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Catholic Education Foundation Seminar 2024: The Role of the Priest in Today’s Catholic School

July 16-July 18, 2024, at Athenaeum of Ohio (the Seminary of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati)

Fr Peter Stravinskas of the Catholic Education Foundation is once again offering this excellent three-day seminar, intended primarily for bishops, priests and seminarians entiltledThe Role of the Priest in Today’s Catholic School .

For further information: call 732-903-5213 or email fstravinskas@hotmail.com.

For whom?          Clergy who are pastors, parochial vicars, or those directly involved in the elementary or secondary school apostolate (or who wish to be) – as well as seminarians.

When?                  From 4:00 p.m., July 16 to 4:00 p.m., July 18, 2024

Where?                 Athenaeum of Ohio (Seminary of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati)
(a twenty-minute ride from Cincinnati Airport)

The Team? 

  •  Rev. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D. (President, CEF)

  • Michael Acquilano (Chief Operating Officer, Diocese of Charleston)

  • Rev. Patrick Armano (Chaplain & Teacher, Austin Prep, Archdiocese of Boston)

  • Rev. John Belmonte, SJ (Superintendent of Schools, Diocese of Venice)

  • Most Rev. Thomas Daly (Bishop of Spokane; Chairman, USCCB Committee on Education)

  • Rev. Michael Davis (Pastor, Archdiocese of Miami)

  • Mary Pat Donoghue (Executive Director, Secretariat of Catholic Education, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)

  • Brian Dorrian (Founding Chairman, Philosophy Department, Charlotte Catholic High School)

  • Mother Chiara Thérèse Jacobson, AFL (Montessori Specialist)

  • Kevin Kijewski, JD (Former Superintendent of Schools, Archdiocese of Detroit)

  • Rev. James Kuroly, EdD. (President/Rector, Cathedral Prep, Brooklyn)

  • Dr. Gregory Monroe (Superintendent of Schools, Diocese of Charlotte)

  • Rev. Christopher Peschel (Pastor & Central School Board, Diocese of Fall River)

  • Rev. Msgr. Sal Pilato (Pastor/Former Superintendent of High Schools, Archdiocese of Los Angeles)

  • Kathleen Pluth (Artist-in-Residence, Corpus Christi Monastery, Bronx, NY)

  • Brother Owen Sadlier, OSF (Professor of Philosophy, St. Joseph Seminary, Archdiocese of New York)

  • Rev. Msgr. Joseph Schaedel (Pastor, Archdiocese of Indianapolis)

  • Rev. Robert Sirico (Co-founder/President Emeritus, Acton Institute)

  • Lincoln Synder(President, National Catholic Educational Association)

 How much? $700 (all-inclusive); $650 for registrations before May 31

For further information: call 732-903-5213 or email fstravinskas@hotmail.com.

The Sermon on the Mount by Ivan Makarov, 19th century Russian

CEF – convinced by history and the present reality – believes that the viability of our Catholic schools is largely dependent on the support and involvement of our priests.  Our seminar will include workshops dealing with the following topics:

•    Conciliar and Papal Teaching on Catholic Education

•    The History of Catholic Education in the United States

•    The Priest’s Presence in the School Community (Students, Faculty,
Administration, Parents)

•    The Priest as the Public Relations Man of the School

•    Financial Concerns

•    Models of Governance and Best Practices

For further information: call 732-903-5213 or email fstravinskas@hotmail.com.