Once again, we wish to thank those of our readers who sent in photos of their liturgies for the feast of the Assumption, contributing to the good work of evangelizing through beauty!
Cathedral Basilica of Ss Peter and Paul – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Organized by Mater Ecclesiae church in Berlin, New Jersey
Before the Mass, the congregation recites the Memorare, and a girl brings a bouquet of flowers to the side altar of the Assumption. The bouquet is then sprinkled with holy water and incensed.
Tradition will always be for the young!
Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa – Santa Rosa, California
Courtesy of their chaplain, Fr Jeffery Keyes, who is frequently greeted by a new design made with the ties of the amice by the sister sacristian.
A letter M and two blue roses flowers for the feast of the Immaculate Heart.
Heligenkreuz Abbey – Heligenkreuz, Austria (O. Cist.)
On the eve of the Assumption, the abbot of Stift Lilienfeld, another Cistercian house in Austria, led the rosary and procession to the Grotto. Photos courtesy of Fr Edmud Waldstein O. Cist.
Oratory of Ss Gregory and Augustine – St Louis, Missouri
Photos courtesy of Kiera Petrick
Procession
Blessing of Flowers
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar – São João Del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Celebration of the Transitus and Assumption of the Virgin Mary by the Venerable Confraternity of Our Lady of the Good Death, with His Excellency José Eudes, Bishop of São João Del Rei.
Church of St Joseph – Troy, New York (Carmelite Fathers)
Mass in the traditional Carmelite Rite
St Francis Xavier – Hyannis, Massachusetts
Celebrated by our own Fr Thomas Kocik
