Later this month in the U.S. there will be a gathering near Franciscan University of Steubenville: the Catholic Identity Conference 2013.
Speakers will include editors, producers and columnists from The Remnant, Catholic Family News, The Angelus, Life Site News and Church Militant TV, as well as the director of development for the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter and other important presenters. Photos from last year's conference can be viewed on the FSSP's website here.
Mass will be offered each day -- Low Masses on Friday the 20th and Saturday 21st, and a Missa Cantata on Sunday the 22nd. Gregorian chant at the Sunday Mass will be sung by a men's schola from Franciscan University of Steubenville, which regularly sings at the traditional Latin Mass offered in the chapel there. (For those who know the history of the charismatic movement at this college, you will recognize this is a very welcome accomplishment of the Summorum Pontificum era.) The conference and Masses will be the second annual such lineup in Weirton, West Virginia.
Details for this month's conference can be found below and at The Remnant's website. One can register for the entire conference, or just a portion of it. Priests and religious are free. If attending, I hope to meet you there.
Catholic Identity Conference 2013
September 20-22, 2013 Come meet, listen and discuss Catholic Identity in the reign of Pope Francis with the foremost traditional Catholic thinkers in America
Speakers:
Christopher Ferrara
Michael Matt
John Rao
John Vennari
James Vogel
Michael Voris
John Henry Westin
Conference Location:Serbian American Cultural Center
1000 Collliers Way
Weirton WV 26062
Schedule:Friday Night:
September 20, 2012
6:00 p.m. Low Mass
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
229 California Ave
Weirton WV 26062
7:30 - 10:00pm
Cocktail Reception
with Hors d’oeuveres atSpeaker: Dr. John Rao
Author and Professor at
St. John University, New York City“Global Confusion and the Coming Catholic Resurgence”
Serbian American Cultural Center
1000 Collliers Way
Weirton WV 26062
Saturday Conference:
September 21, 2013
8:00 a.m.—9:00 a.m.—Low mass
St. Joseph Catholic Church
229 California Ave., Weirton, WV 26062
8:30 a.m.—9:30 a.m.
Serbian American Cultural Center
Registration
Coffee and Pastries provided9:30 a.m.
Speaker—Michael Matt,
Editor of The Remnant
"Bicker, Backbite and Bellyache: Devising a More Catholic Response to Universal Christophobia"
10:30 a.m.
Speaker—John Vennari,
Editor of the Catholic Family News
"Msgr. Joseph Clifford Fenton: Prophet Against the New Orientation"
11:30 LUNCH PROVIDED12:30 p.m.
Speaker - Michael VorisProducer - Church Militant TV
“Homosexuality in the Catholic Church”
2:00 p.m.
Christopher Ferrara
American Catholic Lawyers, Inc - President"Saint Thomas Wins Again: How Physicists Have Outsmarted Themselves
in the Search for An Alternative to God"
3:00 p.m.
Speaker—James Vogel,
Editor of The Angelus
"Status of the SSPX: A Doctrinal or Disciplinary Question""
Saturday Evening Dinner:September 21, 2013
5:00 p.m.—6:00 p.m.
Cocktail Reception
6:00p.m. DinnerPresentation by
Christopher Schulte
Knights of ColumbusMr. Schulte will give an update at the dinner on the Traditional Knights of Columbus project.
It's a national effort to unite K of C councils that support the Latin Mass.
Featured Speaker: Fr. Gregory Pendergraft
Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
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Sunday: September 22, 20127:30 a.m. - High Mass
Offered by Fr. Gregory Pendergraft
Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church
200 Preston Avenue
Weirton, WV 26062
9:00 a.m. – Coffee and Refreshments
Serbian American Cultural Center
1000 Colliers Way • Weirton WV 260629:30 a.m.
Speakers: Michael Matt & John Vennari
"Kings, Knights & Fathers: Whatever Happened to Catholic Men? "
10:30 a.m.
Speaker—John Henry Westin,
Editor in Chief - LifeSiteNews.com"How soon till blood? Growing Christian persecution in America"
