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FORT WORTH — The Devotion of the Forty Hours, which commemorates the forty hours Our Lord’s Body lay in the tomb, will open Sunday at the 10:00 o’clock Mass in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. This Mass will be a Solemn Mass, and the Procession of the Most Holy Sacrament will take place at the end of this Mass. St. Charles Borromeo This Devotion was first in augurated by St. Charles Bor romeo, the great Cardinal Arch bishop of Milan in 1534, and spread rapidly throughout the Catholic world. It was first in troduced into the United States in 1846 by the Saintly Bishop Newmann of Philadelphia. It is now an annual occurance in every Catholic Church the world over. For three days the Blessed Sacra ment remains exposed on the Altar for the public adoration of the faithful. Special Masses, services, devotions, and sermons are held and preached to encourage the piety and fervor of the people. Officers Officers of the Solemn Mass will be as follows: celebrant, Rev. Leonard ‘Knoff, CO.S.B.; deacon, Rev. Gerald T. Cooney; and a sub deacon, Rev. Robert Johnson. The Procession will be led by the first Crucifer, Donald Kavar augh, flanked on either side by Eddie Svreek with the American flag and Al Morrey with the Papal flag, immediately behind the cross and flags will come a long line of uniformed small boys and white veiled girls from St. Ignatius Acad emy; then some 20 flower girls strewing rose petals in the path of Our Sacramental Lord. At intervals and interspersed among these children the banners of the various religious societies and confraternities of Saint Pat rick’s Church will be carried by young ladies accompanied by pages and by men of the various church groups. Pages Our Lady of the Blessed Sacra ment for the Peoples Eucharistic League, Miss Linda Farrell; pages, Laura Banks and Kathryn Moz jesik. Mary Immaculate for CYO, Miss Rose Mary Gallagher; pages, Su san Andries and Karren Currin. Saint Maria Goretti, Miss Jane Conway; pages, Vivian Polenta and Sharon Kay Hawkins. Marter Dolorosa, Miss Edith Bartula; pages, Barbara Evans and Eloisa Pimentel. The Most Pure Heart of Mary for the Confraternity for the Con version of Sinners, Miss Marilyn Wilson; pages, Joan Parson and Johanna Bannon. Saint Joseph of the Poor Souls, for the Purgatorial Society and Calvary Cemetery Association, Miss Sylvia Fischer; pages, Gayle Mary Tregre and Mary Stella Zamora. Sacred Heart Banner for the League of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Miss Irene Witkowski; pages, Kay Holleman and Theresa Black. Our Lady of Guadalupe, Miss Margarita Diaz, Miss Mary Ruth Vazquez, Miss Jeanne Carter, and Miss Rose Paez; pages, Linda Murtagh and Elizabeth Breen. Ecce Homo Banner Holy Name Society, A. Witkowski. Saint Vincent de Paul Banner, Frank Yeager. Saint Anthony of Padua Banner, Ill Order of Saint Francis, Joseph Fisher. Assumption Banner, Joe Mar tinez, accompanied by Joe Pyka and Tom Ory. The second Cross will be carried by Jesu Paez with Raul Del Rio and David Nichols as torch bear ers. The smaller altar boys will follow, then the elaborately orna mented IHS insignia — the Stand ard of Jesus — will be carried by Bill Cunningham with Benny Klinger and W. C. Schertz as ac companying torch bearers. Jay Jones and Pat Rich will carry the bell staves. A relic of the True Cross in magnificently decorated shrine will be carried by Tony Witkowski, flanked by Johnny Granado and Joe Cepeda as torch bearers. The Blessed Virgin Mary will be represented by Anne Felix. She will bear the symbolic wheat and grapes of the Great Unbloody Sac rifice. Mary Margaret Carter and Helen June Anter will accompany her as angels. The larger Altar boys will follow and behind them will come the 2 Thurifers, Bob Cunningham and James Klein. Frank Diaz will be boat bearer. The canopy bearers will be
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Dallas Texas Catholic
Dallas, Texas, US
Sat, Oct 03, 1953
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