Twenty-eight different bands and performers performed during the festival.
Though the performances were not explicitly Christian, the event still helps to build something one performer, Ben-David Warner, called “Catholic culture.”
A North Virginia-based musician, Warner is the director of sacred liturgy and music at St. Charles Borromeo parish in Arlington, Virginia. He also leads the folk-acoustic group the Ben-David Warner Band.
Warner said that in America “we don’t have a Catholic culture” but instead “we have a very secular culture.”
For many Catholics, Warner pointed out, the only time they spend with other Catholics is once a week during Mass.
“It’s good to have events like this because it’s an opportunity for a lot of Catholics to come together and…
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