Render unto Caesar: Defending Life in the Public Square

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Render Unto Caesar: Defending Life in the Public Square

conference to train and activate grassroots citizens to become involved in defending life in the public square

Hear from experts in the field. Learn to make a difference in the upcoming Texas Legislative Session. Learn what the Church teaches about civic involvement and why you should be involved.

Saturday, July 17, 2010
St. Ann Catholic Church
180 Samuel Boulevard
Coppell, TX 75019
9:00 am - 4:30 pm

5:00 pm Vigil Mass at St. Ann Catholic Church

Early registration is now closed. You may register at the door for $25.00 per person or $35.00 per couple, which includes a continental breakfast and lunch. Conference materials will be available in limited supply for day-of registrants, and may be delivered after the conference for an additional $5.00 in shipping and handling.

Please note: This conference is completely non-partisan, with neither endorsement of nor opposition to political parties or any candidate running for public office.

Hear from Pope Benedict XVI as to the reason why:

"If the Church were to start transforming herself into a directly political subject, she would do less, not more, for the poor and for justice, because she would lose her independence and her moral authority, identifying herself with a single political path and with debatable partisan positions. The Church is the advocate of justice and of the poor, precisely because she does not identify with politicians nor with partisan interests. Only by remaining independent can she teach the great criteria and inalienable values, guide consciences and offer a life choice that goes beyond the political sphere. To form consciences, to be the advocate of justice and truth, to educate in individual and political virtues: that is the fundamental vocation of the Church in this area. And lay Catholics must be aware of their responsibilities in public life; they must be present in the formation of the necessary consensus and in opposition to injustice."

- Opening address of the 5th General Conference of the Episcopate of Latin America and the Caribbean, May 13, 2007.

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