Wake the world with song
Fr. Fred Link, OFM, leads the choir practice for the 'Wake Up the World' concert celebrating consecrated life.
Concert is a celebration of religious life
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It’s the second full rehearsal for “Wake Up the World!” a concert to celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life. More than 120 members of 16 religious communities in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati – including 21 friars – have donated their time and talent to the event, named for the apostolic letter in which Pope Francis sought to affirm and energize men and women in religious life.
Most of the year’s other activities – prayer services, seminars, open houses – are educational, informative. This hour-long concert is meant to inspire, to stir the soul, to communicate the joy of devoting one’s life to the Lord.
It’s the job of Fr. Fred Link, OFM, to pull this together. And he’s loving every minute of it.
He found 20 of his own brothers willing to help. “I’m humbled by the turnout and energy of the friars,” he says. Secretary Fr. Dan Anderson, OFM, part of a logistics committee, is writing a narrative for the program. Br. Gabriel Balassone, OFM, was asked to sing Ave Maria. Br. Gene Mayer, OFM, is coordinating refreshments.
The free concert is at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016 at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, 325 W. 8th St. in downtown Cincinnati. Attendees are invited to a reception in the undercroft.
Learn more at the 'Wake Up The World' event page.
Read the full story in the SJB NewsNotes December 3, 2015
Photos ©2015 Fr. Frank Jasper, OFM
