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This past New Year’s Eve, my wife and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. We decided to make it a big deal and so we let our adult children throw us a party to celebrate the joyous event. They rented a nice hall, brought in our favorite live band, had the event catered, bought a wedding cake, and invited a ton of our family and friends. It was a very nice evening of fun, fellowship and dancing and a celebration ...
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As is our tradition, each year on the feast of the Holy Family, we publish an article about our ministry, recap the year and look forward to next year and what God may be calling us to accomplish for His glory. This year is doubly special as Denae and I will celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary this New Year’s Eve.
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Day 6 – The Papal Mass
The last day of the World Meeting of Families promised another awesome event with the Pope, this time with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as the centerpiece. For many, the opportunity to attend mass celebrated by the Pope is a once in a lifetime experience. The whole family was looking forward to this final day of the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, but when we awoke on Sunday morning, one ...
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Day 5
The whole family slept in until around 11am, we were so worn out by the events of the 
week and the events today didn’t start until the afternoon. It was nice to sleep in because we had to ride our bikes into Philadelphia to get to the events ...
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Day 4
The fifth day of our pilgrimage and the fourth day of the World Meeting of Families has come to a close. Each day was filled with blessings (for a recap, see the daily articles), all according to God’s providence. On Friday, the last day of the #WMF2015, we were so tired and the vendor area was closed down by the Secret Service for security reasons, and we barely made it to morning mass and we sat very ...
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Day 3
The World Meeting of Families must be working because we were inspired to be a family of service on the 3rd day of the meeting. My 15 year old son has been quietly collecting extra snacks that he thought would be appreciated by the homeless we have been seeing in downtown
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Day 2
Our second day of the conference and the first full day was a lot of fun. We found our groove and discovered a part of why we are here. We decided to keep the kids with us for morning daily mass and drop them off at the Youth Conference afterwards. We decided to forgo the keynote and instead spend some time walking through the vendor area. Our kids had a great time at the Youth Congress and ...
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Day 1
In my professional career, I attend lots of conferences. I have attended conferences that had over 100,000 attendees, Networld/Interop was held in Las Vegas because it was the only city in the United States that had enough hotel rooms to house everyone, it also has not just one but many large convention centers that can hold ...
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Initially when we planned to attend the World Meeting of Families, we intended to take our time 
getting up to Pennsylvania, but then we were asked to speak at a parish event in the Austin area related to the World Meeting of Families. How could ...
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A pilgrimage is a spiritual journey to a destination of religious significance. It is not a vacation, but a quest for deeper faith. The pilgrimage is more than just the destination, it begins as soon as you leave the comfort of your home and your normal routine. A pilgrimage can include great sacrifice and suffering and great spiritual benefit for those who seek to unite their sacrifice and suffering with that of Jesus. Our family made the ...
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