All parishioners are invited to participate in our Corpus Christi Procession on Sunday, June 18th following the 11 AM Mass.  We especially hope to have represented our First Communicants (in their first communion attire), Extra Ordinary Ministers of the Eucharist, the Knights, the Women of St. Joseph, all of our school families, Catholic Daughters, Serra Club, Scouts, Altar Servers, our new Catholics, and all those serving in the many ministries at our parish.
What is the purpose of carrying the Blessed Sacrament in a solemn procession ? 
   Saint John Paul II wrote in the Apostolic Letter, Mane Nobiscum Domine (Stay With Us, Lord; October 7, 2004) “Our faith in the God who took flesh in order to become our companion along the way needs to be everywhere proclaimed, especially in our streets and homes, as an expression of our grateful love and as an inexhaustible source of blessings.”     Emeritus Pope, Benedict XVI said in a homily on the Feast of Corpus Christi (2005): “In the Corpus Christi procession, we walk with the Risen One on His journey to meet the entire world.”
What am I supposed to do in a Eucharistic procession?     Accompany our Lord truly present in the Blessed Sacrament throughout the procession and honor and adore Him with our hymns and prayers.  In this way our walking with Jesus in the Eucharistic procession gives public witness to our faith that Jesus Christ is truly present with us. Our walking with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is a way of announcing to the world that if Jesus can change bread and wine into His Body and Blood then He can change the lives of all men and women of goodwill.    PLEASE JOIN US