September 3, 1999
CARDINAL BEVILACQUA TO CELEBRATE MASS HONORING
MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS FOR DEDICATION TO CHURCH
MORE THAN 200 RELIGIOUS TO OBSERVE JUBILEES IN 1998
Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia, will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for Religious Jubilarians.
11:00 a.m.
Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul
18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA
More than 200 religious sisters, priests and brothers of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will celebrate their Silver, Golden, or Diamond Anniversaries in 1999. These 242 religious represent 12,950 years of dedicated witness and service to the Catholic Church. Among those attending will be two Sisters celebrating their 75th anniversaries: Sister Thomas Augustine Taylor, M.S.B.T., and Sister Mary Cole, S.H.C.J.
Following the Mass, a reception for the Jubilarians and their guests will be held on the portico of the Archdiocesan Office Center, 222 North Seventeenth Street, Philadelphia.
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