2010

State Catholic conferences that utilize Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms are strongly supporting Bishop Ronald Herzog’s speech to the USCCB annual gathering this week on the need for the Church to engage further in social media.

Sister Monica Kostielney, R.S.M., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Michigan Catholic Conference, has been awarded the Holy Cross Pro-Ecclesia et Pontifice (For Church and Pontiff) medal by Pope Benedict XVI.

Michigan Catholic Conference Board of Directors unanimously voted today to name MCC Vice President for Public Policy Paul A. Long as the Conference’s next President and Chief Executive Officer. Long succeeds Sister Monica Kostielney, RSM, who is retiring in November after 38 years of service to the Conference, the last 16 as President/CEO.

The arch/bishops' statement, A Call to Conscience: Faithful Citizenship and the Common Good, reminds Catholics of their moral obligation to participate in the democratic process, to form their consciences based on Scripture and Catholic Social Teaching, and to evaluate candidates through the lens of faith.

“While human embryo experimentation represents a direct attack on human life itself, the fact that voters approved Proposal 2 in 2008 should not prevent the Legislature from passing common sense provisions that penalize those who operate outside of the law,” says MCC Vice President for Public Policy Paul A. Long.

MCC and OSF St. Francis Hospital & Medical Group of Escanaba are announcing their solidarity with the position of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in opposition to the current Senate health care reform bill.

MCC released the following statement in regard to a television advertising campaign that misrepresents the Catholic Church's position on health care reform, and attacks Congressman Bart Stupak for his efforts to prohibit taxpayer funded abortion in the current health care reform debate.

After having served the Michigan Catholic Conference for over thirty-five years, the last sixteen as President and Chief Executive Officer, the Conference today announced that the retirement of Sister Monica Kostielney, R.S.M., has been accepted by the organization’s Board of Directors.

State Catholic Conferences Support Bp. Herzog's Call to Engage Social Media

Highest Papal Award Granted to Sister Monica Kostielney, R.S.M.

Board of Directors Names Paul A. Long as President and Chief Executive Officer

Bishops' Statement on 2010 Elections Headed to Parishes

A Call to Conscience, Faithful Citizenship and the Common Good

Un Llamado A La Conciencia: La Ciudadanía Fiel y el Bien Común

MCC Praises Senate for Passing Human Embryo Research Transparency Legislation

In Solidarity, Catholics Opposed to Current Senate Health Care Reform Legislation

Statement on Ad Campaign Attacking Congressman Bart Stupak

On the Retirement of President/CEO Sister Monica Kostielney, RSM