November 11, 2023
2800 McGavock Pike, NASHVILLE
9am - 4:30 pm 

"...Whoever eats this bread will live forever... " John 6:51b

Join other Catholics from around the Diocese of Nashville in celebration of the Eucharist, as part of the USCCB National Eucharistic Revival! This is the second of three Eucharistic-centered conferences we will have, each focusing on a portion of the Bread of Life Discourse, John 6:51.

Hear from Catholic speakers, attend Mass with Bishop J. Mark Spalding, participate in Adoration, and shop with local Catholic vendors. Lunch will be provided. 

Tickets $20 and doors open at 8am. Registration and payment below.

Dr. John Bergsma, serves as Professor of Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville and Vice President at the St. Paul Center. He holds the M.Div. and Th.M. degrees from Calvin Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and served as a Protestant pastor for four years before entering the Catholic Church in 2001 while pursuing a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. He specialized in the Old Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls, graduating with high honors in 2004. He is the bestselling author of numerous books on Scripture including his most recent release: The Word of the Lord: Reflections on the Sunday Mass Readings for Year A. Dr. Bergsma can also be found on the St. Paul Center’s Letters from Home podcast and YouTube channel. Most importantly: John and his wife Dawn have been married for 27 years and have eight children.

Fr. Malachy Joseph Napier, CFR,  was born in Augusta, GA in 1982 to a devout Catholic family that was part of a charismatic community called the Alleluia Community. In his adolescence and early college years he rejected the faith until the Lord called him unexpectedly to the priesthood and he experienced a grace of reconversion through an encounter with the love of Jesus Christ through confession. He joined the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in 2008. He has served in the US and the foreign missions the CFRs have in Nicaragua. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 30, 2020 in Newark, NJ. He returned in the fall of 2022 from serving in Nicaragua and is currently living at the St. Crispin’s friary in the south Bronx, NY. He works with the homeless at St. Anthony’s Shelter for Renewal and is a Eucharistic Preacher for the National Eucharistic Revival.

Katie Prejean McGrady is a speaker, author, and host of The Katie McGrady Show on The Catholic Channel on Sirius XM. Katie hosts three podcasts: Ave Explores, from Ave Maria Press, Like a Mother, with Our Sunday Visitor, and Family Mass Prep, on Hallow. She’s an op-ed columnist for La Croix International, a regular writer for Our Sunday Visitor, Aleteia, and Blessed is She. Katie lives in Lake Charles, Louisiana with her husband and daughters.