Local Mass to be offered for Mother Angelica

Posted March 29, 2016

A memorial Mass will be celebrated for Mother Mary Angelica, founder of EWTN television network, in Philadelphia at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31 in the Chapel of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament adjacent to the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. Father Dennis Gill, rector of the cathedral basilica, will be the main celebrant.

The following morning in Hanceville, Alabama, Archbishop Charles Chaput will be the main celebrant for Mother Angelica’s funeral Mass at 11 a.m.

See the EWTN website for information concerning live streaming of the funeral Mass.

Read more about Mother Angelica’s passing here.

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