Faithful Citizenship
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Rev. Msgr. Edward Sadie, V.F.
Phone: 304-342-8175
Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral
1114 Virginia Street East
Charleston, WV 25301

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Rev. Brian O'Donnell, S.J.
Catholic Conference
of West Virginia
1116 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, W.V. 25301
Phone: 304-380-0159

Catholic Conference of West Virginia

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Greetings in Christ!

The Catholic Conference of West Virginia was established to give witness to spiritual values in public affairs and to influence those making decisions regarding social policies to make such decisions in congruence with Catholic social teachings.


We trust that this website will prove of use to you in both learning about and acting upon social teachings of the Church. The application of these teachings in this diocese is very much affected by the fact that West Virginia is the only state located entirely in Appalachia. Together we can strive to realize the vision of the Appalachian Bishops in "This Land is Home to Me" (1975) of a

Life free and simple,
with time for one another,
and for people's needs,
based on the dignity of the human person,
at one with nature's beauty.



Download A Church That Heals, A Pastoral Letter on Well-Being in West Virginia

Download This Land is Home to Me, 1975 Pastoral Letter of the bishops of Appalachia

Click here to view a video of the “thirty-years-after” panel discussion by some of those involved in creation of “This Land is Home to Me” (issued at Wheeling College Feb. 1, 1975) Wheeling Jesuit University Feb. 1. 2005.

Download At Home in the Web of Life, 1995 Pastoral Letter of the bishops of Appalachia