CHARLOTTE — Men of the Diocese of Charlotte are invited to attend the 10th annual Catholic Men’s Conference from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at St. Matthew Church, located at 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy.
This year’s theme is “What are you looking at?” (Quid Intuemini - Conference Crest).
The full day conference includes Mass, confession, Eucharistic Adoration, recitation of the rosary and a dynamic keynote address by Father Larry Richards, a priest of the Diocese of Erie, Pa., and a well-known author and EWTN radio talent.
The men’s conference other speakers include: Kevin Frederick, a former USMC pilot and current fed-eral security director for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration in North Carolina; and Dennis Gillan, a mental health advocate and speaker.
Dr. William Thierfelder, president of Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, will serve as master of ceremonies for the conference.
Father Patrick Winslow, vicar general and chancellor of the Diocese of Charlotte, will serve as the main celebrant at Mass.
The mission of the annual men’s conference is to focus on the sacraments and offer dynamic Catholic speakers who challenge each participant to grow in their Catholic faith, deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ and live up to the callings of a Catholic men, husbands and fathers.
Jason Murphy, one of the coordinators of the conference says, “We will be asking men, ‘What is in their life that is pulling them away from their duties as a Catholic Man? Is it work? Is it social media? Pornography? The phone or a need for connection? Themselves? What is keeping them from looking to Christ as St. John the Baptist did without all of the distractions and occasions of sin that the world, the flesh and the devil have laid in their path? We will be asking them to join us to get to the ‘Sacred Heart’ of the matter and put away ‘your old self’ and put on Christ and be the men, the fathers, and the husbands they have been called to be!’”
General admission cost is $35 per person in advance; $45 at the door. Knights of Columbus members and high school and college students’ cost is $30 per person. Clergy admission is free. Lunch is included with admission.
For more info
At www.catholicmenofthecarolinas.org: Find out more and register for the Catholic Men’s Conference