Meeting Notes from May 14 NASPA Networking Session with Henry Kutarna, the Catholic CEO.

The second Sunday in easter is known as Divine Mercy Sunday. This Feast of Divine Mercy, which had already been granted to the nation of Poland and celebrated within Vatican City by Pope John Paul II, was granted by the Pope to the Universal Church on the occasion of the canonization of Sr. Faustina on 30 April 2000. In a decree dated 23 May 2000, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments stated that, "throughout the world the Second Sunday of Easter will...

A group of Shrine directors and pilgrimage leaders attended the annual Pilgrimage Coordinators conference hosted by the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. March 9th-10th. NASPA President Carol Bezak, Director of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in NY attended with NASPA Secretary Grace Arjona Veloz, Director of Development and Stewardship at National Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in FL. The Conference began on Monday with Mass in...