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Catholic Festival of Faith 2009

More than 7,000 Catholics gathered to learn, worship and celebrate their faith Oct. 16-17 at Catholic Festival of Faith at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. The Festival of Faith, the third event of its kind in the Archdiocese of Chicago, included workshops and presentations for young people, families, Catholic school teachers and catechists and young adults, as well as sessions in Spanish and Polish.

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Dominican Sister Margaret Lekan, from the Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in Justice, speaks with Polish teens gathered in the filled-to-capacity ballroom during the Festival of Faith's Polish youth track on Oct. 17.

Photo: Darrell Harmon / Catholic New World