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Lope Lesigues: On Play, Digital Catechesis, and God’s Park
As a young seminarian in the Philippines, Lope Lesigues became inspired by his Louvain-trained professors. When he had the opportunity to continue his studies abroad, the decision was obvious: despite scholarship offers from universities in the US and Rome, he travelled to Belgium and enrolled at KU Leuven. After obtaining his PhD, his career led him to the US, where he now combines teaching, writing, gaming, and pastoral work.
National Eucharistic Congress ends with plans to keep movement going
No sooner had the 10th National Eucharistic Congress wrapped up July 21 here than Bishop Andrew Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, told 50,000 attendees at Lucas Oil Stadium that plans are underway for the next congress.
Cozzens, who served as the point man for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in organizing the July 17-21 congress, announced after the event's closing Mass that the 11th National Eucharistic Congress could be held in 2033, which would mark the 2,000th anniversary of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Cardinal Tagle: Evangelization isn't complicated, it's 'a conversation about Jesus'
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has encouraged people not to be intimidated by the concept of “evangelization,” but to remember that it can be a simple human interaction or conversation among friends, family, coworkers, or social media followers.
“Sometimes we make things very complicated – 'evangelization.' It is a conversation. It is a conversation about Jesus,” Tagle said Saturday night in his closing remarks for the Vatican’s priesthood conference.