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January
23, 2006
VOL.
44, NO. 2Oakland,
CA
EWTN to celebrate
its 25th anniversary
in S.F. Jan. 28, 29
EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) will celebrate
its 25th anniversary with a West Coast celebration, Jan. 28-29 at the
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. All events during the two-day
observance are free and open to the public.
Oakland Bishop Allen Vigneron will be the celebrant and homilist at the
concluding liturgy on Sunday at 11 a.m.
Michael Warsaw, EWTN president, will open the celebration on Saturday
at 9 a.m., followed by an address by Dominican Father Brian Mullady, host
of EWTN’s “Seven Sacraments.”
Mass with the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word will be celebrated
at 11 a.m.
The afternoon session begins at 2 p.m. with an address by Father Francis
Mary Stone, host of EWTN’s “Life on the Rock” youth
series. From 3-4 p.m. there will be a question and answer session with
Deacon Bill Steltemeier, chairman of EWTN, and some of the members of
Mother Angelica’s religious community.
Raymond Arroya, author of “Mother Angelica – The Remarkable
Story of a Nun, Her Nerve and a Network of Miracles,” will speak
at 4:15.
Saturday’s events will conclude with a live telecast (6-7:30 p.m.)
of Marcus Grodi’s “Journey Home” program with guests
Doug Gonzales and Bob Fishman.
Fishman, a convert from Judaism is the host of EWTN's series "GK
Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense."
On Sunday, Johnette Benkkovic, host of EWTN’S “Abundant Life”
series will speak from 9:15-10:15, followed by the closing liturgy at
11 a.m.
A seven-hour telecast of the San Francisco celebration will air on EWTN
on Feb. 4, starting at 8 a.m.
EWTN began in the garage of Mother Angelica’s monastery in Alabama
and now airs to more than 55 million U.S. households and additional viewers
in Latin America and around the world.
EWTN is carried on Comcast Digital Ch. 229, DISH Satellite Channel 262
and DirectTV Channel 422. In Alameda, it airs on Comcast Channel 30 and
Alameda Power Channel 26.
Bishop Allen Vigneron
