Catholic Information Center Opens New Washington Office

By Alfonso Aguilar
HERALD Staff Writer
(From the issue of 6/6/02)

With solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and a lecture by theologian George Weigel, the Catholic Information Center rededicated its new larger office in downtown Washington.

"This is a new era for the Center," said Father John McCloskey III, director of the Center. "With your prayers and generous contributions, we are confident that our work of evangelization in downtown Washington can be a harbinger of the new springtime of the Church that the Holy Father foresees for our country," he added.

The new Center has 2,500 titles and 10,000 volumes, and includes a Spanish section with 300 titles and many videos and CDs.

Father McCloskey said that new spaces will be set aside for lectures, workshops, conferences and seminars. "We are in a privileged location, close to many Metro stations, easily accessed from either Virginia or Maryland."

The new Center is located at 1501 K St. NW, Washington, and can be reached by telephone at 202/783-2062.

After the reception author George Weigel autographed books and talked about "John Paul II and the New Evangelization in the United States." 

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