Most Reverend Joseph A. Galante, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of Camden, will be the principal celebrant of a Mass in honor of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe:
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
6:30 PM Procession
7:00 PM Mass
St. Joseph Pro-Cathedral
2907 Federal Street
Camden, New Jersey 08105
The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated on December 12 in recognition of the day when the Blessed Virgin Mary first appeared to an Aztec Indian, Juan Diego, near Mexico City, Mexico in 1531.
Last year, more than 2,000 people from various cultures including Puerto Rican, Mexican, Dominican, Nicaraguan, Salvadorian, Guatemalans, Ecuadorian, and non-Hispanic participated in the feast day Mass and procession to the church. This year the procession will begin at 6:30 PM at 23rd and Federal Streets.
All are welcome to attend. For more information contact St. Joseph’s Pro-Cathedral at 856-964-2776.
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The Diocese of Camden, established in 1937, serves 500,000 Catholics in 124 parishes in Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 11, 2007
Contact:
Andrew J. Walton, Director
Office of Communications
(856) 583-2851