The Georgia Bulletin

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What I Have Seen and Heard - Archbishop Gregory's Weekly Column

Faith, Love Color The Day At Annual Congress

Published: June 17, 2004

Rosemary Bernard and her 2-year-old daughter Maria of St. Joseph Church, Augusta, observe the image of the crucified Jesus on display outside the exhibit halls. The artistic panel is the work of artist Keith Johnson. (Photo by Michael Alexander)

Msgr. Francis Pham Van Phuong, right, pastor of Our Lady of Vietnam Church, Riverdale, expresses his thanks to Vietnamese track speaker Father Michael Luan Nguyen, CSsR, of Long Beach, Calif. (Photo by Michael Alexander)

Members of the Knights of Columbus and the Knights of Peter Claver line up for the procession into the exhibit hall for the closing Mass. In the front are Sal D’Ambrosio of the Knights of Columbus, master of the fourh degree, with the gold plume, and Bill Simmons of the Knights of Peter Claver, faithful captain, with the orange plume. (Photo by Michael Alexander)

A multitude of banners wind their way into the Georgia International Convention Center, College Park. (Photo by Michael Alexander)

Members of the congregation watch parts of the Mass unfold on the big screen overhead. (Photo by Michael Alexander)

The spotlight in the exhibit hall shines on Bishop J. Kevin Boland as he approached the altar carrying the body of Christ. (Photo by Stanley Leary/ Archdiocese of Atlanta)

FOX-5 news anchor and St. Brigid Church parishioner Russ Spencer serves as emcee during the general session. (Photo by Michael Alexander)

Terence Walsh of St. Philip Benizi Church, Jonesboro, leaves the Georgia International Convention Center at the conclusion of the 2004 Eucharistic Congress. (Photo by Michael Alexander)

Olga Caubo, from Honduras, prays before Mary during the 2004 Eucharistic Congress at the Georgia International Convention Center. (Photo by Stanley Leary/Archdiocese of Atlanta)

Father Brian Higgins, foreground, director of vocations for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, joins his brother clergy on the altar during the closing Mass of the Eucharistic Congress. (Photo by Michael Alexander)