Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia, will preside at the annual Puerto Rican Festival Mass. The Mass is an opportunity for the local Puerto Rican community to celebrate its faith and culture.

Thursday, September 21, 2000
Rosary Procession
6:30 p.m.
Logan Square

Puerto Rican Festival Mass
7:30 p.m.
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia

The Most Reverend Tnaki Mallona Txertudi will be the homilist. He is the Bishop of the Diocese of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. In 1999 the Archdiocese of Philadelphia started a Mission at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in the Diocese of Arecibo, in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. Two priests from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Reverend William S. Murphy and Reverend Scott D. Brockson, are assigned to the Mission and operate it as a parish of the Archdiocese.

The 23 parishes of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia that have Hispanic Ministry will participate in this traditional event.

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