More than 800 people turned out for the centennial celebration and Mass at St. Ambrose Church in Fields Corner in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. Auxiliary Bishop Robert F. Hennessey celebrated the Mass, which had parts said in English, Vietnamese, and Spanish. The Mass celebration included a liturgical dance and a special presentation of the gifts that represented the ethnicities of the neighborhood, including Irish, Caribbean, Central American, and Vietnamese.
– Text and photos by Bill Brett
A priest distributes Communion to soldiers during World War II in Russia. In a joint ecumenical service May 8, 2020, marking the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, Christian churches in Germany issued a call for a commitment to work for peace. (Credit: CNS photo/KNA.)
Henry David Thoreau. (Credit: Stock image.)
An Orthodox icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the child Jesus. (Credit: Stock image.)
Three Catholic priests and a Lutheran pastor from the northern German city of Lubeck were executed by the Nazis Nov. 10, 1943. The three Catholic martyrs, pictured clockwise from bottom left, are Blesseds Eduard Mueller, Johannes Prassek and Hermann Lange. The Rev. Karl Friedrich Stellbrink is pictured at bottom, right. (Credit: CNS photo.)