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About the Conference
The Growing and Living Conference will be a morning of renewal and evangelization for the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee. This year's theme, To Grow and Live in the Real Presence, is centered around the Eucharist.
Due to a variety of circumstances, the Growing & Living Conference will now be strictly virtual. It will still take place on Saturday, October 2, and will be live streamed from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. CT on the Diocesan Facebook and YouTube pages. Direct links to the presentations will be emailed to each participant in the days preceding the conference. There is no cost to register.Register Now!
Download the flyer here.Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
I want to extend a personal invitation to join us for the Growing and Living Conference — To Grow and Live in the Real Presence! It will be a virtual event held on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Bishop Felipe J. Estévez of the Diocese of St. Augustine, Florida, will present the keynote address in English.
Providing a virtual conference allows almost everyone in the diocese to participate. Please help me get the word out to both family and friends to invite them to this extraordinary conference on the Eucharist.
Sincerely Yours, in Christ's Peace,
Most Reverend William A. Wack, CSC
SPEAKERS
Bishop Felipe J. Estevez
English Keynote SpeakerBishop Felipe J. Estévez was born Feb. 5, 1946, in Havana, Cuba and arrived in the United States on an Operation Pedro Pan flight as a teenager.
He was ordained in 1970 and has done extensive studies in spiritual theology, earning a doctorate from Gregorian University in Rome. He is fluent in English, Spanish, French and Italian.
From 2001 to 2003, Bishop Estévez served as spiritual director of St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, Fla. where he served as rector from 1980 to 1986. He was the pastor of St. Agatha Parish in Miami for 14 years, while also directing campus ministry at Florida International University.
Appointed Auxiliary Bishop on Nov. 21, 2003, and ordained Jan. 7, 2004, he oversaw the archdiocese’s Ministry of Pastoral Services including family life, youth, campus, prison and respect life ministries, as well as all church movements and new communities.
In 2010, he was appointed Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Miami.
On April 27, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI named Auxiliary Bishop Felipe J. Estévez the tenth Bishop of St. Augustine. He was installed on June 2, 2011, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Jacksonville.
Bishop Estévez is the second of three children (Carlos and Marty) of the late Adriano and Estrella Estévez.
Bill and Peg White
Speaker
Bill and Peg White are Certified Relational Wisdom Instructors™ and certified Christian peacemakers helping people resolve all kinds of conflicts by using biblical principles and have given workshops across the diocese. Peg, An MSW social worker, served as operations director of Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen and its homeless shelter, Parent-Child Center and transitional housing program. Bill, currently a senior judge for the State of Florida who served Escambia County, practiced environmental, criminal and consumer law. Bill and Peg have been active in various ministries in the Church, especially in support of marriage and family life. Married in 1970, they have been blessed with a family of five children, their spouses and 22 grandchildren.