CMSWR Eucharistic Congress
September 11 and 12, 2009
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.
The Member Communities of the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious sing Psalm 116.
This year for the first time, Sisters from our community Sisters of Mary Mother of the Church will attend the Congress. The above video is from the 2004 Eucharistic Congress at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.
This year's Congress will consider:
The Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, the source and summit of enduring love, where Jesus Christ our Savior gives Himself totally as Bridegroom, uniting to himself His Spouse, the Church, in the perfect Sacrifice of love that brings to fulfillment the communion between God and His people.
The speakers will develop the theme "Sacrifice of Enduring Love" exploring the three vocations in depth — Priesthood, Religious Life, and Marriage.
In addition to displays by various religious congregations, a relic of the actual tilma of St. Juan Diego will be exhibited.
Everyone is Welcome. No Admission Fee
To those who cannot attend please pray for the fruits of this Eucharistic Congress.
For more information see website: http://www.cmswr.org/
The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR), headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a canonically approved organization founded in 1992 to promote religious life in the United States.
Congress Speakers:
His Eminence Justin Cardinal Rigali
Episcopal Liaison for the CMSWR
His Eminence Seán Cardinal O’Malley
Archbishop of Boston
Chair of the USCCB Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations
His Eminence Marc Cardinal Ouellet
Archbishop of Québec
Primate of Canada
Most Rev. Pietro Sambi
Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America
Most Rev. Donald W. Wuerl
Archbishop of Washington
Most Rev. Edwin F. O’Brien
Archbishop of Baltimore
Rev. Msgr. Eduardo Chávez
Postulator for the cause of canonization of St. Juan Diego
Rev. Bernard Murphy, CFR
Community Servant, Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
Rev. David L. Toups, STD
Associate Director, USCCB Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations
Rev. Thomas Rosica
CEO of Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation
Consultor to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
Sr. Maria del Cenaculo Perez, SSVM
Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara
Carl Anderson
Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
Mother Ann Marie Karlovic, OP
Prioress General, Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia of Nashville, Tennessee
Terry Polakovic
Executive Director of ENDOW
Laura Molla, daughter of St. Gianna Beretta Molla (1922-1962), and her husband Giuseppe Pannuti
Drs. J. David and Angela Franks
Cecilia Sone
Nurse practitioner
The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious has specified a particular prayer intention for the Eucharistic Congress:
For peace, in our hearts, within families, religious communities, parishes and dioceses, a peace born of an awakening to the power of the Eucharistic Presence.
