Sylvie from the Community of Beatitudes has a voice from heaven; she sang at our 1996 Convention; the audience was totally absorbed in the moment!  
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Father Des Coates spoke to the subject matter “Why am I Afraid” in a manner that caught people’s attention; you could hear a pin drop as people listened intently.A full-time Catholic Chaplain at the University of Southern Queensland since 1985, Father Des Coates was assigned to Australia in 1983 after many years working with University students in Spain, Italy and Mexico. He holds postgraduate degrees in Theology, Philosophy, and Philosophy & Communication Science, and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. He is a member of the Queensland Health Ethics Advisory Committee, the University of Southern Queensland’s Ethics, Biosafety and Human Research
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Father Des Byrne was a down to earth man so dedicated to his Catholic priesthood that his enthusiasm in preaching the Gospel overflowed into his presentation at our 1996 Eucharistic Convention in a very special way.  It would be fair to say that everybody who heard him speak was grateful they made the effort to come along and hear him. Unfortunately we don’t have a recording of his talk that day but the following article reporting on the celebration of his 60th anniversary of priesthood gives some insight into the special character of the man. ————————————————————- ON SUNDAY 29 July
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Father Rutler was ordained to the diaconate in Rome by His Eminence William Cardinal Baum in 1980 and received priestly ordination in St. Patrick’s Cathedral at the hands of His Eminence Terence Cardinal Cooke in 1981. He served as Associate Pastor of St. Joseph’s in Bronxville; Our Lady of Victory in the Wall Street area; and St. Agnes, in Manhattan. He was a university chaplain for the Archdiocese, and also chaplain to a general hospital and a psychiatric hospital. For ten years he was also National Chaplain of Legatus, the organization of Catholic business leaders and their families, engaged in
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In 1996 Kevin Cunningham spoke about his work with youth in New England, a place some call the birthplace of America. We don’t have a recording of what Kevin had to say in his 1996 presentation but there is a record of his 1997 talk when he returned to speak to our youth.  Check our 1997 guest list to listen to that talk.
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Janice Connell came to our convention in 2006 and gave a presentation that remained with people for a long time after. Janice is an attorney, broadcast commenter, and guest speaker in the United States and Abroad. She is considered a leading authority on Marian spirituality, and is the author of ten published volumes, including best sellers Meetings with Mary, The Visions of the Children, Angel Power, and Queen of the Cosmos, the pictorial odyssey of the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart. Janice was born in Pennsylvania and holds degrees from Georgetown University, University of Pittsburgh, and Duquesne University. Janice consults with
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Misty Cruzan sang at our 1996 Eucharistic Convention – a lot has happened since then – here’s some history and updated information.  Our convention was one of the first events to hear her story as a very young woman. Misty was born and raised near Houston, Texas. Her early love of music caught fire after a life-changing journey when she was twelve years old to what was then called Yugoslavia. This adventure led her to encounter the miraculous events that were taking place in a tiny village called Medjugorje, and in the lives of the many people that had begun
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In 1996 Rita Klaus came to our convention and delivered an address entitled “My Cure from MS” The video below are recordings of that address. (NOTE – the video has been incorrectly labeled as 1997 when in fact it was recorded at our 1996).  
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In 1996 Cheryl Anne sung a selection of her own songs in honour of her late father Phil Zambucka who helped get these Eucharistic Conventions off the ground. Phil died in May 1995. Cheryl Anne also sang our theme song that year – The Eucharist
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In 1996 we brought back Inge McNeill to talk more about her work with the Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe apostolate. This is a recording of that talk.
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