On 6 August the annual feast was celebrated with solemn Masses. the morning Mass being presided over by Bishop Antonio D'Angelo, titular Bishop of Cerenza and Auxiliary of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of L'Aquila, and the afternoon by Fr. Matteo Siro, minister of the Capuchin province of Abruzzo, Lazio and Umbria.
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Fr. Siro and Fr. Gentili
The celebrations were attended by thousands of people, including the procession which - this year - on the initiative of the rector Fr Antonio Gentili, was extended to follow the entire course of the Via Crucis. Among the various religious present was the former rector of the Shrine Fr Carmine Cucinelli.
This year the festival coincided with the enthronements of the Holy Face in the Vancouver British Columbia area churches of St. Francis de Sales of Burnaby (pastor Fr. Mark McGuckin) and of St. James parish Abbotsford (pastor Fr. William Ashley). Both enthronements saw the participation of Fr. Bonifacio (Ted) Lopez, of the diocese of Rome and assistant to Cardinal Antonio Luis Tagle.
The enthronements are due to the work of The Canadian Apostolate of the Holy Face of Vancouver, following the example of the late Daisy Neves. On the same day, the Holy Face was enthroned - by an anonymous pilgrim - in the Grotto of Saint Michael in Monte Sant’Angelo, with the support of the rector of the famous shrine, Fr. Ladislao Suchy. The enthronement was limited to the day of the feast. (attached photo)
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| photo by an anonymous pilgrim |
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