Time for prayer, discussion draws 400 men to Memphis cathedral

Published: 2008-02-22

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (CNS) -- Memphis Bishop J. Terry Steib urged more than 400 men attending the "Men's Morning of Spirituality" at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Feb. 16 to "walk together shoulder to shoulder with God" to do his work. Men arrived at the cathedral in carpools and church vans from parishes throughout the Memphis Diocese. The morning's schedule included talks, an hour of eucharistic adoration, time for the sacrament of reconciliation and Mass. The event was the third in a series coordinated by Fishers of Men prayer groups in the diocese with the support of Bishop Steib. Dave Sloan, who writes and speaks across the country on dating, vocation formation and singles ministry, spoke to the men about his addictions to drugs, alcohol and pornography before he entered a 12-step program. He told them he had been "locked inside a cage inside a cage inside a cage" and only found the help he needed when he recognized that Jesus "came to seek and save the lost."

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