The Office for the Ongoing Formation for Priests convenes the presbyterate with the Bishop several times each year and assists priests, as a group and individually, in theological or personal growth and continuing education (e.g. such as planning a sabbatical).
Schedule
2017
- Presbyteral Day, Thursday, November 9, 2017 – Presenter: Fr. Michael Patella, OSB “The Gospel of Mark in a New Key?”
2018
- Convocation 2018 – January 15-18, 2018 – “How to Live Contemplative in Today’s World” St. Meinrad Retreat Center – Speaker: Fr. Michael Fisher
- Presbyteral Day, Thursday, May 3, 2018 – Presenter: Mr. Gregory Pierce “What DO Laypeople Want Anyway.
- Presbyteral Day, Tuesday, September 18, 2018 – Presenter: Deacon Keith Strohm “Raising the Dead – Pastoral Leadership in a Missionary Church”
- Priest Retreat, October 1-5, 2018 – Retreat Master – Msgr. John Canary
- Prebyteral Day, November 6, 2018 – Presenter: Fr. Thomas Thompson, Ph.D. SM, “Preaching the Marian Feasts”
2019
- Convocation 2019 – Presenter: Dr. Gina Hens-Piazza
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Presbyteral Day, Thursday, September 19, 2019 – Presenter: Bishop SHelton J. Fabre, DD, “Racism in American”
Director:
Rev. Anthony Shonis
Administrative Assistant:
Robin Tomes