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Pilgrimage to Rome from Denver for pallium Mass
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ROME PILGRIMAGE: What: Pilgrimage to Rome for pallium Mass When: June 25-July 2 Cost: $3,288 Contact: Tess Stone at 303-715-3207 or at tess.stone@archden.org |
By John Gleason
A pilgrimage to Rome from Denver is planned next summer for people who wish to witness Los Angeles Coadjutor Archbishop José H. Gomez receive his pallium from Pope Benedict XVI.
The pilgrimage will be led by Msgr. Thomas Fryar, vicar general and moderator of the curia for the Denver Archdiocese. Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., and Auxiliary Bishop James D. Conley are also expected to attend the Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica during which the pallium will be given.
Archbishop Gomez, who began his episcopal ministry in Denver as auxiliary bishop, led the Archdiocese of San Antonio until he was named coadjutor archbishop this year of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Archbishop Chaput, in a statement, said he looked forward to attending the ceremony in Rome next summer and encouraged as many Coloradans who can do so, to attend.
In addition to attending the pallium Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, the eight-day excursion will include visits to the basilicas of St. Mary Major, St. John Lateran and Santi Quattro Cononati. There will be a walking tour of the center of Rome, which will include a visit to the Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps and the church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva which houses the remains of St. Catherine of Siena, one of the patron saints of Italy. On the day after the pallium Mass, pilgrims will make a daylong trip to the city of Assisi to celebrate Mass at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels, the namesake of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
The tour will leave June 25, 2011, and return July 2, 2011. It is being arranged through Catholic Travel Centre of Burbank, Calif., according to Tess Stone, events coordinator for the Archdiocese of Denver and local contact for the tour.
“There is space for 40 people on the tour from Denver,” she said. “And if it fills up and we still have people who want to go, we can refer them to the pilgrimage that’s being organized out of Los Angeles.”
Stone urges those who are interested in the pilgrimage, to contact her quickly.
“The seats could go fast,” she said.
Cost of the package is $3,288. A discount is offered to those who pay in cash. A brochure and registration form is available by calling 303-715-3207 or by e-mailing tess.stone@archden.org.
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