Catholic Women’s Convention is Oct. 16-18 at Island House

Catholic Women’s Convention is Oct. 16-18 at Island House

By Sally McKinney
The 81st Annual Convention of the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women of Mobile (ACCW) will be held Oct. 16 to Oct. 18 at the Island House Hotel in Orange Beach. This year’s theme is “Casting Nets of Mercy” to coincide with Pope Francis’ Year of Mercy that has been an invitation to love, kindness, and unbounded generosity. 
The Banquet speaker is Hector Molina, an internationally renowned lay Catholic speaker and evangelist who has been engaged in professional full-time ministry and evangelization for more than 25 years. He is evangelist and CEO of Casting Nets, a non-profit lay ministry that conducts dynamic and highly effective missions, retreats, and evangelization trainings for parishes, schools, and Dioceses aimed at leading souls to Christ and forming the laity for missionary discipleship. 
Rev. Msgr. Michael Farmer, Archdiocesan Vicar General will speak at the Monday lunch. Fr. Victor Ingalls, Director of Priestly Vocation for the Archdiocese of Mobile, will speak at the Tuesday lunch.
The mission of the ACCW is to provide a medium of support to enable and educate all Catholic Women of the Archdiocese of Mobile in matters of spiritual devel