Posted June 5, 2013

In celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi, St. Ignatius Loyola and St. John the Evangelist parishioners joined together Sunday, June 2 for the second annual Walk with Jesus between the two parishes. The three-mile Eucharistic procession began with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Ignatius Church in Yardley. Participants then processed to St. John the Evangelist Church in Lower Makefield, where benediction took place at 4 p.m. Those who were unable to walk were invited to join in the celebration at either the exposition or benediction. (Photos by Sarah Webb)

  • The procession followed through the neighborhoods of Yardley and Lower Makefield.

  • On his first day of his new assignment as a newly ordained deacon, Deacon Charles Ravert carries the eucharist through the streets of Lower Makefield.

  • The procession stops at a house along the route of the procession for benediction.

  • Msgr. Joseph Prior, pastor of St. John the Evangelist, carries the eucharist for the the final blocks of the procession.

  • Msgr. Joseph Prior, pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Morrisville, leads the procession from St. Ignatius Church, Yardley, up the driveway of St. John’s for the final benediction and conclusion of the Corpus Christi procession. (Photos by Sarah Webb)

  • Msgr. Samuel Shoemaker, pastor of St. Ignatius of Antioch where the procession began with prayer, prays along with the people at St. John the Evangelist in Lower Makefield where the procession ended.

  • Msgr. Joseph Prior, pastor of St. John the Evangelist, incenses the eucharist.

  • Msgr. Joeseph Prior leds the people in prayer at St. John the Evangelist where the procession ended.

  • Myrna Abad (left) and Christina Mahan from St. Ignatius Parish, Yardley, pray during benediction at St. John the Evangelist, Morrisville, after processing from their parish.

  • Msgr. Joseph Prior, pastor of St. John the Evangelist, blesses during benediction that end the procession at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Lower Makefield.