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Hispanic Heritage Month and the Vatican Embassy C.A.L.L. and Hispanic Heritage Month at the Vatican Embassy
C.A.L.L. Retreat a Success Twenty five people from the Alamo City and all over the nation- including...  
Thanks C.A.L.L. would like to thank those Seminarians, clergy and religious who helped in making our experience an event to remember  
A Great Retreat C.A.L.L. members had an opportunity to spend extra time with the Archbishop and Cardinal O'Malley

Catholic Association of Latino Leaders

Catholic Association of Latino Leaders Bishop Joe Vazquez New Bishop of Austin

CALL is pleased to inform you that today, the papal nuncio, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, announced that CALL member Bishop Joe S. Vazquez, formerly the auxiliary bishop of the Galveston-Houston Diocese, is the new bishop of Austin, Texas. See the release below.

Our most sincere congratulations to Bishop Vasquez! Let us join together in prayer today for Bishop Vasquez and his new ministry.

Robert Aguirre,
President/CEO

Jose_Vasquez2Bishop Joe S. Vasquez Diocese of Austin, Texas POPE BENEDICT XVI NAMES AUXILIARY BISHOP JOE S. VASQUEZ AS BISHOP OF AUSTIN, TEXAS WASHINGTON—Pope Benedict XVI has named Auxiliary Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Galveston-Houston, 52, as bishop of Austin, Texas, succeeding Archbishop Gregory Aymond, who was named archbishop of New Orleans, June 12, 2009. The appointment was made public in Washington, January 26, by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Joe S. Vasquez was born in Stamford, Texas, July 9, 1957. He attended the University of St. Thomas in Houston, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in theology, and the Gregorian University, Rome, where he earned a licentiate in sacred theology. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of San Angelo, Texas in 1984. After ordination to the priesthood, Bishop Vasquez served for 12 years, 1985-1997, at St. Joseph Church in Fort Stockton, Texas, the first two years as parochial vicar and the last 10 as pastor. In 1997, he was named pastor of St. Joseph Church, San Angelo. In 2001, he was named auxiliary bishop of Galveston-Houston.

 

Archbishop Gomez Video

CALL's Episcopal Moderator, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, STD, serves as chairman of the bishops' Subcommittee on The Church in Latin America. You can view his Keep Faith appeal on You Tube at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5PFSDWG3RA

"As the scripture says, 'The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.' "  2 Corinthians 8:15

 

Forum at the Vatican

CALL is sponsoring a special forum at the Vatican in April 2010 - and you are invited! This is a highly unique event that promises to be as informative as it will be spiritually fulfilling. The group will be led by CALL’s Episcopal Moderator, His Excellency José H. Gomez, Archbishop of San Antonio, CALL Chairman Mario J. Paredes, and Robert B. Aguirre, President/CEO.

The primary accommodations will be Domus Sanctae Marthae (the cardinal’s House of the Conclave), located within the Vatican.

Forum briefings will be in the mornings on Wednesday through Saturday (April 7-10) with the following (tentatively):

v  Pontifical Council for the Laity;

v  Pontifical Council for the Family;

v  Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace; and,

v  Pontifical Council for Social Communications.

The purpose of these high level briefings will be to hear about the Vatican’s plans for, and views of, the Catholic Church in the United States. Additionally, it will be an opportunity for CALL to brief Vatican officials on the changing demographics and realities of the Church in the US, including the political reality of how Gospel values are constantly under attack in our everyday lives.

Meetings are also being scheduled with the Cardinal Secretariat of State, His Eminence Cardinal Tarzicio Bertone, as well as with the United States Ambassador to the Holy See, Dr. Miguel Diaz.

Daily tours or the Vatican, Rome and environs are also planned (optional).

Everyone is invited to join the Vatican Forum event, but space is limited and the deadline for sign-up is February 26. There is no registration fee for CALL members. Registration fee for non-CALL members is $250. Each person is to make their own travel arrangements, however lodging and optional tours will be handled through the CALL office. Click her for more information.

   

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