SBC Conferences

This CAT talk will be at the Riverdale Senior Community Center, 57 Loy Avenue, in Riverdale. The talk will begin at 7:30 PM. For directions, see the Riverdale, New Jersey web site. For further information, contact Mr. William Budesheim, the event’s organizer, at 201-400-5000.

The talk is on a Wednesday, in special honor of Saint Joseph, patron and protector of the Universal Church, who is honored on Wednesdays.

Our first scheduled talk in Louisiana will be in Prairieville, near Baton Rouge. The talk is at a private home at 37091 Agnes Webb Ave., Prairieville, LA 70769. It begins at 7:30 PM.

For more information about this scheduled talk, please call 225-281-2713.

The talk in Orlando, Florida will be at seven o’clock in the evening, at the following address:

Knights of Columbus hall
1908 Silver Star rd.
Orlando, FL 32804

Contact: Michael Hamilton frfensocc@hotmail.com

The talk previously scheduled for Melbourne, FL, is now canceled.

On Sunday, February 15 (Sexagesima Sunday), the three-week Catholic America Tour will have its first stop in Saint Louis, MO. The talk is being hosted at a private home (5632 Potomac Street, St. Louis, 63139).

The time for the engagement will be about 12:00-12:30 PM. The brothers and most of the audience for the CAT talk will be going to the 10:00 High Mass (traditional rite) at Saint Francis de Sales Oratory. The exact starting time for the talk will depend on the length of that Mass, celebrated at an historical church famous for its beautiful ceremonies.

Other engagements are being organized now.

Anyone and everyone! This is not a talk with a limited interest. Traditionalists, Conservatives, and Liberals; Catholics and non-Catholics; young and old; friends of Saint Benedict Center and critics of Saint Benedict Center: All are welcome. This is an outreach to help spread the Faith in America; it is not the closed session of a private club.

Brother André Marie’s talk, “Toward a Catholic America: History, Goals, and Methods,” is a multifaceted presentation on the Church in America. It is instructional, motivational, and practical.

Treating of American Catholic history, it places a special emphasis on some of the saints and other heroic apostles who labored to Catholicize our land. Listeners are motivated to “stand on the shoulders” of the “giants” who came before them. The talk finishes up with some concrete methods to help the faithful engage in this labor.

The talk varies quite a bit, based on location. For instance, in Wisconsin, there was a focus on some of the missionaries who evangelized the Badger State. A talk in Boston might focus more on Orestes Brownson or Father John Thayer; Kentucky might present an opportunity to discuss Father Charles Nerinckx; Chicagoans would hear of Father Arnold Damen; etc.

The emphasis is to encourage and instruct the faithful in our great task of making America Catholic.

We hope so. To keep posted, check this site at regular intervals or, better yet, sign up for the Ad Rem mailing list (on the front page of our main site). Regular supporters on our USPS mailing list will be notified by first-class mail if a road trip is coming their way.

We have prepared a checklist to answer that question.

The stops are being arranged now. The most certain way to find out is to call our office and speak to Mr. Russell LaPlume (603-239-6485 or rlp@catholicism.org).

If you live on or near the route we are traveling, it is very simple. All you have to do is —

• Arrange a tentative time by contacting Mr. Russell LaPlume in our office (603-239-6485 or rlp@catholicism.org). Mr. LaPlume will help step you through what has to be done.
• Arrange a location for the talk. This can be a parish hall, K of C facility, VFW Hall, local public library, college or school hall, or even a private home (as long as there is at least a small crowd of interested persons). Many of the above locales are inexpensive or even free, depending on your access; call around to find out.
• Advertise it however you can, grassroots style (e.g., word of mouth, phone tree, simple flyers, telling your pastor or chaplain).
• Finalize the details of time and place with Mr. LaPlume so we can book it and announce it on this web site.