PANIS ANGELORUM!
The elevation at the 9:30am Latin Novus Ordo held in Church with one of the Fathers of the Holy Cross wearing the same chasuble.
This was taken near the end of the Noon Mass, also held outdoors. Fr. Perrone is seen in cassock and surplice and associate pastor, Fr. John Bustamante is in the very beautiful and very old, Assumption Day chasuble. It was recently fixed up a bit. I think it is one of the finest chasubles on God's green earth and it is the only closeup I have.
This was taken about 3 PM when Fr. Perrone did Benediction and Annointing of the Sick. Fr. Bustamante holds the ombrellino over the Blessed Sacrament as Fr. Perrone carries the monstrance.
In the middle of the 7:00pm Mass, following the Homily, Detroit Auxiliary Bishop, John Quinn, blessed the new statues just added to the Grotto, one of Bernadette, and the other of an angel.
Bishop Quinn in a moment of solitude during Holy Mass as Communion is being distributed by 7 priests outside the view of this photo.
The 7:00pm Mass was ending about 8:45 and the sun was already going down fast. Fr. Perrone is seen kneeling at the Grotto as he consecrates the parish to the Blessed Mother on her feast day. The candles that people laid out all around the center of the grotto are beginning to glow nicely.
Night fell, the Mass ended, and then began a candlelight procession with hundreds singing Marian songs as they walked through the Grotto. They would stop, lift the candles high and sing, "Ave, Ave, Ave Maria!". Trust me, this was not your grandmother's procession as there were plenty of young people captivated by the experience.
