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Wednesday Lenten Lecture Series: Recordings Available on This Website

We were blessed this Lenten Season to host representatives from the major religious orders and lay groups of the Catholic Church who spoke on the Saints who founded, and the unique spirituality of, their order or group. The talks were recorded and uploaded to this website. For the links please "Read more."

For the complete schedule of speakers and their topics, click here: "Journey With the Saints Through Lent" Wednesday Lenten Lecture Series. See below for links to recordings of each talk.

On February 20^th, Father Gabriel O'Donnell, O.P. presented "Dominicans--Hounds of the Lord." Father O'Donnell is the Academic Dean, Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies. Click here for a complete recording of his lecture.

On February 27^th, Mr. John Peck, a Jesuit Scholastic (Seminarian), presented “St. Ignatius Loyola: Seeing the World With God’s Eyes.” Mr. Peck joined us from Loyola University in Maryland where he is a Visiting Professor of Philosophy. Click here for a complete recording of his lecture.

On March 13th, Father Bjorn Lundberg presented “A Big Bouquet from the Little Flower/St. Therese and The Little Way of Great Confidence.” Father is the Chaplain and Assistant Principal at Pope John Paul the Great High School. Click here for a complete recording of his lecture.

On March 20th, Mr. Daryl Glick, Director of the Reston Study Center, presented "In the Footsteps of St. Josemarie Escriva: The Saint of the Ordinary Life." Click here for a complete recording of his lecture. If you would like to see inspiring video clips of this great St. Josemarie, click here.

On March 27^th, Sister Clare Hunter, presented “St. Francis: Radical Unprotectedness with God.” Sister Clare, of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, is the Director of the diocesan Respect Life Office. Our new Holy Father’s selection of his papal name in honor of St. Francis of Assisi made her talk especially pertinent. Click here for a complete recording of her lecture.

For the March Lenten Calendar at St. Veronica, click here.