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BRIEF: Bishop Cupich to make first Spokane appearance since being named Archbishop of Chicago

By: Tracy Simmons

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September 23, 2014

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Bishop Blase Cupich of the Catholic Diocese of Spokane/Tracy Simmons

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Bishop Blase Cupich will be speaking in Spokane on Thursday. It’s his first local appearance since the public learned he was named Archbishop of Chicago by Pope Francis.

Cupich will be providing the blessing and making opening remarks at the Caring for Kids benefit luncheon Thursday at noon at the DoubleTree Hotel in Spokane. The luncheon is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The luncheon is an event celebrating the importance of teamwork in raising healthy children in the community and is being held in support of St. Anne’s Children and Family Center, a program of Catholic Charities Spokane, and Morning Star Boys Ranch.

Keynote speaker at the luncheon will be Nada Stockton, an athlete, mother and the wife of basketball star John Stockton.

For information and reservations call 358-4254. Guests are asked to RSVP by no later than Wednesday afternoon.

Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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