22,000 Youth in Massive Eucharistic Procession

Catholic Key has the scoop! and many  more pictures. 

Cardinal DiNardo gave the keynote at today’s session of the National Catholic Youth Conference in Kansas City, while Kansas City, Kansas Archbishop Joseph Naumann led Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction at Sprint Center. Kansas City – St. Joseph Bishop Robert W. Finn then led 22,000 High School students through his See City from Sprint Center to the Kansas City Convention Center. At some point, I should probably explain why there is an Archbishop of Kansas City who isn’t the Bishop of Kansas City. Here are some pics – story later....

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Come to Grotto for Corpus Christi Procession in Detroit

I'm repeating from a post I made the other day for the benefit of those who have not yet seen it since Corpus Christi is this Sunday. Do consider coming and giving God a few hours of your time by adoring Him in the Eucharist during an outdoor procession.

Each year, the parish has a Corpus Christi procession for the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, which is next Sunday, May 25, for 2008. This "promotional video" is just over 3 minutes long and features a royalty-free version of Pange Lingua



The procession is held outdoors on parish grounds, weather permitting, otherwise it is indoors. It follows the Noon liturgy, which is an orchestra Mass, and will be in the extraordinary form (aka, "tridentine or TLM). The 9:30am will be a Latin Novus Ordo.

This orchestra Mass is conducted by Grotto's pastor, Rev. Eduard Perrone. Details of the Mass are the same as they were on Pentecost:

For the solemnity of Corpus Christi (May 25) for the noon Mass, the choir and orchestra will perform the Mozart "Credo" Mass and five movements from Bach's Pentecost Cantatas (BWV 172, 74 and 34).

A Eucharistic procession is a type of devotion. Like the Mass, it is not about what you get out of it, but what you give - yourself.....to God, unconditionally....for an afternoon. The procession starts around 1:30/1:40 and typically ends around 3:00/3:15.

If you can't make it to Grotto, then search for another parish nearby that has something for Corpus Christi. If you can't make that, then watch EWTN - if need be, online. They will be televising processions.

Just for the record, since I had so little time to throw this together (and neglected other tasks in my endless pipeline), I took the easiest way out by using only pictures I took in 2006, rather than trying to edit video I took last year, and other photos provided to me by others. By dumping in pics from a single folder, I probably saved about 10-15 hours. What you see is the result of about 5 hours work. It would have been less, but Studio 11 was running slower than water uphill.

I also want to point out that I have uploaded this video to "Love to Be Catholic" - a Catholic kind of "you tube". There is some really great stuff there and perhaps I'll profile some to give you an idea.

Bloggers, you may freely embed this in your blogposts if you like. You can get the code here.

You can see my first video on GodTube - on Anointing of the Sick and Benediction in the Grotto on Assumption Day. I will probably upload it to the Catholic site.



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New Te Deum Video: In advance of Corpus Christi

I have made my second video slide show revealing liturgical and devotional life at Assumption Grotto in Detroit, Michigan.

Each year, the parish has a Corpus Christi procession for the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, which is next Sunday, May 25, for 2008. This "promotional video" is just over 3 minutes long and features a royalty-free version of Pange Lingua



The procession is held outdoors on parish grounds, weather permitting, otherwise it is indoors. It follows the Noon liturgy, which is an orchestra Mass, and will be in the extraordinary form (aka, "tridentine or TLM). The 9:30am will be a Latin Novus Ordo.

This orchestra Mass is conducted by Grotto's pastor, Rev. Eduard Perrone. Details of the Mass are the same as they were on Pentecost:

For the solemnity of Corpus Christi (May 25) for the noon Mass, the choir and orchestra will perform the Mozart "Credo" Mass and five movements from Bach's Pentecost Cantatas (BWV 172, 74 and 34).

A Eucharistic procession is a type of devotion. Like the Mass, it is not about what you get out of it, but what you give - yourself.....to God, unconditionally....for an afternoon. The procession starts around 1:30/1:40 and typically ends around 3:00/3:15.

If you can't make it to Grotto, then search for another parish nearby that has something for Corpus Christi. If you can't make that, then watch EWTN - if need be, online. They will be televising processions.

Just for the record, since I had so little time to throw this together (and neglected other tasks in my endless pipeline), I took the easiest way out by using only pictures I took in 2006, rather than trying to edit video I took last year, and other photos provided to me by others. By dumping in pics from a single folder, I probably saved about 10-15 hours. What you see is the result of about 5 hours work. It would have been less, but Studio 11 was running slower than water uphill.

