CHARLOTTE — All men of the Diocese of Charlotte are invited to the ninth annual Catholic Men’s Conference Saturday, March 16, featuring keynote speaker Doug Barry, founder of the Battle Ready Catholic apostolate.
Hosted at St. Patrick Cathedral and sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, the day-long men’s conference will also feature talks by Father Richard Sutter, parochial administrator of St. John the Evangelist Church in Waynesville, and Father David Miller, pastor of St. Dorothy Church in Lincolnton.
Mass and Eucharistic Adoration will be offered, and participants will have the opportunity to receive the sacrament of reconciliation. St. Patrick Cathedral is located at 1621 Dilworth Road East.
For details, go online to www.catholicmenofthecarolinas.org.
WINSTON-SALEM — St. Benedict the Moor Church celebrated African American History Month with a panel discussion Feb. 16 entitled “The African American Journey Through Prayer.”
Panelists were: Rev. Ronald E. Speas, pastor of New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church; Dr. Winston Bell, African and African American historian; Rev. Derwin Montgomery, pastor of First Calvary Baptist Church and state representative for the 72nd District; and Charles Osgi, St. Benedict the Moor parishioner.
The program director was Daisy Foster, the parish’s commission chair for evangelization.
— Gloria Wilson