BRIDGEPORT—Noted author, theologian and international speaker, Dr. Scott Hahn will be the keynote speaker at the Sixth Convocation of Priests of the Diocese of Bridgeport on Sunday, October 9, through Wednesday, October 12.
The convocation, held every three years, is expected to draw 150 active and retired priests from the Diocese of Bridgeport. The three-day retreat will be held at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, West Neck Road, Lloyds Harbor, Long Island, New York.
The theme of the convocation is “The Road to Emmaus: reading scripture from the Heart of the Church.”
“We look forward to getting together at the convocation which is a means to strengthen the fraternal bonds among us and contribute to our spiritual formation,” said Bishop Frank J. Caggiano in his invitation letter to priests.
The bishop said Dr. Hahn is known for his research on Early Christianity during the Apostolic Age and brings scholarly insight into the early Church Fathers as the diocese works toward renewal and in the spirit of evangelization.
Dr. Hahn, who is the Father Michael Scanlan, T.O.R., Chair of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization at Franciscan University of Steubenville, will give four talks beginning on Sunday evening at 7:30 pm.
Father Frank T. Hoffman, diocesan Vicar for Clergy, has coordinated planning for the convocation experience, which is designed to support each priest spiritually and emotionally and to promote understanding and collaboration.
Father Hoffman said that on Tuesday evening the priests will gather for a banquet to gathering to honor priests who will be celebrating special anniversaries of ordination. The celebration will also be an opportunity to welcome newly ordained priests and recognize those who are about to retire after years of faithful priestly service.
Committee members who have joined in planning the convocation are Father Frank Hoffmann, Dr. Corey Piccinino, Father Robert Kinnally, Father Peter Lenox, Msgr. William Scheyd, Father Rolando Arias, and Father Augustine Nguyen.
Mass will be celebrated on a limited schedule in some parishes throughout the diocese during the three days of the convocation (from Monday through Wednesday, October 10-12). Click here for a list of parishes offering Mass during Convocation. (Religious order priests will be available for sacramental emergencies.)
Dr. Scott Hahn
Dr. Scott Hahn was born in 1957, and has been married to Kimberly since 1979. He and Kimberly have six children (two of which are seminarians for the diocese of Steubenville) and eighteen grandchildren. An exceptionally popular speaker and teacher, Dr. Hahn has delivered numerous talks nationally and internationally on a wide variety of topics related to Scripture and the Catholic faith. His talks have been effective in helping thousands of Protestants and fallen away Catholics to (re)embrace the Catholic faith.
He is the Father Michael Scanlan, T.O.R., Chair of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization at Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he has taught since 1990, and is the founder and president of the Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology. From 2005 to 2011, Dr. Hahn held the Pope Benedict XVI Chair of Biblical Theology and Liturgical Proclamation at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pa. From 2014 to 2015, he served as the McEssy Distinguished Visiting Professor of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization, University of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, IL.
Dr. Hahn is also the bestselling author of numerous books including The Lamb’s Supper, Reasons to Believe, and Rome Sweet Home (co-authored with his wife, Kimberly). Some of his newest books are The First Society, The Fourth Cup, Romans: A Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture, The Creed, Evangelizing Catholics, Angels and Saints, and Joy to the World.
Scott received his Bachelor of Arts degree with a triple-major in Theology, Philosophy and Economics from Grove City College, Pennsylvania, in 1979, his Masters of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 1982, and his Ph.D. in Biblical Theology from Marquette University in 1995. Scott has ten years of youth and pastoral ministry experience in Protestant congregations (in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, Kansas and Virginia) and is a former Professor of Theology at Chesapeake Theological Seminary. He was ordained in 1982 at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Fairfax, Virginia. He entered the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil, 1986.
