2015 Speakers Series ~ Sponsored by: Our Lady of Victory, Centerville;
Our Lady of the Assumption, Osterville; St. Anthony, East Falmouth;
and Christ the King, Mashpee
Presented at Christ the King Parish Hall, Mashpee, MA
Most Reverend Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., D.D. Bishop of Fall River
“The New Evangelization for the 21st Century”
We will take a look at the development of the concept of Evangelization from the Second Vatican Council to the present. Examine the meaning of Evangelization and discuss why it is everybody’s business. Take a look at what Evangelization has to do with each of us personally, with the mission of our parishes and the mission of the whole Church.
The Most Reverend Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V., was born and raised in Brazil. At the invitation of his religious superiors he arrived in the United States in 1978. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1982. On June 27, 2003, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Ucres and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark. He was ordained Bishop in Sacred Heart Cathedral Basilica, on September 3, 2003. He was appointed Bishop of Fall River on July 3, 2014 and installed on September 24, 2014.
Nationally, he served the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on the Church in Latin America; Committee on Migration; Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church; Sub- Committee on Pastoral Care of Migrants, Refugee and Travelers; Sub-Committee on Hispanic Affairs and as Episcopal Liaison to the Brazilian Apostolate.
Father Austin Fleming,
“Finding and Sharing Jesus On Line”
Pope Benedict called us to evangelize the "digital continent," the online universe where we communicate daily. How best do we bring the person and message of Jesus to the digital world? Does online spirituality satisfy too easily? How can the online presence of the Church draw people to our sanctuaries on Sunday mornings?
Fr. Austin Fleming is a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston, ordained in 1973. In addition to parish ministry, he served in campus ministry at the University of Notre Dame and at Northeastern University and Emerson College. He was also on the formation staff of Moreau Seminary at Notre Dame. He has served as a pastor for twenty-one years in Concord, Massachusetts, for ten years at Our Lady Help of Christians Parish and for the past eleven years at Holy Family Parish. He is the author of Preparing for Liturgy: a theology and spirituality and two smaller titles: A Prayerbook for Engaged Couples and Parish Weddings. For the past eight years he has written a daily blog on prayer, spirituality and the liturgy: A Concord Pastor Comments.
Most Reverend Robert Lynch, Bishop of St. Petersburg, Florida
“Three Popes: One Church.”
Bishop Lynch will reflect on the pontificates of Saint John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis. Three very different styles but serving the one Church.
The Most Reverend Robert Lynch, was born in Charleston, West Virginia in 1941. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Pontifical College Josephinum in Worthington, Ohio in May 1963 and his Master of Divinity degree from Pope John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, Massachusetts in May, 1978. That same month, he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Miami.
Bishop Lynch is known for his time spent as the General Secretary of the United States Catholic Conference (USCC) and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB). He was ordained a bishop and installed as the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of St. Petersburg on January 26, 1996.
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