7/14/2019 Save the Date- Men's Conference 2019

Tucson Diocese Catholic Men's Conference 2019

When Save the Date for the Annual Men's Conference Saturday, November 2, 2019 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM MST November 2, 2019 Add to Calendar Diocesan Conference Center at Cathedral Square!

Where This year's theme is Diocesan Pastoral Center at STRENGTH IN NUMBERS Cathedral Square based on Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 192 S Stone Ave #2 Two are better than one,... If the one falls, the other Tucson, AZ 85701 will help the fallen one. But woe to the solitary person! If that one should fall, there is no other to help...Where one alone may be overcome, two can resist, a three ply cord is not easily broken.

Bishop Weisenburger will be welcoming all men and celebrating Mass with us!

We will have 2 keynotes: Fr. Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R.

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Father Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R., is a teacher, writer, and poet. Ordained a Redemptorist priest in 1980, he taught the history of moral theology and Christian spirituality at the Alphonsian Academy of 's Pontifical Lateran University for more than twenty years, reaching the rank of Ordinary Professor. In 2008 he was installed as the John Cardinal Krol Chair of Moral Theology as a scholar-in-residence at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He file:///C:/Users/pmrei/Documents/Bulletin items for Phyllis/2019 Bulletins--Vol 72/07.July.2019/Jul 21.Ordinary 16/Save the Date- Men's Conference 20… 1/3 7/14/2019 Save the Date- Men's Conference 2019 also serves as the Karl Rahner Professor of Catholic Theology at the Graduate Theological Foundation in Mishawaka, Indiana. Raised in Staten Island, New York, and educated there through high school in local Catholic schools, he graduated from Dartmouth College and went on to receive four master's degrees, as well as from Harvard University, the of St. Thomas, and the Graduate Theological Foundation. Billy is the author of numerous books and articles, both popular and scholarly.

Mr. Randy Cirner

Randall Cirner is a clinical counselor, author, and speaker who has been involved in Catholic ministry for over forty years in the US, Europe, Africa, America, and Asia. Randall has master's degrees in counseling and theology. In his private counseling practice, he specializes in marriage and family concerns and men's issues. He has taught theology at both the college and high school levels. His books include: Ten Weeks to a Better Marriage (coauthored with his wife, Therese); Transform Your Marriage; Whitewater, Bears, Dryflies and Other Ways God Speaks to Guys; and Deliverance from Evil Spirits: A Pastoral Approach (coauthored with Fr. Michael Scanlan). He and his wife Therese were married in 1969. They have five children and two grandchildren.

AMBASSADORS We are still in need of Ambassadors!! If you would like to:

be a focal point for your Parish get the latest updates on the conference and share it with all men at your parish give a short pulpit witness (if appropriate) lead the registration of men for your parish-- >goal is to beat last year's attendance from your parish by at least 10%

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We will be organizing ambassadors soon, so please get on board by emailing us at: [email protected]

Looking forward to seeing you and your friends, at the next Men's Conference!!

Your Brother in Christ,

Bill Breen 2019 Men's Conference Planning Committee [email protected]

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