NASPA Convention 2025

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The Blessed Stanley Rother shrine honors the first U.S. Born priest to be beatified

NASPA Convention 2025

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NASPA 2025 Convention

We invite you to join us for our Annual Convention being held this year at the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City, OK, September 15 - 17.

This year’s theme, 'Go and make disciples,' will encourage shrine and pilgrimage leaders across the nation to live the Church’s mission. Let’s pray, collaborate, and draw inspiration in our shared call to fulfill the Great Commission. Don’t miss this opportunity to collaborate with other NASPA members at this beautiful shrine.

Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine

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Schedule

NASPA Annual Convention 2025 “Go and Make Disciples"

Tentative Schedule

Monday, September 15

All Day 1 events held at the Catholic Pastoral Center (7501 Northwest Expy, Oklahoma City, OK 73132)

5:00 p.m. - Open with Evening Prayer or Vespers (CPC)
5:30 p.m. - Welcoming Address: Fr. Don Wolf (CPC)
6:30 p.m. - Reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres / Social (CPC)

Tuesday, September 16

7:30 a.m. - Breakfast (CPC)
8:30 a.m. - Session 1 (CPC)
9:30 a.m. - Break
10:00 a.m. - Breakout Session (CPC)
10:30 a.m. - Breakout Session (CPC)
11:00 a.m. - Bus to Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine for daily Mass (700 SE 89th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73149)
12:15 p.m. - Mass
1:00 p.m. - Lunch (BSRS)
2:00 p.m. - Shrine Tour
3:00 p.m. - Session 2: Fr. Michael Baggot (BSRS)
4:30 p.m. - Bus leaves for Dinner and social at Cattlemen's (1309 S Agnew Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73108)

Wednesday, September 17

All Day 3 events held at the Catholic Pastoral Center

7:00 a.m. - Breakfast (CPC)
8:30 a.m. - Session 3: Archbishop Paul S. Coakley (CPC)
9:30 a.m. - Break with Vendors & Sponsors (CPC)
10:00 a.m. - NASPA Business Meeting (CPC)
11:30 a.m. - Mass (CPC)
12:30 p.m. - Lunch (CPC)
1:30 p.m. - Breakout Session (CPC)
3:00 p.m. - Departure

Convention Speakers

Monday, September 15
5:30 PM Opening Keynote

Father Don Wolf, ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City in 1981, brings a wealth of experience and a profound connection to the community as the Rector of the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine, starting in July 2022. Sharing a special bond with the shrine through his relation as the cousin of Blessed Stanley Rother, Father Wolf embodies a legacy of faith and service. His leadership is inspired by a life deeply rooted in spiritual dedication, guiding the shrine as a beacon of hope and transformation, standing testament to the power of living a Christ-centered life in service to others.

Tuesday, September 16
3:30 PM Session 2

Fr. Michael Baggot is an Associate Professor of Bioethics at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina
Apostolorum and an Invited Professor of Theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas
Aquinas (the Angelicum) and the Catholic Institute of Technology. In addition, Baggot is a Research
Scholar at the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights and a member of the Scholarly
Advisory Board for Magisterium AI. His media work includes appearances on Pints with Aquinas, ETWN, The Future of Life Institute, and on his co-hosted YouTube channel Those Two Priests. Baggot also frequently serves as chaplain for The Catholic Traveler pilgrimage organization.

Wednesday, September 17
8:30 AM Session 3

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley was born to John and Mary Coakley in Norfolk, Va., in 1955 and lived there with his father, mother and older brother. He was ordained a priest on May 21, 1983 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

After serving as a priest of the Diocese of Wichita for 21 years, he was appointed Bishop of Salina on Oct. 21, 2004. He was ordained and installed as Bishop of Salina on Dec. 28, 2004. On Dec. 16, 2010, Bishop Coakley was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as the fourth Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. He was installed as metropolitan archbishop on Feb. 11, 2011.