Vatican To Send Greetings To 3rd Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
Apostolic Nuncio Brings Message to Washington Gathering
Washington, D.C. – The National Catholic Prayer Breakfast is pleased to announce that Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, will be attending the breakfast on Friday, April 7th to deliver a special greeting from the Vatican.
George W. Bush will be the special guest and is delivering remarks to the 3rd Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast.
Mass will be held Thursday evening, April 6 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Cathedral with His Eminence Theodore Cardinal McCarrick serving as principal celebrant and homilist. Mass will be followed by an evening reception.
The prayer breakfast will be held the following morning at the Hilton Washington Hotel beginning at 7:00 a.m. on April 7. The keynote speaker at the breakfast will be His Excellency Robert Morlino, Bishop of the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin.
EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo and Fr. Neil McDermott, O.P., who is responsible for reconstruction of Catholic schools in the New Orleans area, will also speak. Catholic Theologian Scott Hahn and Fr. Benedict Groeschel will give a talk following the breakfast.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday, April 6 6:30 p.m.
Mass at St. Matthew’s Cathedral
1725 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington
Followed by reception
Friday, April 7 7:00 a.m.
Breakfast at Hilton Washington
1919 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Followed by educational program
Other notable attendees will include Senators Sam Brownback, John Cornyn, Rick Santorum, and Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Jim Nicholson.
The annual event was created in 2004 in response to beloved Pope John Paul II’s appeal for a “New Evangelization,” and is a way to spread the Word of the Gospel.
For more information or a detailed schedule, log onto www.catholicprayerbreakfast.com.
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