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FSE Campus Ministry Director, Sr. Clare Hunter, helps organize Houston procession honoring Pope John Paul II
Sister Clare is the campus ministry director at the University of St. Thomas. She was inspired by the Holy Father when she attended World Youth Day in Poland in 1991. Since becoming a Franciscan Sister, she has received a Masters degree in Theology from John Paul II Institute, Washington, D.C. Sister Clare enthusiastically promotes the Holy Father's teachings in her work and in seminars on marriage and sexuality. MSNBC televised an interview with Sister Clare about the Houston event. Click here to read coverage from the Houston Chronicle: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/pope/3124460
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HOUSTON
(4-8-2005) - Sister Clare Hunter, FSE, and a small group of students
from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas, organized a
candle-light procession through the city of Houston as a way
of publicly displaying their love of our late Holy Father. The procession
began at midnight at the Sacred Heart Co-Cathredral, passing through
downtown streets, and ending up two miles away on the university's
campus where all were invited to pray a rosary and then, at 3:00 a.m.,
watch
the funeral of Pope John Paul II, broadcast live from Rome on a jumbo
outdoor
screen. The students' idea blossomed when a local businessman, "Mattress
Mac", heard about the idea and asked to sponsor and publicize
the event, taking out a full-page ad in the Houston Chronicle inviting
the
city to participate. Nearly 2,000 participated in the event with a
reverence and commitment that impacted the whole city, as was evidenced
in the
great television, radio and newspaper coverage the next day.
