Diocese kicks off Fortnight for Freedom with June 21 talk

The Diocese of Corpus Christi will kickoff the Fortnight for Freedom on June 21 with a talk given by Ben Nguyen at St. Philip the Apostle entitled “Witness to Freedom: Faithful Citizenship in Today’s World.” The event begins at 7 p.m. 

 

The Fortnight for Freedom is an annual event sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and runs from June 21—the feast day of Sts. Thomas Mo re and John Fisher—through July 4, Independence Day. This year, we will look at the lives of more than 14 women and men of faith, from all over the world, who bear witness to authentic freedom in Christ.

This year, the conference will look at the lives of more than 14 women and men of faith, from all over the world, who bear witness to authentic freedom in Christ, among them the Little Sisters of the Poor, Coptic Martyrs, St. John the Baptist, Venerable Henriette Delille, Blessed Oscar Romero, Martyrs of Compiègne, Father John Baptist, SJ, Sts. Peter and Paul, Sts. Felicity and Perpetua, Blessed Miguel Pro, St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. Edith Stein and St. Kateri Tekakwitha.

 

For more information on the Fortnight for Freedom, in both English and Spanish, visit Fortnight For Freedom.