{"id":5141,"date":"2010-10-28T07:48:32","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T07:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/10\/my-god-is-an-awesome-god.html"},"modified":"2010-10-28T07:48:32","modified_gmt":"2010-10-28T07:48:32","slug":"my-god-is-an-awesome-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/10\/my-god-is-an-awesome-god.html","title":{"rendered":"“My God is an awesome God…”"},"content":{"rendered":"

So sang the thousands of young people who gathered last weekend at Six Flags Over Texas for the Lone Star State’s World Youth Day. You can get a taste of what they experienced by visiting this link<\/a> and watching a short video. 
\nIt’s mighty impressive.  Anyone who thinks the Church is in trouble can’t help but be heartened by the enthusiasm, joy and energy of that crowd. <\/p>\n

On top of all that was the University of Dallas Ministry Conference:<\/a> <\/p>\n

\nThe 2010 University of Dallas Ministry Conference, co-sponsored by the Dioceses of Fort Worth and Dallas, attracted an estimated 6,000 attendees to the 2-day gathering at the Dallas Convention Center. The conference, which strives to deepen and develop our relationship with God through strong ministries, kicked off with a spiritually uplifting keynote address by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the cardinal of the Galveston\/Houston Diocese. The concluding Mass was con-celebrated by Bishop Vann and Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell and priests and deacons who were present. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other news, the statistics at the website for the Fort Worth diocese include the following interesting numbers: <\/p>\n

\n562,000 Catholics
\n
123 Priests
\n
110 Permanent Deacons
\n
29 Seminarians
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89 Parishes\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

By that count, that comes to an average of over 6,000 people per parish. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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