The evening Mass on Holy Thursday, April 18 commemorated the institution of the Eucharist and modeled Christian service in the rite of the washing of feet, received by 12 seminarians of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. Archbishop Charles Chaput washed the feet of two seminarians while Fathers Christopher Cooke and Christopher Moriconi — who also preached the homily for the Mass — washed the feet of the others during the solemn liturgy at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia. (Photos by Sarah Webb)
Father Christopher Moriconi preaches the homily.
Archbishop Charles Chaput washes the feet of a seminarian in an act of humble service modeled by Jesus in a Gospel account of the Last Supper on the night before his passion and death.
Bindu, Asha, Naveen and Aiden pray together during Mass on Holy Thursday at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia.
Seminarian Mark Tobin (right), bears a candle during the consecration of the Eucharist.
A couple prays silently on Holy Thursday evening before a veiled statue in the cathedral, observing a tradition in which a church’s statues are veiled on Holy Week until the celebration of the Resurrection of the Lord at Easter.
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