Monday 10 September 2018

Adoremus

Somewhere on the picture below are the pilgrims who went up from Oxford with Fr Daniel to the Eucharistic Congress in Liverpool yesterday:43871151674_52a8d5cd1c_z (1)

After Solemn Mass in the Cathedral, celebrated by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, the Blessed Sacrament was carried out for the Procession through the streets of Liverpool, over a magnificent carpet of flowers, provided by the diocese of Arundel and Brighton:

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The procession was somewhat wet. See here Bishop Robert Byrne, Cong. Orat. (the chief organizer of Adoremus), Archbishop Bernard Longley (Archbishop of Birmingham), and Archbishop Edward Adams (Apostolic Nuncio) all enjoying the rain of Merseyside:

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Singing in the Rain:

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The Blessed Sacrament passes through the streets under cover of a canopy:
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The crowds at Benediction on the steps of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral:

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