Celebrants+and+Key+Note+Speaker+Information

= = =Opening Mass: Bishop Michael F. Burbidge=

In 1992 Fr. Burbidge was named Administrative Secretary to Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia, and served in that capacity until 1999. In 1998 he was made Honorary Prelate to His Holiness Pope John Paul II, with the title of Monsignor. Monsignor Burbidge was appointed Rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in 1999. In 2002 he was ordained an auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia. As auxiliary bishop, he oversaw the Office of the Vicar for Clergy and the Office of Communications. On June 8, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop Burbidge the fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Raleigh; he was installed in Raleigh on Aug. 4.

Bishop Burbidge spoke to North Carolina's Catholic educators at the opening Mass of their 2012 conference. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exXJ2TAvo-E

=Keynote Speaker: Monsignor Mauricio West=

Monsignor Mauricio West was ordained into the priesthood in 1979. He has served as Vice President for Student Affairs at Belmont Abbey College. He is currently the Vicar General-Chancellor for the Diocese of Charlotte.

= Friday Prayer Service: Bishop Peter Jugis =

A Charlotte native, Bishop Jugis is the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Charlotte. Ordained a priest in 1983 by Pope John Paul II, Bishop Jugis has served in parishes throughout the diocese. Under Bishop Jugis' guidance the diocese began holding the annual Eucharistic Congress in 2005.