Midwest Catholic Family Conference

[blackiron1]

Hello:

I enjoy the Midwest Catholic Family Conference every year so I thought I would post this little blurb here. It is coming up again Aug 4 thru 6, 2017, Wichita KS.

http://www.catholicfamilyconference.org

God Bless

Edited April 9, 2017 by blackiron1
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[PhuturePriest]

I've gone to the Midwest Catholic Family Conference every year of my life since I was three. I'd quite honestly rather miss Christmas than the Conference.

If anyone is in the area and can go, I really recommend it. There's no other Catholic conference quite like it.

[havok579257]

i live in Kansas and was looking into this although am confused why they have a protestant band (mercy me) playing at a catholic event?

[PhuturePriest]

25 minutes ago, havok579257 said:

i live in Kansas and was looking into this although am confused why they have a protestant band (mercy me) playing at a catholic event?

What's wrong with that? It's not like they're giving a talk.

The speakers are always solid. The entertainment is usually Catholic, but there's nothing particularly wrong about having a Protestant band play innocuous Christian music.

[Amppax]

11 hours ago, PhuturePriest said:

What's wrong with that? It's not like they're giving a talk.

The speakers are always solid. The entertainment is usually Catholic, but there's nothing particularly wrong about having a Protestant band play innocuous Christian music.

 

No, obvi this is of the devil. Cancel the event.

[havok579257]

nothing inherently wrong with it, just confusing why they would not have a catholic band and instead choose a protestant band.

[PhuturePriest]

10 minutes ago, havok579257 said:

nothing inherently wrong with it, just confusing why they would not have a catholic band and instead choose a protestant band.

Plenty of reasons. This is their seventeenth year and they've had tons of different Catholic acts, and this is a much bigger band in the Christian world so it will attract more people to the event. In the end, this is an exorbitantly expensive event to put on, and a big band in the Christian world that happens to be protestant will bring in more people than Catholic Joe and his harmonica down the street.

It's not all about money, of course, which is why their speakers are always Catholic. But entertainment doesn't matter quite so much.

[Luigi]

These kinds of events are also perfect for some ecumenical outreach. Non-Catholics who attend Mass can't receive communion; Catholics can attend other Christian services, but it's not the same as Mass (with one or two exceptions).

But a family life conference, or a prayer service that's topic-focused, are perfect. Why not be a little bit inclusive and maybe build a bridge or two?