Sacred Saturday – January 2026
Featuring Francisco “Paco” Gavrilides, S.T.L.
“Evangelization in the 21st Century”
Start the new year with a powerful morning of faith, renewal, and inspiration!
Join us on Saturday, January 10th for our next Sacred Saturday as we welcome Francisco “Paco” Gavrilides, a nationally respected Catholic evangelist and professor at Franciscan University of Steubenville.
Paco brings more than 50 years of missionary and teaching experience across the United States and Latin America. His passionate, Spirit-filled preaching and practical wisdom will help us understand what evangelization looks like today—and how each of us is called to share the Gospel with joy, courage, and confidence.
🕊 What to Expect
• 9:00 AM Mass
• 9:30 AM Breakfast in Gallagher Hall
• Inspiring presentation by Paco Gavrilides
• Conversation, fellowship, and spiritual renewal
• Concludes by 11:30 AM
🌟 About the Speaker
Paco has served as a missionary, retreat leader, diocesan evangelization leader, and homiletics instructor, and is now an adjunct professor of theology at Franciscan University. He is a dynamic presenter with a contagious love for Christ and His Church.
📍 Location:
Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish
Mercer, PA
🍽 Cost:
Free (free-will offering welcome).
Registration is appreciated for food preparation.
👉 Register here:
https://ihmercer.org/heart-to-heart
Come be renewed—and set your heart on fire for the mission Christ entrusts to us!
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