Executive Discernment

11:00 AM

If you feel called to contribute to the future of the Frassati society, attend our discernment meeting to learn more!

	Philip Lenahan
	Catholic Answers Speaker
	Friday, October 14, 2005
	7:00 Talk – 6:30 Dinner

After years with an international accounting firm and as a financial executive in a Fortune 300 company, Phil chose to abandon the commercial marketplace to serve the Lord in an apostolate, becoming Executive Director of Catholic Answers. This was one of several steps he's taken to integrate his relationships with God, Church, family, money, and career. His Catholic faith and his professional experience combine to allow him to help families understand the principles of finance embedded in Scripture and the teachings of the Catholic Church. A frequent guest on Catholic radio and author of the book Catholic Answers Guide to Family Finances , Phil lives with his family in Temecula , California .

	Tim Staples
	Catholic Answers Apologist
	Friday, November 11, 2005
	7:00 Talk – 6:30 Dinner

Tim Staples was raised a Southern Baptist. Although he fell away from the faith of his childhood, Tim came back to faith in Christ during his late teen years through the witness of Christian televangelists. Soon after, Tim joined the Marine Corps. During his four-year tour, he became involved in ministry with various Assemblies of God communities. Immediately after his tour of duty, Tim enrolled in Jimmy Swaggart Bible College and became a youth minister in an Assembly of God community.

During his final year in the Marines, however, Tim met a Marine who really knew his faith and challenged Tim to study Catholicism from Catholic and historical sources. That encounter sparked a two-year search for the truth. Tim was determined to prove Catholicism wrong, but he ended up studying his way to the last place he thought he would ever end up: the Catholic Church!

He converted to Catholicism in 1988 and spent the following six years in formation for the priesthood, earning a degree in philosophy from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook, Pennsylvania . He then studied theology on a graduate level at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg , Maryland , for two years.

Realizing that his calling was not to the priesthood, Tim left the seminary in 1994 and has been working in Catholic apologetics and evangelization ever since.

Joan Houck Isaiah Ministries

6:30 pm Dinner

7:00 pm Talk

Joan Houck is an author, spiritual director, wife and mother of six children. She has a BA in Christian Culture from St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN, and an MA in Adult Christian Community Development from Regis University in Denver .

Over twenty-five years in church ministry has prepared her for her enthusiastic involvement as retreat director, Pre-marital FOCCUS Program Facilitator, teacher and speaker. Joan is co-author of Heart Basics , a video and workbook course that integrates Scripture, spiritual formation, daily living and the Catechism of the Catholic Church . It is a way to share her faith in God's life changing presence and power in our lives.

March for Life

March for Life 2006!!

The 33rd Annual March for Life event will take place in Washington, DC in January 2006 and the Frassati Society will be on hand to join the hundreds of thousands who march in celebration of life on the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Roe vs. Wade. Will you be there too? The Frassati-sponsored trip will leave Our Lady of Mount Carmel on Saturday evening January 21st and arrive back early on Tuesday morning January 24th. We’ll travel through the evening and spend one night in DC at the Harrington Hotel before marching on Monday and returning home. In addition to the March, the trip includes time for sight-seeing in our nation’s capital and a special visit to the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Financial assistance is available; please inquire with Dominic Petan at dominic.petan@frassati.org.

For more details... Download the Registration Form!

Register soon! The deadline was December 10th!! Email Dominic to see if any spots are still available.

Joseph Pearce

6:30 pm Dinner

7:00 pm Talk

Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

Frassati Society Fundraising Dinner, April 30, 2006

This is a dinner that is being held to benefit the Frassati Society. This will be held at the Ritz Charles in Carmel, Indiana.

The event begins at 6:00 PM and dress is business casual.

The dinner is free, however, we are asking for donations. Please RSVP to 317-846-3475.

More information can be obtained in the attached newsletter.

Father Denis Robinson, OSB, will begin the first of his series of talks on May 13, 2006 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Carmel, Indiana. Father Denis is a monk at St Meinrad Archabbey and is well known for speaking about today’s young adult Catholics. Mass will begin at 5:30 PM, Dinner at 6:30 PM and Presentation at 7 PM. Please read the attached newsletter for more information.

Father Denis Robinson, will give his second talk at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Carmel, Indiana. Please stay tuned for more information regarding this event.

The Frassati Society will hold its Annual Conference in Lafayette, Indiana. Events will be held at St Mary Cathedral. This year, housing will be provided at Cary Quadrangle on the Purdue University Campus. Our featured speakers include Jim Burnham, Father Denis Robinson, and Sister Mary Brigid (a Dominican Sister from Nashville, TN). Workshop sessions will also return this year. Please watch for registration information in your mail and on our website.

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