In October 2007 , he was selected to serve on the board of directors of the Florida Specialty Crop Foundation , a non-profit public charity that responds to challenges that confront specialty crop producers and their stakeholders . In September 2008 , he gave an invocation at the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul , Minnesota . In March 2009 , he joined the conservative Catholic Leadership Institute 's national advisory board for their " Good Leaders , Good Shepherds " program . In May of that year , Wenski held a Mass of reparation for the University of Notre Dame 's decision to have President Barack Obama deliver its commencement speech and receive an honorary degree , given Obama 's pro-choice views . At the Mass , he denounced Obama for his " rather extremist views on abortion " and said that Notre Dame 's " actions suggest that , unlike a Carrie Prejean , it lacks the courage of its convictions . " In June 2009 , he was elected to a four-year term on the board of trustees of the Catholic University of America . He chaired of the USCCB Committee on International Policy ( 2004 – 2008 ) , and currently serves as a consultant to the Committee on Migration and a member of the Secretariat for the church in Latin America , Committee for International Justice and Peace , and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network , Inc . He is currently the episcopal moderator for Catholic Health Services for the Florida Catholic Conference
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2008 Republican National Convention
Thomas Wenski