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| Crowd in Civic Auditorium listens to Arroyoa |
EWTN Spokeswoman Michelle Johnson estimated that roughly 2,000 had attended the big EWTN family celebration in Canton as of Saturday afternoon. Parking lots surrounding the Civic Center were full of vehicles with out-of-town license plates, such as New York, Kentucky, Michigan and Wisconsin. At least four hotels were sold out due to the event.
On Saturday, speakers, such as Raymond Arroyo, EWTN news director and host of the “The World Over,” recalled stories, often humorous, about Mother Angelica, while Deacon Bill Steltemeier, EWTN CEO and President Michael Warsaw and the Franciscan Friars answered questions from the audience on topics that included how they got their religious names, future network programming, proper dress for Catholics and words of comfort to those whose parishes are consolidating.
Mother Angelica, now 87 and in poor health, did not attend the celebration, but Warsaw told the audience that she was listening on her radio in Alabama and assured her that she was in the prayers of everyone who gathered just blocks away from the Liberty Avenue SE home she knew as a child.
Warsaw recounted a quote by Mother Angelica, saying “That unless we are willing to do the ridiculous, God cannot accomplish the miraculous.”
He said Mother Angelica is living proof of those words, noting that Irondale, Ala., located on the outskirts of Birmingham, wasn’t exactly the media capital of the world. Yet, Mother Angelica launched EWTN in 1981 with no more than $200 in the bank, some nuns to help her, a few sheep in the yard and a garage they converted into a studio.
EWTN, the first denominational network licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, now operates a radio network and nine television outlets around the world.
Click on the headline to read a story in the Canton Repository. The story was ignored by other news media.
On Saturday, speakers, such as Raymond Arroyo, EWTN news director and host of the “The World Over,” recalled stories, often humorous, about Mother Angelica, while Deacon Bill Steltemeier, EWTN CEO and President Michael Warsaw and the Franciscan Friars answered questions from the audience on topics that included how they got their religious names, future network programming, proper dress for Catholics and words of comfort to those whose parishes are consolidating.
Mother Angelica, now 87 and in poor health, did not attend the celebration, but Warsaw told the audience that she was listening on her radio in Alabama and assured her that she was in the prayers of everyone who gathered just blocks away from the Liberty Avenue SE home she knew as a child.
Warsaw recounted a quote by Mother Angelica, saying “That unless we are willing to do the ridiculous, God cannot accomplish the miraculous.”
He said Mother Angelica is living proof of those words, noting that Irondale, Ala., located on the outskirts of Birmingham, wasn’t exactly the media capital of the world. Yet, Mother Angelica launched EWTN in 1981 with no more than $200 in the bank, some nuns to help her, a few sheep in the yard and a garage they converted into a studio.
EWTN, the first denominational network licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, now operates a radio network and nine television outlets around the world.
Click on the headline to read a story in the Canton Repository. The story was ignored by other news media.
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