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First Houston Luncheon a Great Success (PHOTOS)
First Houston Luncheon a Great Success (PHOTOS)
Nov 15, 2024 8:08 AM

If you were lucky enough to be at our Houston luncheon last Thurday, you enjoyed Rev. Robert A. Siciro’s very well-received talk on The Moral Adventure of a Free Society, and pany of more than 200 other friends of the Acton Institute. We are grateful to the Honorable George W. Strake, Jr., who served as emcee, and Dr. Robert B. Sloan, Jr., president of Houston Baptist University, who gave the invocation.

The table of young men from Western Academy

A great big thank you to the mittee is in order:

Jeremy S. Davis

Maureen and James Hackett

Shanna and Andrew Linbeck

Bette and Leo Linbeck

Paige and Craig Moore

Wiley L. Mossy, Jr.

Annette and George Strake

Barbara and Robert Zorich

The luncheon’s sponsors were:

Bridges to Life

Alice and Philip Burguieres

The Center for Peace

Anthony and Coleen Madden Ethridge

Donna and Richard Hanus

Mossy Nissan

Marianne and Joe Quoyeser

Spence Media

Western Academy

We look forward ing back to Texas soon!

Dr. Robert Sloan, president of Houston Baptist University, gives the invocationLunch is served

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