It has been MONTHS since my last post. This "springtime daughter" has been stuck in a bit of a winter rut these last few months. During that time lots of blog post ideas and thoughts have been swirling around in my head and a few of them actually made it into draft form on my blog but are not complete by any means.
I realized that this level of procrastination is going to keep me from including an important event right around the corner that I wanted to tell all of you about and share with others.
There will be a "David Thorp Memorial Lecture" at Holy Family Parish in Concord, MA on Friday, November 11, 2011. All are welcome!
I have cut and paste the description from their website, www.holyfamilyconcord.org.
Friday, November 11, 7:30 PM David Thorp Memorial Lecture
Reverend Frank DeSiano, CSP Holy Family Church
In memory of David Thorp, who served this parish as Director of Faith Formation for a year and the larger
church for many decades, the parish is sponsoring Reverend Frank DeSiano CSP, director of Paulist
Evangelization Ministries, in a public lecture and reception. Fr. DeSiano’s talk is entitled Reconciliation In
Service To The Kingdom of God. About his talk, Father DeSiano writes: “Reconciliation, the restoration of
people with God and with each other, was at the heart of the ministry of Jesus. This gave powerful witness to the Kingdom of God. How can we, Jesus' followers, continue that powerful witness today?”
Frank DeSiano was ordained a Paulist priest in 1972. He has served as pastor of downtown parishes in bothNew York and Chicago. In 1990 he earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Boston University after
completing a thesis on parish-based evangelization. From 1988-1992 he served Washington, DC, forming
many parish evangelization teams and also serving on the US Bishops’ Committee on Evangelization. He also served as president of the Paulist Fathers and as first consultor. He has written numerous books and articles on evangelization and discipleship, the latest entitled, “Mission America: Challenges and Opportunities for Catholics Today.” He serves as President of Paulist Evangelization Ministries in Washington, DC.
