PRESS
RELEASE:
Catholic Author and TV
Personality to Speak
at St. Miscellaneous
Parish, Nov. 14
YOUR
CITY (DATE) — Best-selling author and EWTN
television host Patrick Madrid will visit St. Miscellaneous Catholic Church
in (CITY) on Nov. 14 to present a seminar on the biblical
and historical foundations of the Catholic Faith.
The seminar, entitled
("SEMINAR TOPIC"), is billed as "an informative presentation
aimed at showing how the Bible, current events, and the
facts of Christian history can answer common questions and
challenges to the Catholic Church, its teachings, and
practices."
The event will begin at 7
p.m. and is open to the public. Admission is free.
"Apologetics" is a term in Catholic
theology which refers to the process of explaining
the Catholic Faith and answering questions and objections
in a charitable and respectful way.
Catholics regard verses such as 1 Peter
3:15-16 and Jude 3 as biblical exhortations to engage in apologetics
discussions with non-Catholics.
After an intermission for
refreshments and a book signing by Mr. Madrid, who will have
many of his books, DVDs, and CDs available, a lively
question-and-answer session with extended
audience participation will follow the presentation.
Apologetics has been present in the
Catholic Church since the days of the New Testament. Some
prominent Catholic apologists include St.
Paul, Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas,
Francis de Sales, and John Henry Newman. The field
of Catholic apologetics and evangelization has experienced
a strong resurgence, especially among lay Catholics in the
United States, in the last decade.
Patrick
Madrid edits the award-winning
Envoy magazine (envoymagazine.com), a print and
online Catholic
journal of apologetics and evangelization. He is is the
author of twelve books on Catholic themes including,
Pope Fiction, Search and Rescue, Does the
Bible Really Say That? and the multi-volume Surprised
by Truth series, with a combined total of 400,000 copies
in print.
Mr.
Madrid earned a bachelor of science degree in business management,
has done advanced studies in theology at the University of
Dallas, and is completing a master's degree in theology at
the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio. He and
his wife Nancy have eleven children.
In
addition to his work as an author,
Madrid is the
host of four EWTN television and radio series: “Pope
Fiction,” “The
Truth About Scripture and Tradition,” "Where Is That In
the Bible?" and “Search
and Rescue,” and is the host of the Thursday edition of
EWTN Radio's “Open Line” radio broadcast.
At the invitation of
numerous bishops and
priests, he has conducted hundreds of apologetics
and evangelization conferences in English and Spanish at
parishes, seminaries, and universities across the U.S., as well as throughout
Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He is a regular presenter
at
Franciscan University of Steubenville’s "Defending
the Faith" summer conferences.
Cardinal
Edward Egan, Archbishop of New York, recently commented
on Mr. Madrid's unique and effective approach to Catholic
apologetics and evangelization saying, "How do you
bring a friend or relative back into the Church? First you
pray. Then, you follow Patrick Madrid's advice in [his book]
Search and Rescue."
For
more information on the (DATE GOES HERE) seminar at
(PARISH NAME GOES HERE), please call 1-111-1111 or visit
Madrid's website
at
www.patrickmadrid.com.
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