Posted in Photo features, on October 23rd, 2012
St. Kateri Tekakwitha celebration at St. Katharine Drexel Shrine
On Sunday, Oct. 21, Catholics in the Philadelphia region celebrated St. Kateri Tekakwitha’s canonization at the shrine of St. Katharine Drexel in Bensalem. The celebration included Native American drumming and round dancing, a procession with a statue of St. Kateri, a traditional Blessing of the Four Directions performed by local Native Americans and a 3 p.m. Mass celebrated by Father Thomas Betz, O.F.M. Cap.
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- Nitawe Stine and Andrew Hatzold in the procession before mass.
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- Procession on grounds of shrine before mass.
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- Participants in the celebration for the canonization of St. Kateri Tekakwitha process with a statue of her before Mass.
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- Native Americans from the Kateri Ciricle group walk in procession before Mass at the motherhouse of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, Bensalem.
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- Fr. Tom Betz O.F.M. Cap. was the celebrant for the mass celebrating the canonization of Saint Kateri.
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By the laying on of hands and prayer, Archbishop Chaput ordains Sean English a deacon during his ordination. 
Christopher Moriconi prays as he is ordained a deacon by the laying of hands by Archbishop Chaput.
Sean English kisses his stole before being vested with the dalmatic, a vestment worn by a deacon, by Deacon John Farrell.
Archbishop Charles Chaput places the Book of the Gospels in the hands of Robert Gross and says, "receive the Gospel of Christ, whose herald you now are. Believe what you read, teach what you believe, and practice what you teach."
Deacon Charles Ravert shares a kiss of peace with Archbishop Chaput during the ordination. 
Newly ordained Deacon Robert Gross serves as Deacon of the Eucharist during his ordination Mass.
Deacons Sean English, Christopher Moriconi and David Waters Jr. joyfully recess from Mass after their ordination.
Newly ordained deacons (top, from left) Robert Gross, Charles Ravert,
(middle) Sean English, Jason Buck, David Waters Jr. and Christopher Moriconi pose with Bishop Timothy Senior, Archbishop Charles Chaput and Bishop Michael Fitzgerald.
Bishop Timothy Senior, rector of St. Charles Seminary, presents Sean English, Jason Buck, Christopher Moriconi, Robert Gross, David Waters Jr. and Charles Ravert to Archbishop Charles Chaput.
Jason Buck promises obedience to Archbishop Chaput and his successors at the diaconate ordination on May 11.
Robert Gross and David Waters Jr. lay prostrate in prayer during their ordination.
During ordination the six men lay prostrate during the litany of saints.
Archbishop Charles Chaput offers a kiss of peace to the newly ordained deacon, David Waters Jr.
Six men ordained transitional deacons
Archbishop Charles Chaput ordained six new transitional deacons on Saturday, May 11 at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. The deacons will serve in a parish during the next year prior to their expected ordination as priests in May 2014.
Wow. What a neat way your parish celebrated Saint Kateri’s special day and time. Wish I could have been there to pray and sing with you all. I live in Chicago. I did have the chance to pray and celebrate Mass with the Kateri Center here in Chhicago before they left for Rome. Watched the Canonization ceremony live from 3-5 in the morning. It waxs so beautiful. Then went to shores of lake michigtan to sing songts to first light and Kateri. Then Mass with gramma and grampa. All so special. Thanks for sharing how your parish celebrated. Many blessings. Mitakuye oyacin. Tim
By: timothy canezaro on October 25, 2012 at 3:29 pm