Candlemas

Meet in the Msgr. Foran Great Room at 5:30pm. Candlemas commemorates the purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary and is also known as "The Presentation of Our Lord"; This feast traditionally closes the Christmas season. The name Candlemas comes from the activities associated with the feast. It came to be known as the Candle Mass. A procession with lighted candles is the distinctive rite. This procession into the church for Mass commemorates Christ’s entrance into the temple.