Category Archives: ATLEC

Atlanta Eucharistic Congress

JOHN ALLEN JR.

English Track

11:00 AM – 3:15 PM: English Track: GICC EXHIBIT HALLS C & D

Allen grew up in Kansas. Both his grade school and his high school, Thomas More Prep-Marian, were in Hays, Kansas, and run by the Capuchin Franciscans. Allen graduated from high school in 1983. He received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Fort Hays State University and a master’s degree in religious studies from the University of Kansas. For several years, Allen taught journalism and oversaw the student-run newspaper, The Knight, at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. On November 5, 2011, the University of St. Michael’s College in Toronto, Ontario. awarded him an honorary degree of Doctor of Sacred Letters (D.S.Litt.).

During the coverage of the death of Pope John Paul II, Allen frequently appeared on CNN. He then became the Vatican analyst for CNN and NPR. He also delivers lectures discussing Vatican issues and his latest works.

In 2014, Allen took up a position as associate editor with the Boston Globe, and helped to launch its new website, Crux (website).
Allen’s former paper, the National Catholic Reporter, is associated with “liberal” or dissident authors writing about the Catholic Church, although the neoconservative George Weigel has also praised him.

Allen and his wife Shannon live in Denver, Colorado.

ENGLISH TRACK

English Track

June 4, 2016 – 11:00 am – 3:15 pm: GICC EXHIBIT HALLS C&D

Join us in the English Track for a variety of speakers that will reflect on the importance of this Year of Mercy and how we can grow spiritually by reconnecting with Christ in the Eucharist.

SCHEDULE

  • 11:00 am Welcome: Russ Spencer, Emcee
  • 11:30 am Allen Hunt
  • 12:15 pm Jennifer Furwiler
  • 1:00 pm John Allen, Jr.
  • 1:45 pm Dr. Carolyn Woo
  • 2:30 pm Collin Raye and Andrea Thomas
  • 3:15 pm Fr. Donald Calloway
  • 4:00 pm English Track Concludes
  • 4:30 pm Divine Mercy Chaplet Aimee Van Rooyen
  • 5:00 pm Vigil Mass Exhibit Hall A,B,C,D
    Music – St. Philip Benizi Choir

JENNIFER FULWILER

English Track

11:00 AM – 3:15 PM: English Track: GICC EXHIBIT HALLS C & D

Jennifer Fulwiler is a writer, a speaker, and the host of The Jennifer Fulwiler Show on SiriusXM channel 129. Her bestselling memoir, Something Other than God, was a finalist in the “Best Memoir and Biography” category in the Goodreads Choice Awards, and her ebook collection of humor essays, Like Living Among Scorpions was a #1 bestseller in its genre on Amazon. She’s been a guest on variety of national television shows, and was the subject of the reality showMinor Revisions. She lives with her husband and six young children in Austin, Texas. You can connect with her at JenniferFulwiler.com.

BISHOP DAVID P. TALLEY – Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta

ATLEC Speakers 2016

6:30 PM – 7:45 PM: OPENING MASS

David Prescott Talley was born in Columbus, Georgia, where he graduated from Hardaway High School. He attended Auburn University earning a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, went on to Sacred Heart School of Theology and the University of Georgia, where he earned a Master’s degree in Social Work. He also attended St. Meinrad School of Theology earning a Master of Divinity degree. He then earned a degree in Canonical Graduate Studies at the Pontificia Universita Gregorian in Rome, Italy earning J.C.L. and J.C.D. degrees. He continued his studies in Spiritual Direction and Spirituality at Spring Hill College.

Fr. David P. Talley was ordained to the Roman Catholic Priesthood for the Archdiocese of Atlanta on June 3,1989 at the Cathedral of Christ the King. His first assignment was as Parochial Vicar and Administrator of St. Jude the Apostle Parish. He served as the Assistant Director of Vocations, as Director of Vocations, Tribunal Judge, Judicial Vicar, and Chancellor.

He was named Prelate of Honor of His Holiness with the title of Monsignor on May 10, 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Msgr. David P. Talley served as Pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Parochial Vicar at St. Anne Parish (Columbus, GA. Diocese of Savannah), pastor of St. John Neumann Parish and St. Brigid Parish respectively.

Msgr. David P. Talley also served on the Advisory Board for the Archdiocese representing priests, Archdiocesan Hispanic Ministry Board, Hispanic Apostolate, Permanent Diaconate Program; in the Ministry to the Disabled, Director of the Nazareth House, and the Ad Hoc Priest Personnel Board.

FATHER TIM HEPBURN

ATLEC Speakers 2016

Fr. Tim Hepburn is a priest of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, serving as vocation director for the Archdiocese. After completing his Bachelor of Architecture at Auburn he entered St. Meinrad Seminary where he received his Masters of Divinity and MA. Ordained a priest in 1993, he has served his Archdiocese as parochial vicar, pastor, assistant vocation director and chaplain at the high school and university levels. Nationally and internationally, Fr. Tim has been active in teen and young adult ministries, priestly formation, conference speaking, preaching and teaching. In 2006 he returned to academia to study the New Evangelization and received his license in sacred theology (S.T.L.) from the Angelicum through Sacred Heart seminary in Detroit.