I also want to point out that I have uploaded this video to "Love to Be Catholic" - a Catholic kind of "you tube". There is some really great stuff there and perhaps I'll profile some to give you an idea.

Bloggers, you may freely embed this in your blogposts if you like. You can get the code here.

You can see my first video on GodTube - on Anointing of the Sick and Benediction in the Grotto on Assumption Day. I will probably upload it to the Catholic site.


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40 Hours Devotion in Pictures - November 11, 2007

Some photos from today's 40 Hour Devotion and the closing ceremony at Assumption Grotto. It was reasonably well attended considering the fact that we are commuter parish. God graced us with the warmth of a functioning boiler too!

What more can I say? We'll let the photos do the talking. For those unfamiliar with Assumption Grotto, there was a candle-light, Eucharistic Procession within the church which emptied the pews. The people exit ahead of the Blessed Sacrament. Click on any pic to enlarge.













Click on the pic below to see a picture similar to the one above, but with the aperature opened up to create a flow of candlelight and blurred images. Some parts of the line are more stationary than others. The ghostly image of altar boys have turned the corner in the upper left hand side to lead the procession in front of the altar rail and down the right hand side.





After Benediction and the recessional, the lights were turned out and a few remained in quiet prayer. Click on this pic below to see a most beautiful shot of the Seat of Wisdom statue, previously covered during Expostion.




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Summer Processions at Assumption Grotto

If you are new to this blog and happen to live in the area, you might want to know about our summer Eucharistic processions.

Each Sunday throughout the year, along with other special feast days and solemnities, we will be graced with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, followed by benediction. In bad weather, and during colder months, this is done indoors immediately following the noon Mass. However, spring to fall, at the conclusion of the noon Mass, a brief Eucharistic procession takes place from the Church to the grotto.

I recall all too well my reaction when I first encountered it: Procession? Where? What is going on!?!

If you were born around Vatican II or later, you may never have been exposed to this awesome opportunity. It got shelved along with Mary and silent reverence in Church. Now, a new generation, joined with members of the older generation (you know, the ones who are supposedly just "nostalgic"), and every age in bewteen, keep the tradition alive.

Here are more photos from this past Sunday's procession and benediction.

If you come this coming Sunday, the 29th, you can follow the crowd over to the gym for something to eat (we have socials weekly), and a Day of Recollection which runs until 5:00.

More photos taken on Sunday, July 22, 2007:

- Garden in the Grotto

- A Butterfly in the Grotto Garden

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Diocese of Saginaw: Vocations and Processions

There has been some excellent news for the Diocese of Saginaw - a once very troubled diocese before Bishop Carlson took over. He is one of our Bishops with Backbone after taking measures to get parishes to follow the GIRM.

Here is a look at the Eucharistic Procession on June 10th - the Feast of Corpus Christi. The procession was also part of the Eucharistic Congress they had. The diocese had two priests ordained after a long absence of vocations, and there are five men who just became transistional deacons.

Here is an interview of Bishop Carlson done in May 2006 on vocations

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SIDENOTE:

Happy Fathers Day to all the daddies out there (Scroll down for the words to the song - so appropriate. It was a song that came out just before my dad passed away years ago and the words are so fitting). H/T to Semper Fi Catholic (view their Corpus Christi Procession)

And, a Happy Fathers Day to all priests!

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Corpus Christi 2007 - Procession at Assumption Grotto

I decided to focus on capturing video of the Corpus Christi procession at Assumption Grotto this year, with the hopes of producing a short clip which captures the spirit of the day. It will be some time before I can release such a video as it will undergo much editing.


However, a good friend of Assumption Grotto, Michael Powell, whose wife and daughters are quite active at the parish, was kind enough to use his photography skills to capture still shots of the day. We start with the altars set up on the grounds of our parish.


We start with the procession toward's the first altar, which was set up on the south side of the cemetary.

Altar boys, wearing festive white cassocks and gold shoulder capes, lead the way.

A priest of Opus Angelorum is carrying the Monstrance. He is flanked by Fr. Eduard Perrone - the pastor of Assumption Grotto. Fr. Perrone had been conducting the symphony and choir at the Noon Mass, which ended just moments before these photos were taken.

Here, we see that on the other side of the OA priest, is Grotto's new Deacon, Jim Wilder.

The monstrance holding the Eucharist at the first altar.

More posts will be made when I receive additional photos.

Preliminary post on the Corpus Christi Procession at Assumption Grotto

Second post on the morning of Corpus Christi Sunday

Corpus Christi Procession at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Wyandotte, MI

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Corpus Christi Procession - OLMC Wyandotte

OLMC Pastor, Fr. Walter Ptak is flanked by Deacon Richard Bloomfield as they sing Tantum Ergo, the 13th century hymn written by St. Thomas Aquinas. Benediction followed.

