Catholic conference planners cite reasons for men to attend

Submitted on March 13, 2008

Send to friendThe 2008 Catholic Men for Christ Conference will be held at Christian Brothers College High School in Town and Country Saturday, March 15. The first Catholic men’s event of its type in St. Louis will feature nationally known and local Catholic speakers. Matthew Jurotich, facilities coordinator for the conference, urged men to attend to "let the Holy Spirit move in your life so you can become a better person, a better father, a better man." He urged men to see www.catholicmenforchrist.org and answer the questions under "Why Attend." Auxiliary Bishop Robert Hermann said the conference is an opportunity for men to allow the Holy Spirit to change their lives forever. The conference will open with a Mass in the CBC chapel at 7 a.m., and end with Mass at 4:30 p.m. in the school gym celebrated by Archbishop Raymond L. Burke. Conference speakers include Deacon Alex Jones of the Archdiocese of Detroit, who before joining the Catholic Church was a longtime Pentecostal and evangelical minister; Father Jeffrey Vomund, pastor of St. Elizabeth Mother of John the Baptist Parish in North St. Louis; Ken Henderson, founder of True Knights, an organization to help Catholic men be "true leaders in their homes" and live lives dedicated to God; Father Mark Schulte, pastor of St. Aloysius Parish in Springfield, Ill.; and Hector Molina, director of the archdiocesan Office of the New Evangelization. The conference will have the Sacrament of Reconciliation, a eucharistic procession and healing service and the two Masses. For information and registration, see www.catholicmen forchrist.org or call Michael Page at (636) 346-3310.