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Bernard E. “Ned” Shlesinger III nació el 17 de diciembre de 1960 en Washington, D.C. Se graduó de la Escuela Secundaria Mount Vernon en Alexandria, Virginia y recibió una licenciatura en ingeniería agrícola de Virginia Tech. en 1983. Después de asistir a la universidad, fue encomendado como oficial de la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos y se convirtió en piloto. Su servicio militar consistió primordialmente en volar el Hércules C-130E desde la Base Aérea Pope en Fayetteville, North Carolina. En 1990, cuando comenzó sus estudios para el sacerdocio en la Diócesis de Raleigh, North Carolina, decidió retirarse del servicio activo.

Estudió filosofía en la Facultad de Teología de la Universidad Católica de América en Washington, D.C. Más adelante ingresó al Colegio Norteamericano en Roma, Italia, donde completó una licenciatura en teología sagrada en la Universidad Pontificia Gregoriana. También comenzó estudios para obtener una licenciatura de teología sagrada en teología espiritual en la  Universidad Pontificia de Santo Tomás de Aquino. Se ordenó como sacerdote el 22 de junio de 1996 en Wilmington, North Carolina.

Shlesinger sirvió como vicario parroquial en la Iglesia de St. Mary en Wilmington, y luego como párroco de la Iglesia Our Lady of Guadalupe en Newton Grove entre 1998 y 2007, mientras actuaba también como asistente del director de vocaciones entre 1999 y 2002.

En 2007, se convirtió en el director de vocaciones y formación de seminaristas de la Diócesis de Raleigh, cargo que desempeñó hasta 2013. También fue administrador de la Iglesia María, Reina de las Américas en Mount Olive y de otras dos misiones de 2010-2012. En 2013, se convirtió en director espiritual de la división de teología del Seminario de St. Charles Borromeo en Wynnewood, PA.

En mayo 15 de 2017, su Santidad, el Papa Francisco, lo nombró obispo auxiliar de la Arquidiócesis de Atlanta. Fue ordenado para ese cargo el 19 de julio de 2017.

Bernard E. “Ned” Shlesinger III was born December 17, 1960 in Washington, D.C. A graduate of Mount Vernon High School in Alexandria, VA, he received a bachelor of science degree in agricultural engineering from Virginia Tech in 1983. After college, he was commissioned as an officer in the U. S. Air Force and became a pilot. His military service primarily centered on flying the C-130E Hercules from Pope Air Force Base in Fayetteville, N.C. He retired from active duty in 1990, when he began studies for the priesthood in the Diocese of Raleigh, N.C.

He studied philosophy at Theological College at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He then entered the North American College in Rome, Italy, completing a bachelor’s degree in sacred theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He also began studies toward the licentiate of sacred theology in spiritual theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. He was ordained a priest on June 22, 1996 in Wilmington, N.C.

Shlesinger served as a parochial vicar at St. Mary Church in Wilmington and then as pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Newton Grove from 1998-2007, while also serving as assistant director of vocations from 1999-2002.

He became the director of vocations and seminarian formation for the Diocese of Raleigh in 2007 and served in that role until 2013. He was also the administrator of Maria, Reina de las Americas Church in Mount Olive and two other missions from 2010-2012. He became the spiritual director in the theology division of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, PA in 2013.

On May 15, 2017, His Holiness, Pope Francis, appointed him auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. He was ordained July 19, 2017.

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El Reverendo Pedro F. Núñez, sacerdote católico de la Arquidiócesis de New Orleans, es uno de los predicadores católicos de habla hispana de mayor renombre a nivel mundial. Nació en la Habana, Cuba y emigró a los Estados Unidos en 1962. Fue ordenado para el sacerdocio en 1977.

El P. Núñez es director de “Mensaje”, un ministerio de la Oficina de Comunicaciones de la Arquidiócesis de New Orleans. También es el conductor del programa de televisión semanal “Conozca Primero su Fe Católica”, el cual es trasmitido en VIVO a más de 85 millones de hogares en 110 países y 16 territorios por la cadena de televisión católica EWTN. Adicionalmente, conduce el programa radial “A Solas con Jesús” que se transmite por Radio Católica Mundial.