After a 40 year absence, the Corpus Christi outdoor Eucharistic procession was held at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Wyandotte, Michigan, the site of the Call to Holiness 2007 west side conference. Photos were received from Debbie Bloomfield, wife of Deacon Bloomfield.

The solemnity of Corpus Christi (The Body of Christ) was celebrated June 10th. This year, the old custom of an outdoor procession with the Blessed Sacrament was revived at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Wyandotte . It had last been done 40 years ago. The attached pictures tell the story.

Head usher, Al Adamski leads the Corpus Christi Procession from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Wyandotte) followed by altar boys Martin Reed and Gabriel Huerta and banners from the parish societies.

Fr. Walter Ptak, pastor, carrying the Monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament (the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ) and Deacon Richard Bloomfield under the canopy carried by ushers and flanked by altar boys incensing and carrying torches, followed by parishioners coming from the church.



The procession included some of the children who made their First Holy Communion this spring (led by OLMC teacher Mrs. Michele Kooney). The choir and hundreds of parishioners followed the Blessed Sacrament in procession from the church, up Superior Boulevard to Eleventh Street and back along the boulevard to the Pope John Paul II Peace Garden …

More photos can be seen here at Picasa Web

Deo Gratias!

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Sunny skies, 80F, predicted for Corpus Christi here in Detroit

If you have been thinking of commuting to Assumption Grotto for the day, this Sunday would be one day to do it!

You have until noon to get there (but it is wise on such feast days to get there 30 minutes earlier for decent parking).

It will start with an Orchestra Mass at Noon. It will lead into a grand outdoor procession that will run until mid-afternoon.

Processions are beginning to take hold in parts all across the globe as younger people discover the graces - the graces many older people have always cherished. Don't do this for yourself because this would self-centered. Rather, make the day God-centered and GIVE your time to Our Lord in adoration for a few hours.

We think nothing of going to birthday parties, graduation parties and the like - for those people. But when it comes to religious activities we often take stock of what they do for us and if we don't feel like going, or if we don't feel it brings us some kind of benefit, we skip it (and I'm guilty of this myself before Assumption Grotto's priests and culture set me straight).

The best prayer is one in which we ask for nothing, but merely give of ourselves to God.

Come to Assumption Grotto on Corpus Christi and give God some extra time and attention.

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I'll leave you with this fantastic video called, God in the Streets of New York. It is of a recent Eucharistic Procession and I believe it is the order of Fr. Benedict Groeschel leading the way. While our procession is on the grounds of Assumption Grotto and not through the city (which requires permits), it is the point of giving God the time that matters. If you cannot make it to Assumption Grotto, then take advantage of one of many around the country. Call your diocese and ask where the processions are. Call your parish and ask that you and your parishioners have access to a Eucharistic Procession on Corpus Christi.

Bring back Eucharistic Processions!!!



If you know of a Eucharistic Procession taking place somewhere in the world this weekend, list it here so others may go. Put it in the combox.

Here is one: Feast of Corpus Christi takes to south, Kansas City Streets

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Eucharistic Procession at Notre Dame U on April 22, 2007

Getting to Notre Dame University is pretty much a one tank drive. They are having their 3rd annual Eucharistic Procession on April 22, 2007.

If you have nothing going on that weekend, get a carload and BE THERE. If someone has photos, send me a few in an email (and provide info so I may give proper credit for them) and I will post some. Lord knows, we love news of Eucharistic Processions taking place and we should give them our support and visibility.

DETAILS

On Sunday April 22nd, 2007 the University of Notre Dame will hold its 3rd annual Eucharistic Procession. All are welcome to join the Most Reverend John M. D'Arcy, Bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend and the Notre Dame community as they celebrate and give witness to Christ's prensence in the Eucharist. Co-sponsored by many different groups from Notre Dame, St. Mary's, and Holy Cross College, the procession is a revival of an old tradition at the University.

Join us for the 11:45 Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the campus of the University of Notre Dame followed immediately by the procession and a picnic lunch provided by the campus Knights of Columbus. If you intend on participating, please visit the Sign-up page to register.

See the website set up for this annual event where you can get driving directions, parking info, and more.

EDIT: Signup is not needed if you are not taking advantage of lunch. Obviously, they need a count ahead of time for such thing so if you are getting this late, pick up lunch on campus or around campus and leave lunch for those who signed up.

Deo Gratias!!!