On Thursday, December 8 at 6:30 p.m. St. Monica hosted an event with our friend and parishioner Maria Shriver for her Architects of Change Live series featuring Mark K. Shriver for a conversation about his book, Pilgrimage: My Search for the Real Pope Francis.
This amazing book is available in our Holy Grounds bookstore or by clicking here.
In Pilgrimage: My search for the Real Pope Francis, Mark Shriver retraces Francis’s personal journey, revealing the origins of his open, unpretentious style and explaining how it revitalized Shriver’s own faith and renewed his commitment to the Church. To help us understand how Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis, Shriver travels to Bergoglio’s native Argentina to meet with the people who knew him as a child, as a young Jesuit priest, and as a reformist bishop. Shriver visits the confessional where Bergoglio first felt called to a faith-based life and takes us to the humble parish where the future pontiff’s pastoral career began: in a church created from a converted vegetable shed in an area just outside the city of Buenos Aires. In these impoverished surroundings, Bergoglio answered Christ’s call to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and shelter the homeless, following the example set by his papal namesake, St. Francis of Assisi.
In this deeply reported yet highly personal book, Mark K. Shriver explores how Francis's commitment has struck a chord in the hearts of millions who long to make faith, love, humility, and mercy part of their lives as they go out into the world to serve and learn from the most marginalized.
Mon-Sat 12:10p - Livestream
Mon, Wed & Fri 8a - Outdoors on Duval Patio
Sat Vigil 3:30p - Outdoors on Hilton School Yard Lawn
Sun 9:30a & 5:30p - Livestream
Sun 11a - Outdoor Communion Procession
Sun 3:30p - Outdoors on Hilton School Yard Lawn
Mon-Fri 5:30-6:30p
Please arrive by 6p.
Sat 2:30-3:00p
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