| arises Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations 3211 FOURTH SrRFET NE + WASHINGTON DC 20017-1194 + 202-541-3033 + Fax 202-541-3222 April 3, 2018 Rev. Bob Bonnot Association of U.S. Catholic Priests Chair 200 St. Francis Avenue Tiffin, OH 44883-3458 Dear Fr. Bonnot, Greetings to you in this Holy Easter Season. ‘Thank you for your letter of March 14, 2018 in which you kindly invited me to be one of the Keynote speakers at the Association of United States Catholic Priests (AUSCP) 2019 National Assembly in St. Louis, Missouri. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend, but l am pleased to know that Archbishop John Wester continues to provide guidance in his capacity as the Episcopal Moderator to AUSCP. I would also like to take this opportunity to express my thanks for the white paper submitted to the Secretariat for Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations, providing observations of the current Program for Priestly Formation, Fifth Edition, and the new Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis: The Gift of the Priestly Vocation. The comments expressed were brought to the attention of the working group for the Program of Priestly Formation, Sixth Edition. With kind regards and prayerful best wishes, I am Sincerely in Christ the Redeemer, Cadet Pap tu (4 Oe Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R. Archbishop of Newark CCLY Chairman ce: Most Reverend John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe Reverend Ralph "Donnell, CCLV Secretariat