverado, California, is National Director of the Institute on Religious Life. He holds a licentiate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, and has many years of experience in teaching, lecturing and spiritual formation.

Srs. Clara Remartini and Elena Morcelli are members of The Apostles of the Interior Life, a religious community founded to give spiritual assistance and interior Christian formation. Their apostolate is done especially through individual guidance, helping people to learn how to pray and to make choices according to the will of God. They also lead retreats, parish missions, campus evangelization, and conferences. Both sisters presently reside at St. Lawrence Catholic Center at Kansas University.

Rev. Mitch Pacwa, S.J., is a Jesuit Scripture scholar and former theology professor at the University of Dallas and Loyola University in Chicago. A popular speaker and best-selling author, he is host of EWTN Live! and leads pilgrimages to the Holy Land.

8:30 AM Registration

9:00 AM: The Our Father: The Model of Prayer
— Rev. Thomas Nelson, O.Praem.

10:15 AM: Praying the Passion
— Rev. Mitch Pacwa, S.J.

11:30 AM: Holy Mass: Main Celebrant and Homilist
— Most Rev. Robert W. Finn

12:30 PM: Lunch (Provided for Pre-Registrants)

1:45 Be Holy for I Am Holy
— Srs. Clara Remartini and Elena Morcelli, A.I.V.

3:00 PM: Rosary and Benediction
— Rev. Thomas Nelson, O.Praem.

$10 per person. Please respond by March 7.
Free for students and for those in formation.
For travel questions, go to mapquest.com, or call the Franciscan Prayer Center, 816-252-1673.

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The meeting is for religious, priests, consecrated persons, seminarians, students and laity.