Our second Assumption photopost starts with something particularly impressive, a video of the complete Mass celebrated at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. This event is organized every year by the Mater Ecclesiae chapel in Berlin, New Jersey, and always features some truly excellent music, accompanied by an orchestra. The photos below also include a Pontifical Mass celebrated by the HE Czeslaw Kozon, the bishop of Copenhagen, who will be leading the Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage to Rome this year, as well as confirmations, the blessing of flowers, and the Byzantine Rite celebrated in blue vestments. As always, our thanks to everyone who sent these in, continuing the important work of evangelizing through beauty.
Cathedral Basilica of Ss Peter and Paul - Philadelphia, Pennsylvnia
St John the Baptist - Minneapolis, Minnesota (Byzantine Rite)
Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mt Carmel - New York City
Piarist Church - Krems, Austria
Blessing of Flowers
Ss Peter and Paul - Wilmington, California
Celebrated by the Norbertine Fathers of St Michael’s Abbey
St Francis de Sales Oratory - St Louis, Missouri (ICKSP)
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart - Copenhagen, Denmark
Pontifical Mass celebrated by His Excellency Czeslaw Kozon, bishop of Copenhagen.
Old St Patrick Oratory - Kansas City, Missouri (ICKSP)
Pontifical Mass celebrated by His Excellency Czeslaw Kozon, bishop of Copenhagen.
Procession
Blessing of flowers
St Margaret Mary - Oakland, California (ICKSP)
His Excellency Michael Barber, the bishop of Oakland, celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation before the Mass, which he then attended in choir.
Holy Innocents - New York City
St John Cantius - Chicago, Illinois
