Nine-month-old Kenya Jimenez plays with the necklace and rosary around her mother Gregoria’s neck. (Photos by Michael Alexander)

Musician Matt Maher leads the teen track of the 2007 Eucharistic Congress during afternoon praise and worship. (Photo by Thomas Spink/Archdiocese of Atlanta)

Papal nuncio Archbishop Pietro Sambi prepares to process into the main hall of the convention center for the closing Mass of the Eucharistic Congress.

(Counterclockwise) Michael Nguyen, Na Nguyen and Stephanie Bui join their fellow first communicants as they line up in front of the Georgia International Convention Center for the morning procession, which begins the annual Eucharistic Congress.

Father Leo Patalinghug hears the confession of a woman in the south ballroom lobby of the Georgia International Convention Center. The sacrament of reconciliation took place there from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A multicultural representation of the Archdiocese of Atlanta participates in the closing Mass of the Eucharistic Congress, June 9.