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Spanish-language conference draws 1,500, focuses on the family

The Spanish-language Living the Catholic Faith Conference (โ€œViviendo la Fe Catรณlicaโ€) drew some 1,500 attendees to the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver March 15. The day-long event was themed โ€œThe Family and the New Evangelizationโ€ (โ€œLa Familia y la Nueva Evangelizacionโ€).

โ€œFour keynote addresses were delivered covering the four chapters of the apostolic exhortation by Pope John Paul II, โ€˜Familiaris Consortioโ€™ (โ€˜On the role of the Christian Family in the Modern Worldโ€™),โ€ said Luis Soto, director of Hispanic Ministry. โ€œThe topics were: the family as a community of persons, which highlighted the relationship of parents and their children; the family as defenders of life and cooperators with God in life; challenges facing families in modern society; and the family as the domestic Church.โ€

Speakers included famed Catholic vocalist, composer and author Martรญn Valverde and his wife Elizabeth; Father Rafael Capo, director of the Southeast Pastoral Institute in Miami; and spouses Ricardo and Lucia Luzondo who serve as consultants for the Spanish-language For Your Marriage initiative of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Roxanne King
Roxanne King
Roxanne King is the former editor of the Denver Catholic Register and a freelance writer in the Denver area.
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