Corpus Christi Procession

In addition to the Clergy, Knights of Columbus Honor Guard, the Knights and Dames of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Legion of Mary, the First Communicants, and representatives of the various apostolates and ministries active in the Parish, the parishioners are invited to wear national dress or costume. Traditional dress from Korea, Vietnam, Mexico, Columbia, Germany, Scotland, Guam, and Fiji, are proudly worn in the Procession, a visual proclamation of “Christ for the whole world”!

The participants join with the Choirs in hymns, as the Procession makes its way around the block to the Divine Mercy Chapel of the church, for Adoration and Benediction.

Youth from the Life Teen program carry the Processional banners, and this year the children in the Vacation Bible School made chalk drawings on the sidewalk route of the Procession.

This year, Father Samuel Jandeh, who is from Nigeria, will carry the Blessed Sacrament under a 100-year-old Processional canopy, acquired from the Benedictine Sisters after the closing of their Chapel of Perpetual Adoration in Tucson. 

This is one of the Parish’s largest and most anticipated events of the year!