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June 11th Breakfast - Bishop Randolph Calvo
Please register online for the June 11th breakfast with Bishop Randolph Calvo. The breakfast begins, as always, at 7 am at the Silver Legacy.
Randolph Roque Calvo was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as the seventh Bishop of Reno on December 23, 2005. Bishop Calvo was born on August 28, 1950, in Agaña, Guam. As a child, he moved with his family to San Francisco where he attended elementary school. He completed his clerical formation at Saint Joseph College Seminary in Mountain View, California, and at Saint Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California. Shortly thereafter, he earned a doctorate in canon law at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas (Angelicum) in Rome. He was ordained to the presbyterate on May 21, 1977 for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and served as parochial vicar at Holy Name Parish in San Francisco (1977 - 1979) and at Saint Pius Parish in Redwood City (1979 - 1982). From 1982 to 1986, he studied canon law in Rome. He served as Vice Judicial Vicar for the San Francisco archdiocese (1986 -1987) and then as Judicial Vicar (1987 - 1997). In 1997, he was appointed as Pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Redwood City, California. He also taught canon law at Saint Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park. His episcopal ordination and installation was February 17, 2006 in Reno, Nevada.
May 14, 2009 Bobby Schindler
Brother of Terri Schiavo and founder of Terri Schindler - Schiavo Foundation details the pain of losing his sister and his battle to make sure this cannot happen again in the United States of America.<< MORE >>
April 16, 2009 Charles Baird, Ph.D
Charles Baird, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Economics at CSU, East Bay will give us a talk on the abuse of language in American politics.Much political discourse in America is complicated by the fact that people do not agree on the meaning of several terms. In any given discussion two people can mean different things by the same words. Thus they talk past each other rather than cooperatively with each other. Among the terms of confusion Dr. Baird will discuss are: liberal, conservative, rights, freedom, equality, greed, self-interest, democracy, totalitarian, and authoritarian.
The problem is that in each case the meanings people use are not only different, they are contradictory. Along the way he will show that the issue of freedom of conscience of physicians in the abortion debate is one example of such semantic contradiction.
A Novena to Terri's Day
A message from Fr. Frank Pavone:
On Monday, March 23, Priests for Life will launch a prayer novena in remembrance of Terri Schiavo, the brain-injured woman who was killed in Florida in 2005 by being deprived of all food and water. We invite you to join this novena by going to priestsforlife.org and downloading the special prayer we have prepared. The prayer reminds us that life is always a good, even when beset by disability ,and that it is precisely in its vulnerability that life shows forth the glory of God.
The novena concludes on March 31, the date of Terri’s death, and a day that has been designated as the International Day of Remembrance of Terri Schiavo and all the Vulnerable. Please join our novena, at priestsforlife.org, and invite your parish, school, pro-life group and family to take part in it.
On Monday, March 23, Priests for Life will launch a prayer novena in remembrance of Terri Schiavo, the brain-injured woman who was killed in Florida in 2005 by being deprived of all food and water. We invite you to join this novena by going to priestsforlife.org and downloading the special prayer we have prepared. The prayer reminds us that life is always a good, even when beset by disability ,and that it is precisely in its vulnerability that life shows forth the glory of God.
The novena concludes on March 31, the date of Terri’s death, and a day that has been designated as the International Day of Remembrance of Terri Schiavo and all the Vulnerable. Please join our novena, at priestsforlife.org, and invite your parish, school, pro-life group and family to take part in it.
New Terri Schiavo Documentary Gives Facts Media Distorted in Euthanasia Death
A new documentary about the life and death of Terri Schiavo presents facts that the mainstream media distorted. Schiavo was killed in a painful starvation and dehydration euthanasia death over the course of nearly two weeks when her former husband won a court order to kill her.
Read More at LifeNews.com
Read More at LifeNews.com
2008-09 Speakers
Introducing our speakers for 2008-09:
September 11, 2008 - John Martignoni
October 9, 2008 - Mike Romano
November 13, 2008 - Dale Ahlquist
January 15, 2009 - Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse
February 12, 2009 - Richard Lane
March 12, 2009 - Ben Loop
April 16, 2009 - Doug Sherman
June 11, 2009 - Bishop Randolph Calvo
September 11, 2008 - John Martignoni
Our season begins with the host of EWTN Open Line
and the founder of the Bible Christian Society speaking
on “The Challenge of Being Catholic.”
October 9, 2008 - Mike Romano
Impressionist and stand-up comedian turned EWTN
radio producer uses humor to tell his conversion
story. Ask for Fr. Frank Pavone!
November 13, 2008 - Dale Ahlquist
President of American Chesterton Society returns to
Reno to present G.K. Chesterton’s thoughts on the
economy, business, and the workplace.
January 15, 2009 - Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse
Founder of “Your Coach for the Culture Wars” outlines
the direct and indirect negative impacts of the
culture wars on your business and how to fight back!
February 12, 2009 - Richard Lane
Catholic evangelist, co-founder of Qorban
Ministries, (and son of NFL legend Dick “Night Train”
Lane) asks “Do you know what you have?”
March 12, 2009 - Ben Loop
Executive from Siemens Medical Solutions provides a
Catholic perspective on Just Pricing and Wages in a
free market economy. Take a modern look at Pope
Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum.
April 16, 2009 - Doug Sherman
Come show your support as the founder and presidentMay 14, 2009 - Bobby Schindler
of Immaculate Heart Radio gives an update on
Catholic Radio in the West!
Brother of Terri Schiavo and founder of Terri
Schindler - Schiavo Foundation details the pain of losing
his sister and his battle to make sure this cannot
happen again in the United States of America.
June 11, 2009 - Bishop Randolph Calvo
Bishop of the Diocese of Reno (and canon lawyer)
speaks to the group for his fourth annual State of the
Diocese discussion.
Economic Justice
Our speaker this morning outlined ten social precepts gleaned from the Catholic Church's documents on economic justice. Below are the goals Ben listed:
1) A just wage, which provides for the necessities of life, education for the children, savings for security in old age and hardship, and one which does not require that both parents be employed to supply for the family's needs;
2) Unemployment benefits to provide for times of insecurity and hardship;
3) Restraint in material consumption to enable us to assist the poor. The Church also exhorts companies and the media to exercise restrain, and not to ...<< MORE >>
1) A just wage, which provides for the necessities of life, education for the children, savings for security in old age and hardship, and one which does not require that both parents be employed to supply for the family's needs;
2) Unemployment benefits to provide for times of insecurity and hardship;
3) Restraint in material consumption to enable us to assist the poor. The Church also exhorts companies and the media to exercise restrain, and not to ...<< MORE >>
March 12, 2009 Ben Loop
Have you ever experienced conflicts between your responsibilities to your business and your duties as a Catholic?
Do you sometimes wonder if the economically rational choice is the right choice?
Do our actions as leaders in business enhance or detract from the Church’s vision for a just society?
This presentation explores the relationship between faith and commerce in free market conditions, drawing upon Catholic social teaching as expressed in Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical, Rerum Novarum.
In preparation for next month's meeting with Ben Loop, you might want to read Pope Leo XIII's encyclical Rerum Novarum or "On Capital and Labor."
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Rerum Novarum
In preparation for next month's meeting with Ben Loop, you might want to read Pope Leo XIII's encyclical "Rerum Novarum" or "On Capital and Labor."