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12 Oct

2009

Columbus Day Mass and Procession Celebrated at St. Mary Norwalk

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On this pleasant, chilly Columbus Day, parishioners of St. Mary Norwalk processed down West Avenue to the staute of Christopher Columbus in Thomas C. O’Connor park, praying the rosary, in thanksgiving for Columbus’s bringing the Catholic faith to the New World.

The day began with a Solemn Votive Mass to the Blessed Virgin Mary.


Fittingly the Knights of Columbus were part of the procession





Fr. Markey addresses the crowd at Thomas O’Connor Park.


The Handmaids of Mary, a girls’ soldality in the parish, displayed the banners they had created for the procession.

Choirmaster David Hughes conducts the children’s Schola Cantorum.

The winner of Fr. Markey’s essay contest, a student at All Saints School, reads her essay on Christopher Columbus.

The procession ends with a blessing, back at the church.

A plentiful reception follows

See an excerpt from Fr. Markey’s Sermon and the entire winning essay on Columbus: link

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