--- title: Embracing the Great Commission - San Diego, CA description: Embracing the Great Commission - GCP San Diego, CA image: https://events.augustineinstitute.org/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-07-10%20at%209.35.54%20AM.png --- ![ADV - Brand Logo Lockup Email Header](https://events.augustineinstitute.org/hs-fs/hubfs/AIC%20-%20AUGUSTINE%20INSTITUTE/AIC%20-%20Emails/ADV%20-%20Brand%20Logo%20Lockup%20Email%20Header.png?width=500&height=71&name=ADV%20-%20Brand%20Logo%20Lockup%20Email%20Header.png "ADV - Brand Logo Lockup Email Header") ## *Embracing the Great Commission:* *All are Welcome to A Day of Formation for Parish, School, Catechetical, and Ministry Leaders* Thursday April 30th, 2026 8:00am (Mass)- 2:00pm Santa Sophia Catholic Church 9800 San Juan St. Spring Valley, CA 91977   Enjoy a light breakfast and a lunch provided by the Augustine Institute All parish, school, catechetical, faith formation, and ministry leaders are welcome to this day of formation that will help you fulfill the Great Commission. Contact [Stacey Pinder](mailto:stacey.pinder@augustineinstitute.org) for more information [Register Now](https://events.augustineinstitute.org/embracing-the-great-commission-san-diego-ca#Register) ### Learn About: - The Great Commission and The Evangelical Sequence - Sent: Engaging Inactive Parishioners - G.O.S.P.E.L.: An Introduction to the Kerygma - Resources for Embracing the Great Commission [Register Now](https://events.augustineinstitute.org/embracing-the-great-commission-san-diego-ca#Register) ![CircleSharingOutside2](https://events.augustineinstitute.org/hs-fs/hubfs/CircleSharingOutside2.png?width=400&height=400&name=CircleSharingOutside2.png "CircleSharingOutside2") **"Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved, but how can men believe in him in whom they have never heard and how can they hear without a preacher and how can men preach unless they are ****Sent****."*”* #### – *St. Paul, Romans 10:13-15* ### Speakers ![Austin Habash Headshot](https://events.augustineinstitute.org/hs-fs/hubfs/AIC%20-%20AUGUSTINE%20INSTITUTE/STAFF/Austin%20Habash%20Headshot.png?width=500&height=500&name=Austin%20Habash%20Headshot.png "Austin Habash Headshot") **Austin Habash**   Austin is the founder of Sent Evangelization and Think Catholic, and the author of Catholic Neighborhood Evangelization. After spending time as a Carthusian monk, further discernment and prayer led him to the active apostolate and neighborhood evangelization. **Register Below for the Embracing the Great Commission Event:** ![Brands_Lockup_GST-TM_Wide_White-Title](https://events.augustineinstitute.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Brands_Lockup_GST-TM_Wide_White-Title.png?width=1300&height=249&name=Brands_Lockup_GST-TM_Wide_White-Title.png "Brands_Lockup_GST-TM_Wide_White-Title") 16805 New Halls Ferry Road, Florissant, MO 63034  ©2023 Augustine Institute. All Rights Reserved.