January 28, 2000
CARDINAL BEVILACQUA SAYS "THANK YOU" TO
MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS OF ARCHDIOCESE
ALMOST 1500 PRIESTS, SISTERS AND BROTHERS TO BE
HONORED ON "WORLD DAY FOR CONSECRATED LIFE"
Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia, will celebrate a special Mass for World Day for Consecrated Life
2:00 p.m.
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia
Almost 1500 religious priests, sisters and brothers, as well as members of secular institutes will attend the Mass. Among them will be 102-year-old Sister Ursula Infante, who will take part in the gift procession.
A dinner honoring the religious of the Archdiocese will be held following Mass at the Wyndham Hotel. Each religious will receive a rose and a special commemorative holy card at the dinner. Contemplative and Cloistered nuns who are unable to attend the Mass and dinner will have dinner delivered to them and will receive special gifts at their residences.
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John Miller
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215-587-3747