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July 19, 2011

CNS: Overcrowded Bible study seen as sign of growing hunger for God's word

by Laura Dodson
Catholic News Service

MELBOURNE, Fla. (CNS) -- A simple Sunday bulletin notice brought an overflow crowd to a Friday afternoon Bible study class, and a brief pulpit announcement at the weekend Masses called more than 100 participants to still another the following Wednesday evening.

At Ascension Parish in Melbourne, in the Orlando Diocese, the response to Bible study reflects what many see as a hunger for the word of God that is growing around the globe.

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