The 2009 Greenville Marian Conference
"Mary, Mother of the Eucharist" June 26th - 27th, Fri & Sat Peace Center for the Performing Arts Greenville, South Carolina
Most Reverend Robert E. Guglielmone will celebrate the 6 pm Mass on Saturday and deliver the homily. Bishop Guglielmone was installed as the 13th bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston on March 25th at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Fr. Mariusz Koch, C.F.R. was ordained for the Archdiocese of Newark in 1969 and has been a member of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal for over 12 years. He has an M.A. in Spiritual Theology from the Angelicum in Rome, Italy. His ministries have included post-abortion retreats, formation for brothers in temporary vows, and priests' retreats and spiritual direction, and ministries to youth and young adults. Fr. Koch regularly appears on EWTN as the host and facilitator of "The Eucharist" series.
Fr. Donald Kline is the Vocations Director for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix and is the pastor of St. Joan of Ark Catholic Church in Phoenix, Arizona. A priest for fourteen years and a Phoenix native, he is a highly sought after conference speaker who combines Catholic Apologetics with an infusion of humor. He will give the keynote conference address on Friday evening on “Mary and the Eucharist”.
Mother Assumpta Long, O.P. , Prioress General of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and one of the four founders of the Dominican community, will speak on Saturday afternoon. Mother Assumpta assisted John Cardinal O’Connor with the initial formation of the Sisters of Life in New York. She holds a S.T.L. in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. Three other Sisters of Mary will attend the conference, as well, and will be available to share information about the community's mission. The Dominican Sisters of Mary have teaching missions in South Carolina, Florida, Arizona, and California, and have grown to over 80 sisters in 12 years.
Marcus Grodi is a highly sought after speaker for Catholic conferences in the country. He serves as the President / Executive Director of The Coming Home Network International, a non-profit Catholic lay apostolate which helps those separated brethren, both clergy and laity, come home to the Catholic Church. He also hosts The Journey Home, a weekly live television program on EWTN. He has taught at the Franciscan University of Steubenville and the Pontifical College Josephinum, and writes a regular article for The Catholic Answer magazine.
Fr. Dwight Longenecker is another popular speaker and writer, and frequent guest on EWTN who will attend the conference as a presenter. Fr. Longenecker is a former Anglican priest who converted to the Catholic faith, and was ordained a Catholic priest for the Diocese of Charleston in December 2006. He currently serves as Chaplain to St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Greenville. He is a prolific writer and will speak on the subject of one of his books, “Praying the Rosary for Inner Healing.”
The Very Rev. Paul M. Williams, OFM, V.F., is Dean of the Midlands Deanery, a member of the College of Consultors, Vicar for African American Catholics, a member of the Diocesan Priests Personnel Board, and pastor of St. Martin de Porres Church in Columbia, SC., He is the diocesan representative advisor to the 2009 Greenville Marian conference, and will speak on “Mary’s Role In Our Salvation”.
Char Vance returns to the Greenville Marian Conference to witness to the profound events in her life and her conversion to Catholicism, after her well-publicized spiritual and physical healing. She witnesses throughout the world with her usual enthusiasm and excitement for Our Lord and His Mother. Her presentations are moving, faith-filled and humorous.
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