June 8, 2016

Lake Placid –  Registration is underway for INSPIRE: Called to Love, the diocesan Vocations Summit set for Sept. 25 at the Olympic Center Complex.

The free all-day conference features a keynote address by Bishop Robert Barron, the creator and host of the Catholicism series, as well as presentations by other internationally known Catholic speakers.

The purpose of the  Vocations Summit is to  celebrate the universal call to holiness and its manifestation in the vocations of Christian marriage and family life, the single state, the consecrated religious life, and the ordained priesthood and diaconate.

The doors open at 9 a.m., Bishop Terry R. LaValley will lead the opening prayer at 10:30 a.m. and Bishop Barron’s presentation will begin at 11.

Afternoon breakout sessions will feature George Weigel, biographer to Pope St. John Paul II; Jennifer Fulwiler, author and radio host;  and Bishop Christopher Coyne, Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, and Chairman of the USCCB Communications Committee.

The annual diocesan Youth Rally will be a component of the Vocations Summit; the youth will attend Bishop Barron’s keynote address and then participate in their breakout session and activities, joining at the conclusion of the day for Mass.

The summit will close with the celebration of Mass at 3:15 p.m.

Further information, the full schedule for the day and registration forms are available at www.inspirecalledtolove.org.