Hailing from the parish of St Timothy’s, Tempe, Arizona, Matt Maher has rapidly become one of the most admired and critically-acclaimed Catholic artists in the United States. In 2002 Matt released his first CD, ‘The End and the Beginning’ and since then the response and rise in popularity of Matt and his music has been significant. At World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto, Matt’s “Litany of the Saints” was sung at the official Papal Evening Prayer, with the Holy Father singing the lyrical prayer along with 700,000 young pilgrims from around the world. Matt’s songs “Just Like You” and “Love Has Come”. Matt has been awarded for his contribution to Christian music on a number of occasions winning the Unity Award twice; for “New Artist of the Year” from the United Catholic Music and Video Association in 2003 and , in 2004, Praise and Worship song of the year for “I love you, Lord”. With his latter albums Welcome to Life in 2003 and his third album, Overflow, in February 2006, Matt continues to explore the wonders and challenges of this life that God calls us to. We are incredibly excited about Matt coming to play and speak at Bright Lights this year, and to be honest, anyone who chooses Transubstantiation as the opening lyric to a song has just got to be cool! 
 

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