By Elsa Baughman
BROOKHAVEN/HAZLEHURST – Hector Molina, a lay Catholic speaker and apologist, will lead St. Francis of Assisi Parish Lenten mission Friday and Saturday, March 20-21, in English and at St. Martin Mission on Sunday, March 22, at 4 p.m. in Spanish.
Molina has more than 20 years experience in pastoral ministry and leadership in the church. He pursued his theological studies at St. John’s University while serving as pastoral associate at St. John the Baptist Parish in his home Diocese of Brooklyn.

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He served in this capacity for more than a decade before relocating to the Archdiocese of St. Louis where he served for six years as director of Hispanic Ministry and later as founding director of The Office for the New Evangelization. In 2009 he launched his own full time speaking apostolate, conducting parish seminars, missions, retreats and conferences throughout the United States and abroad.
In 2012, Molina joined the staff of Catholic Answers, the largest lay-run apostolate of Catholic apologetics and evangelization in North America.
On Friday his presentation will begin at 6 p.m. with the theme, “The Biblical Basis for the Seven Sacraments.” The Knights of Columbus will be selling fish plates for $8.
On Saturday Molina will have three presentations, “Does the Bible Teach Sola Scriptura? at 10 a.m.; “The Seven Habits of Highly Evangelistic Catholics,” at 6 p.m. and “The Biblical Roots of the Mass,” at 7 p.m. After the talks a social will be held with light refreshments.
On Sunday, at St. Martin Mission his theme will delve on “The Seven Habits of Highly Evangelistic Catholics.”
The mission is open to everyone at no cost, but attendees will be asked for donations to help defray the cost.