FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact:
Kathy Schiffer
Director of Publicity and Special Events
Ave Maria Communications
Ave Maria Communications
Presents “Catholic Witness in a Nation Divided”
On Saturday, January 12, 2013, Ave Maria
Communications will offer a one-day conference “Catholic Witness in a Nation Divided” on the campus of Eastern Michigan
University. The conference will
address four areas of concern to Catholics following the 2012 election: religious liberty, the definition of marriage,
life issues, and immigration.
OPENING ADDRESS – Deal Hudson, President of the Pennsylvania
Catholics Network and former publisher of Crisis Magazine, will introduce the conference.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY - Gerry Bradley, professor of law at Notre Dame
University School of Law, will address the area of religious liberty. There will be a response and discussion by a panel
including Fr. Robert Sirico, president of the Acton Institute for the Study of
Religion and Liberty; Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel at the Thomas More Law
Center; and Robert Muise, expert in constitutional law at the American Freedom
Law Center.
DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE – William B. May, founder and president of
Catholics for the Common Good, will be the keynote speaker on marriage, with a
response from panelists Dr. Gregory Popcak, executive director of the Pastoral
Solutions Institute and host of More2life on Ave Maria Radio, and David Grobbel, associate
director of the Office of Marriage and Family Ministry in the Archdiocese of
Detroit.
PRO-LIFE ISSUES – The keynote presenter on Life issues will be
Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests For Life. Responding to his presentation will be panelists
Dr. Monica Miller, director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, and Teresa
Tomeo, host of Catholic Connection on Ave Maria Radio.
IMMIGRATION – Kevin Appleby, director of the Office of Migration Policy and
Public Affairs, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, will be the keynote
speaker on immigration. Fr. Robert Sirico,
president of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, will
respond.
CLOSING ADDRESS – Al Kresta, CEO of Ave Maria Communications and
host of the popular Kresta in the Afternoon on Ave Maria Radio, will moderate the panel
discussions and deliver the closing address.
The conference will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. in the Grand Ballroom in Eastern Michigan University’s Student Center,
located at 900 Oakwood Street, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197. The conference registration fee of $40 will
include lunch and free parking.
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