Inside the Vatican – 15th Anniversary Conference

Inside the Vatican magazine celebrated their 15th anniversary with a conference at Catholic University this past weekend. Attendee’s included Archbishop Wuerl of Washington, DC and Archbishop Sambi, Papal Nuncio to the United States.

The subject of the conference is “The Hope of The Promise: An Exploration of God’s Promise to Israel and its Fulfillment“.

Pictures from the conference are below, to see all the pictures click here.

Inside the Vatican Magazine – 15th Anniversary Conference (Day Two)

Continued from yesterday, here are pictures from Day two of the conference. Included are pictures from the Evening Mass that was held in the Crypt Church of the Basilica for the conference.

Inside the Vatican Magazine – 15th Anniversary Conference (Day One)

I will be taking pictures this weekend for Inside the Vatican magazine. The publication is celebrating their 15th anniversary with a conference here at Catholic University. Attendee’s include Archbishop Wuerl and Archbishop Sambi, Papal Nuncio to the United States.

The subject of the conference is “The Hope of The Promise: An Exploration of God’s Promise to Israel and its Fulfillment”. Pictures from day one are included below:

The Arizona Cardinals Practice at CUA

Working out a deal with Catholic University, the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals football team have been practicing at CUA’s Cardinal Stadium since their game against the Washington Redskins last Sunday. The professional football team, using both the Athletic Center and the football field, are preparing for their game against the New York Jets this upcoming weekend.

Today, members of the CUA Cardinal’s Football Team were able to meet members of the Arizona team.

A Day at the Zoo

I decided to take a trip to the Zoo to get a few pictures. See them below!

Black & White

Trying out converting some of the images I took on Thursday to B&W. See below.

Pictures from the Sky – The Basilica

Yesterday I was fortunate enough to go take pictures from the top of the Knights of Columbus Tower, of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, for the CUA Yearbook. The Basilica rising up 32 floors or 329 feet is considered the tallest building and the 2nd tallest structure in Washington, DC. The Washington Monument is the tallest structure, but can not be considered a building, as it doesn’t have successive floors that can be occupied.

The pictures did not come out as good as I would have liked, especially the far away shots, such as the Capital and the Washington Monument. It was very hazy the day I went up, but you take what you can get. I’ll be going up again next week to take pictures at sunset/nighttime, so hopefully I’ll be able to get some good shots then. I’ve included some of the pictures I took from the top, as well as some from the trip up and back down the tower.

The CUA Tower Website

I’ve recently worked on updating the website for The Tower Newspaper @ The Catholic University of America. There old system used something known as College Publisher, which is basically a student newspaper web management system run by MTV, so essentially Viacom. Unfortunetely, this platform does not allow for much customization and the customization it does requires learning a whole new web language that many are unfamiliar with. So, we decided to go with the well-known web management system known as Wordpress. Free and extremely customizable are some of the benefits of this platform and more importantly it’s easy for the web-novice to update and manage the system once setup.

We looked through hundreds of Wordpress themes (customizable designs) and finally stumbled upon one by Brian Gardner Media known as the Revolution News Theme. The base design included most of the functions we wanted to see within the website and while there was a lot of customization the end product finally came out after a few weeks of work.

We’re still working on getting all of the archives from the past 8 years uploaded onto the new website, but that should be done within a few weeks. You can view the website here and screenshots are posted below.

Press:

Innovation in College Media: Catholic U. Tower redesigns, launches with WordPress

Romney Speaks at FRC Value Voters Summit

Former Mass. Governor Mitt Romney spoke tonight at the Summit. Check out the pictures below:

FRC Actions Annual Value Voters Summit in DC

The Family Research Council is holding it’s annual Value Voters Summit at the Washington Hilton in DC this weekend. I was able to catch some of today’s speakers including Lou Dobbs, Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, Congresswomen Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), as well as former Washington Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs. Numerous other speakers are lined up throughout the day and I’ll be catching Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney when he speaks tonight around 7pm.

The Summit has more speakers lined up throughout weekend along with workshops and an exhibition hall dedicated to pro-family and conservative groups such as Americans for Tax Reform and Pro-Life Americans. They also have some satirical vendors selling items such as “Obama Waffles”.

I’ve included some pictures from today and I’ll update later with more from Romney’s speech. Check out the Valued Voters Summit Website here.

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