Florida Respect Life Conference

You are invited to attend the 2019 Statewide Florida Respect Life Conference “In the Heart of Our Mother” in lovely St. Augustine. National and state speakers will inspire and educate you with their expertise, sharing powerful fact-filled lectures that will lead us to a nurturing love which we can bring to others, creating a Culture of Life.

Click here to read more or to register. For more information, contact moliver@dosafl.com or call 904.262.3200.

 


Featured Speakers:

• Bishop Felipe J. Estévez, Diocese of St. Augustine
• Bishop William Wack, Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee
• Star Parker, founder and president for CURE (Center for Urban Renewal and Education)
• Vincent Rue, Ph.D., co-director of the Alliance for Post-Abortion Research and Trauma; and founder of the Institute for Pregnancy Loss
• Father Leonard Chuwa, AJ, BCC, Ph.D., Systems Director of Formation & Ethics, St. Vincent’s Medical Center
• Father Hugh Gillespie, S.M.M., retreat master for Monfortian Retreats
• Robert Raspa, M.D., family medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center
• Mary Soha, M.D., pediatrician, author, vice-postulator for the cause of Antonion Cuipa and companions, the Martyrs of La Florida
• Tracy Windsor, Be Not Afraid (BNA) program for families after a difficult prenatal diagnosis
• Ingrid Delgado, associate director for social concerns/respect life for the Florida Catholic Conference of Bishops 
• Ron Wright, Jr., exonerated death row survivor, member of Witness to Innocence
• Modesto Sanchez-Torres, M.D., diagnostic radiologist chief of Florida Medical Center
• Megan Almon, youth educator, Life Training Institute
• Ruby Peters, Catholic Charities Bureau social justice liaison for the Diocese of St. Augustine, Northeast Florida Human Trafficking Coalition ambassador

Sponsored by:
The Florida Catholic Conference State Pro-Life Coordinating Committee

Hosted by:
The Diocese of St. Augustine  

Questions?
Contact the Office of Human Life and Dignity, Diocese of St. Augustine, moliver@dosafl.com or call 904.262.3200 ext.159

Registration deadline:
September 20 (for conference and hotel)

 

SCHEDULE

• Friday, October 11,  at the Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche
  • 5 p.m. – Dinner on your own
  • 5:30 p.m. – Registration is open
  • 7 p.m. – Mass with Bishop William Wack, CSC
  • 8 p.m. – Dr. Mary Soha, "In the Heart of Our Mother"
  • 8:45 p.m. – Closing prayer
• Saturday, October 12, at St. Anastasia Catholic Church, St. Enda of Aran Formation Center
  • 7:30-8 a.m. – Registration and Breakfast
  • 9 a.m. – Track 1: Bishop William Wack, CSC, Bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee
  • 10 a.m. – Track 2a: Robert Raspa, M.D., "The Pill Reversal" & Modesto Sanchez-Torres, M.D., "The Ultrasound – Window to the Womb"
  • 10 a.m. – Track 2b: Ron Wright, "Capital Punishment"
  • 11 a.m. – Track 3: Vincent Rue, Ph.D., "Post Abortion Healing"
  • 11:45 a.m. – Becky Jarboe, Confraternity of Our Lady of La Leche
  • 12 p.m. – Lunch and displays
  • 1 p.m. – Track 4: Star Parker, Director of CURE (Center for Urban Renewal and Education)
  • 2 p.m. – Track 5: Rev. Leonard Chuwa, System Director of Formation and Ethics, St. Vincent's Hospital
  • 2:45 p.m. – Ingrid Delgado, FCCB Assoc. Dir. of Social Concerns & Respect for Life
  • 3 p.m. – Track 6a: Tracy Windsor, Founder of Be Not Afraid program
  • 3 p.m. – Track 6b: Human Trafficking
  • 4 p.m – Mass with Bishop Felipe Estévez, Marion Consecration, Fr. Gillespie
  • 6:30 p.m. – Dinner, M.C. Michael Sheedy, Exec. Director of FCCB, Fr. Gillespie, S.M.M., Respect Life Volunteer of the Year awards
  • 9 p.m. – Closing

Youth event:
Respect Life Leadership training will be held Saturday, 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m. (4 p.m. Mass) at the St. Anastasia campus in St. Anthony Parish Hall. Lunch and dinner is served, featuring a concert by Sean Forrest (Haiti 180). All teens are welcome to attend.

Conference Sites:
Friday night
The Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche at Mission Nombre de Dios
101 San Marco Avenue
St. Augustine, FL 32084

Saturday
St. Anastasia Catholic Church
5205 A1A South
St. Augustine, FL 32080

Youth Event
St. Anastasia Catholic Church at the St. Anthony Parish Hall


Hotel Options:
Please make your own room reservations with your hotel. Ask for the Respect Life Conference room block.

Guy Harvey Resort (2 miles from St. Anastasia Catholic Church)
860 A1A Beach Blvd.
St. Augustine Beach, FL 32080
904-461-2555, $139 per night

The Ponce St. Augustine Hotel (near the Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche)
1111 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd.
St. Augustine, FL 32084
904-824-5554, $99 per night

Click here to read more or to register. For more information, contact moliver@dosafl.com or call 904.262.3200.