En adición a sus muchos ministerioss, el P. Núñez ha escrito varios libros, incluyendo: “Conozca Primero su Fe Católica” y “Cuántas Iglesias fundó Jesús” y viaja constantemente por toda Latinoamérica y los Estados Unidos proclamando la Palabra del Señor.

Fr. Pedro Núñez, a Catholic priest for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, is one of the most known Catholic preachers in the Spanish speaking world. He was born in Habana, Cuba and immigrated to the Unites States in 1962. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1977.

Fr. Núñez is the director of “Mensaje” a ministry of the Office of Communications in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. He is also the host of the weekly TV program, “Conozca Primero su Fe Católica” (“Know Your Catholic Faith First”) which is aired LIVE to more than 85 million households in 110 countries and 16 territories of the Catholic television network, EWTN. Fr. Núñez also conducts the radio program “A Solas con Jesús” (“Alone with Jesus”) aired through Radio Católica Mundial (Worldwide Catholic Radio).

In addition to these many ministries, Fr. Núñez is the author of several books, including: Conozca Primero su Fe Católica and Cuántas Iglesias fundó Jesús (How Many Churches Did Jesus Founded). He travels frequently throughout Latin America and the United States spreading the word of the Lord.

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Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., is a professor of philosophy at Boston College. He has written 75 books, including “Handbook of Christian Apologetics,” “Christianity for Modern Pagans” and “Fundamentals of the Faith.”

Kreeft is known for his spiritual writings on a variety of topics, such as discernment, heaven, spiritual history and religious liberty.

Many of his featured writings and audio are available on his website, peterkreeft.com.

Peter Kreeft loves his five grandchildren, four children, one wife, one cat and one God.

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Mother Olga of the Sacred Heart, founder and mother servant of Daughters of Mary of Nazareth, was born and raised in Iraq. She lived through four wars.

She has a bachelor’s degree in biology and hematology from Arbil University in Iraq and a master’s in philosophy and theology from Babylon College, which is affiliated with the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome. She also has a diploma in Islamic studies and a certificate in theology of the body.

In 1993, Mother Olga started a lay movement called Love Your Neighbor, inviting young men and women from Christian and Muslim communities to serve the needs of the poor in Iraq. Two years later, she established the order of Marth Maryam Sisters—Missionaries of the Virgin Mary, the first order for religious sisters in the Assyrian Church of the East in 700 years.

In her homeland, Mother Olga was involved in pastoral ministry for college students and youth in parishes throughout Iraq. She also served prisoners, homeless, elderly and handicapped of war for many years. The Iraqi government gave her a humanitarian award for her service to the poor.

She came to the United States in 2001 for her studies, and received her master’s degree in pastoral ministry from Boston College. From 2002–2011, she was involved in campus ministry at Boston University, and served as the university chaplain. She was received into the Roman Catholic Church on Sept. 8, 2005 and made her perpetual vows in early December the same year.

Mother Olga continues to be recognized for her service to those in need. In 2008, she received the Religious Sister of the Year award at the Boston Catholic Women’s Conference. In 2010, she received the Saint Paul the Apostle Award from the Archdiocese of Boston, and a year later received an honorary Scarlet Key Award from Boston University. She also received the Bowie Kuhn Special Award for Evangelization at the Legatus 2012 Annual Summit.

In summer 2009, Cardinal Séan Patrick O’Malley gave Mother Olga the permission to start a new apostolate on the Boston University campus called the Nazareth House, a place of prayer and discernment for young women. In 2011, Cardinal O’Malley entrusted to her the mission of establishing a new religious community of sisters in the Archdiocese of Boston called the Daughters of Mary of Nazareth.

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Jerry Aull and his daughter Geneva Adrienne Tigue will lead praise and worship for the Healing Service. Both are musicians and speakers in the Catholic Church. Jerry is a long-time speaker for Franklin Covey and the lead singer in the big band Sentimental Journey Orchestra. Dr. Aull teaches theology at Marist High School. Geneva has done ministry with her father and mother over the years and sings on five of her father’s CDs. Geneva Tigue leads bilingual music with Greg Ferrara around the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Greg and Geneva have led praise and worship at the Eucharistic Congress for five years, and they released a debut album in 2017.