Bishop's Letter

My dear friends in Christ,
 
It is a joy for me to invite you to the Diocese of Worcester and to St. Joseph School in Webster, MA for the Worcester Catholic Women's Conference, 2021.  The conference will offer you the privileged opportunity to learn more about your Catholic faith and the teachings of our beloved Church in the company of other Catholic women who in many ways and in different life-circumstances try to put their faith into action.

Our conference speakers will be religious and laity who have contributed to the life of the Catholic Church in important ways and are uniquely suited for this year's topic- Joan Up with the Armor of God.  Sr. Deirdre Bryne is a reitired colonel of the United States Army where she served as surgeon to the troops and then went on to work as a missionary with the Little Workers of the Sacred Heart. Father David Gunter has a powerful reversion story from being addicted to drugs to becoming a parish priest and then a Marion Father of the Immaculate Conception. Jesse Romero is a retired Los Angeles police officer who is now an award winning bilingual Catholic lay evangelist. Mary Rice Hasson, among other roles, directs the Catholic Women's Forum, a network of Catholic professional women and authors seeking to amplify the voice of Catholic women in support of human dignity, authentic freedom, and Catholic social teaching. Each of these distinguished speakers will provide an opportunity to grow in knowledge and commitment to the Gospel and the life of the Church.
 
I look forward to greeting you at the Worcester Catholic Women's Conference on September 11, 2021.
 
With every prayerful best wish, I remain

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Most Reverend Robert J. McManus
Bishop of Worcester