More Photos from the Feast of the Holy Face of Manoppello May 2019

The Holy Face at the Church of San Nicola

all photos by Paul Badde except as indicated

Archbishop Bruno Forte Carrying the Holy Face at the Basilica of the Holy Face with Sr. Petra Maria to the left and Fr. Paolo Palombarini at the right

Archbishop Forte carrying the monstrance up the stairs to return the Holy Face to its place of honor in the Basilica


Photos below are courtesy of  Mrs. Augustine Pham of San Rafael, California.  Mrs. Pham is a promoter of the Holy Face of Manoppello who invited Fr. Carmine to the San Francisco Bay Area and helped to plan and provide for his visit in September 2014 as part of the mission to the USA and the Philippines organized by Mrs. Daisy Neves.

Fr. Paolo Palombarini, Augustine Pham, Fr. Carmine Cucinelli, Sr. Petra Maria Steiner

Ellen Badde, Augustine Pham and Paul Badde

20 Bishops from the Philippines in Pilgrimage to the Holy Face of Manoppello

From the Facebook page "Devotees of the Holy Face of Manoppello" comes this news.:

His Excellency Mons. Roberto Mallari, Bishop of the Diocese of San Jose Nueva Ecija, Philippines, with 19 other Filipino bishops from the north of Manila, on the occasion of the "ad limina visit" to Rome and Pope Francis, visited the shrine of the Holy Face in Manoppello on May 18, 2014 to venerate the original Holy Face of Manoppello. Archbishop Mallari enthroned a copy of the Holy Face in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Nampicuan Nueva Ecija, on September 16, 2014, 

Below is the link to their Facebook page which has a number of other photos of the Bishops on their pilgrimage

https://www.facebook.com/holyface081614/posts/399860627267292