News Release
December 15, 1998
CARDINAL BEVILACQUA TO PRESIDE AT
MEMORIAL MASS FOR HURRICANE VICTIMS
Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia, will preside at a Memorial Mass for victims of Hurricanes Georges and Mitch. Rev. John Halloran, pastor at Incarnation of Our Lord parish, will be the homilist.
Hundreds of residents of North Philadelphia whose family members were affected by the hurricanes will be in attendance.
2:00 p.m.
Incarnation of Our Lord Parish
5th Street and Lindley Avenue
Philadelphia
More than 11,000 people in Honduras, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guatemala, and Cuba were killed by Hurricanes Georges and Mitch. Experts say it will take Honduras and Nicaragua a generation to recover from the devastation.
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