Thursday 8 October 2009
Welcome Little Flower!
At least 6,000 have thronged our church during the visit of the relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux. Despite the rain on the evening of Wednesday 7th October, crowds queued down the street, some waiting for several hours.
Six boys from the Oratory School carried the 22 stone reliquary in and out of church:
Solemn Vespers of St Thérèse were celebrated:
Bishop William Kenney C.P. celebrated a Solemn Mass:
Pilgrims continued coming all through the night: