Facebook F8 19, 2017, at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California. Announcements included: The 2018 F8 conference was held from May 1, 2018 to May 2, 2018, at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. At the conference, Facebook announced the creation of their own online dating service. Shares in the dating business Match Group fell by 22% after the announcement. Facebook F8 Facebook F8 (pronounced ""eff eight"") is a mostly-annual conference held by Facebook, intended for developers and entrepreneurs who build products and services around the website. It is hosted in the San Francisco Bay Area, California,
Tekakwitha Conference her newly found stature as one and only among officially recognized and authenticated North American indigenous saints. Tekakwitha Conference The Tekakwitha Conference is a Roman Catholic institution that supports Christian ministry among Native Americans, primarily through its annual meeting. The Tekakwitha Conference began in 1939, when Bishop Aloisius Joseph Muench of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fargo convened 27 missionaries and three Native American laymen to discuss their pastoral concerns about Northern Plains native communities, in what became an annual event. In 1940, its participants named the meeting, the "Tekakwitha Conference", in honor of Kateri Tekakwitha. At the annual meetings,