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Events Calendar

Memorial Mass for Pope Francis

Apr 27, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Bishop Edward Scharfenberger presides

Ordination

May 17, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Step Up Men's Conference

Aug 9, 2025, 8:15 AM – 4:00 PM

The Step Up Men's Conference will give men the tools needed to grow in holiness in their everyday lives.

Saturday, August 9, 2025
St. Edward the Confessor Church, Clifton Park

Details are forthcoming.
See the 2024 schedule below to get an idea of what the Conference entails.

Schedule of Events for 2024 Conference:

8:15 to 9 AM – Check-in / Registration / Reconciliation

Coffee / Tea / Water

9 AM – Welcome / Mass

10 AM – 10:20 AM – Break with snacks

10:20 AM – 11:00 AM - First Morning Presentation

Topic: The Biblical Vision of Manhood - Mike Gormley

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM – Break

11:20 AM – 12:15 PM – Second Morning Presentation

Topic: “What do you want me to do for you?” (Luke 18:41-42) - †Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger

12:15 PM – 1:15 PM – Lunch (Box Lunch & Water Included)

Reconciliation
Small Group Connections

1:15 to 2 PM – Afternoon Presentation

Topic: The Bonds of Brotherhood - Mike Gormley

2 PM to 2:20 PM – Break

2:20 PM – 3:20 PM – Adoration / Rosary / Sacrament of Reconciliation

3:30 PM: Closing Comments & Departure

Keynote Speakers

†Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger

https://www.rcda.org/about-us/bishop-edward-b-scharfenberger
Named by Pope Francis as the tenth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany in 2014
Bishop Scharfenberger serves as a Consultor to the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews
He also serves on the following committees and councils of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops:
- National Advisory Council, Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, Administrative Committee, Committee on Priorities and Plans, and Subcommittee on the Church Africa.

Michael "Gomer" Gormley

Mission Evangelist for Paradisus Dei
- https://www.layevangelist.com/about
Hosts two podcasts: Every Knee Shall Bow and Catching Foxes
Theology on Tap presenter
Steubenville Conference Speaker and Ave Maria Conference Host

Early Registration: $50 per person until July 31.

Regular Registration: $55 per person from August 1 to 9.

Day of Registration: $60 per person on-site.

College age and younger men are FREE, but need to register.

Questions? Contact: Tom Cronin at Thomas.Cronin@rcda.org

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