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September 23, 2015

Convening a 2016 vocations summit is one of the two goals of the diocesan priority, Creating a Culture of Vocation SummitVocations.

In an Aug. 15 letter to the priests of the diocese, Bishop Terry R. LaValley said, “the purpose of the summit is to remind God’s people of their universal call to holiness, and to provide both formation and encouragement in the living out, or discerning of God’s particular call for them.”

The summit, to be known as INSPIRE: Called to Love,  will be held Sept. 25, 2016, at the Olympic Arena in Lake Placid.

The slate of speakers follows:
• Bishop Robert Barron of Los Angeles, noted evangelist and creator/host of the Catholicism and the New Evangelization series, will give the keynote address;

•  George Weigel, official biographer of St. John Paul II, noted author, and Vatican analyst for NBC news, will lead the breakout session, Mission, Evangelization & Vocations;

• Jennifer Fulwiler, young Catholic evangelist, author, speaker and radio host will lead the breakout session, Promoting Vocations in a Francis World;

• Bishop Chris Coyne of Burlington, Vermont, the US Church’s most digitally-engaged bishop, will lead the breakout session, Ecclesial Spirituality and Vocations;

• Archbishop Paul-André Durocher of Gatineau, Quebec and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops will be the guest homilist at the Mass concluding the summit.

The bishops and people of the Dioceses of Albany, Burlington, Alexandria-Cornwall and Syracuse as well as the Archdiocese of Kingston, Ontario have been invited to participate in the summit. 

Further information will appear in upcoming issues of the North Country Catholic.

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