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)
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.