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Catholic scholar George Weigel delivers powerful message to
seminary prayer gathering.
Daniel Gallio
L
ast year, renowned Catholic philosopher Peter
Kreeft addressed the Fellowship of St. Paul
prayer gathering—and even played Ping-Pong
later that evening with delighted Sacred Heart
seminarians.
This year, the Fellowship scored big again.
Noted Catholic author, theologian, and social
commentator George Weigel delivered a powerful
presentation at the monthly praise-and-worship
event on January 24.
More Seating Needed
The Fellowship of St. Paul is held on Friday
evenings during the school year, attended by
seminarians, lay students, and
outside community members.
It includes lively music,
prayers of healing, and often
features a guest speaker who
gives an uplifting talk. When
the Fellowship’s organizers
learned that Weigel would be
a keynote speaker at the Life
Is a Gift pro-life conference
at the seminary on January
25, they invited him to speak
at their event, too—and he
graciously accepted.
The gathering typically
“Each one of us has to put on
is held in one of the
the idea of being a missionary,”
seminary’s parlors. But the
theologian George Weigel
exhorted the Fellowship of
organizers shifted the event
St. Paul attendees in January.
to the seminary auditorium,
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anticipating an increase in
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attendance. It was a fortunate
move: about 150 people attended the gathering,
about three times more than usual.
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