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Worcester, Mass., Mar 28, 2010 / 05:48 pm (CNA).- The 10th Annual Worcester Diocesan Catholic Men’s Conference produced the event’s first sell-out, drawing close to 1,300 people, including walk-ins and vendors, one conference organizer, Terry Wehner, said. People flocked to the DCU Center Saturday to hear a diverse array of speakers and share the faith with each other. “I think men are hungry,” said conference co-chairman Msgr. Thomas J. Sullivan, diocesan chancellor. “Men have a spiritual need to develop a closer relationship with God that they don’t always get that in their everyday life. They really feel fed today and affirmed in this need. They feel energized to know other men who have the same desire for holiness.”
Highlights included talks by Australian lay minister Matthew Kelly, former police officer and current evangelist Jesse Romero, Msgr. Stuart Swetland of Mount St. Mary’s University of Maryland; Jesuit priest, author, and EWTN host Father Mitch Pacwa, and American G.K. Chesterton Society President Dale Ahlquist. In addition, local Bishop Robert McManus celebrated a closing Mass, priests from throughout the diocese heard confessions, and nearly two dozen organizations handed out brochures and sold wares to the crowd.
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Highlights included talks by Australian lay minister Matthew Kelly, former police officer and current evangelist Jesse Romero, Msgr. Stuart Swetland of Mount St. Mary’s University of Maryland; Jesuit priest, author, and EWTN host Father Mitch Pacwa, and American G.K. Chesterton Society President Dale Ahlquist. In addition, local Bishop Robert McManus celebrated a closing Mass, priests from throughout the diocese heard confessions, and nearly two dozen organizations handed out brochures and sold wares to the crowd.
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