Bring your walking shoes and a bagged lunch to the third annual local Diocesan Walk for Life. The program will feature special guest speaker Franciscan Friar of the Immaculate Father Josemaria M. Barbin. This will be a prayer-filled day with a full agenda:
8:30 a.m. Registration at the Welcome Center Beginning at 9:00 a.m. Rosary for Life in the Church Keynote Speaker: Rev. Josemaria M. Barbin, F.I. in Conference Hall Holy Mass with Bishop Edgar Da Cunha, S.D.V., D.D. Bagged Lunch/Break Prayer Walk to Angell Park Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Confessions concluding by 2:30pm
This is a FREE event; interested persons are asked to register
More on Father Josemaria M. Barbin Inspired by the life and example of St. Maximilian Kolbe, he entered the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate in 2006. He went on to study philosophy and theology in Italy, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in theology from the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome. He was ordained to the sacred priesthood on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7, 2017, centenary of the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. As a friar, he currently serves as the Novice Master at the Marian Friary of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Griswold, CT. Fr. Josemaria has appeared on Pints of Aquinas with Matt Fradd and has numerous YouTube videos in which he speaks on various topics from Mariology, the spiritual life, and mental prayer. He has given numerous retreats to Catholic laity and student groups. He will speak on Marianizing the Pro-Life Movement.
For more information, please contact Grace Small, Family and Respect Life Coordinator – Secretariat for the New Evangelization, at gsmall@dioc-fr.org or 508-669-7966.
