PREACHING
The entire event was broadcast worldwide
via EWTN, and the proceedings
concluded with a historic candlelight
Eucharistic procession through the
streets of downtown Memphis. The
MAGNIFICAT Foundation had the great
privilege of displaying the relics of Saint
Therese of Lisieux for veneration in the
course of the day, and Saint Therese’s
relics were also carried in the procession.
CHRIST
UNDER A
MEMPHIS SKY
Although the population of Memphis
is less than 4% Catholic, you would
never have guessed it by the turnout of
thousands who gathered in Court Square
to hear the preaching of Father Robert
Barron at the procession’s conclusion.
The MAGNIFICAT Foundation was
created in 2010 to carry on the
“Magnificat way of life” through days
of prayer, lectures, special events,
and charitable works. Ever since the
magazine’s inception in 1998, the
subscription base of over 250,000
continues to grow, and MAGNIFICAT
seeks new and effective ways to magnify
what is true, good, and beautiful.
Tune into Sirius XM129 every Friday
at 1:00pm ET for the Dominicanhosted Word to Life radio broadcast.
Photo Credit: Karen Pulfer Focht
Made to Preach: What drives friars like Father Peter John Cameron,
O.P., to share the Good News to a packed house in Memphis? It’s the
same desire you share with us: to make Christ known.
A bit of Heaven seemed to descend on the
city of Memphis, Tennessee this past All
Saints Day. That was when the Magnificat
Foundation hosted the “Magnificat Day
of Joy” at the Cannon Center for the
Performing Arts—a sell-out celebration
of prayer, faith, and beauty.
People traveled from all over the nation
to experience a one-of-a-kind day of
faith that featured liturgies accompanied
by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra
and Chorus. More than a dozen
Dominican friars from the Province
of Saint Joseph and the Province of
Saint Martin de Porres were on hand to
the hear the confessions of some two
thousand attendees.
They were joined by the editor in chief
of MAGNIFICAT, Father Peter John
Cameron, O.P., the senior editor, Father
Romanus Cessario, O.P., as well as
Father Cassian Derbes, O.P., one of the
directors of the MAGNIFICAT Day. Also
gracing the day was a choir of Nashville
Dominican Sisters from the Convent
of Saint Cecilia.
Downtown Memphis: Fr. Gabriel Gillen,
O.P., and other friars process with the
relics of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.
Photo Credit: Karen Pulfer Focht
BlackFriars - Volume II, Issue I
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BlackFriars - Volume II, Issue I
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