embassy events 2009

U.S. Guests to Attend Spirit Assisi Conference

4 September 2009

Invited guests from the United States, including officials from the U.S. Embassy to the Vatican and the U.S. Consulate General in Krakow will participate in ceremonies and conferences observing the Spirit of Assisi in Krakow.  Other participants from the United States invited by the organizers, the Community of St. Egidio and the Archbishop of Krakow, include Joshua DuBois, Director of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships for the White House, John J. "Jack" DeGioia, President of Georgetown University, Katherine Marshall, senior advisor at the World Bank, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, and Dr. Hillel Levine, Director of the International Institute of Mediation and Historic Reconciliation and Professor of Jewish Studies, Boston University.  For more information, visit http://www.santegidio.org/index.php?pageID=905&idLng=1064