216 Scribner Avenue
Norwalk
NORWALK—The Catholic Churches of Deanery G (Norwalk, Darien and New Canaan) will hold a Eucharistic Procession, Sunday, June 23 at 3 pm on the Feast of Corpus Christi. The 1.9-mile procession route will begin at St. Matthew Church, 216 Scribner Avenue, Norwalk, and conclude at St. Ladislaus Church,25 Cliff Ave., Norwalk.
The Norwalk Police Department will supervise the local roads.
Bishop Frank J. Caggiano will display the Eucharist in a gold vessel called a monstrance, and lead the faithful in prayer and hymns as they process out of St. Matthew Church through the roads leading to St. Ladislaus Church.
The Feast of Corpus Christi was instituted in 1264 by Pope Urban IV. Also known as the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, this day celebrates in a special way the Holy Eucharist, which Catholics believe is truly the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ. As Catholics unite to witness the Exposition of Christ and walk in the Procession, they are uniting and walking with Christ.
The following parishes of Deanery G, Mary, Mother of Divine Grace, will be represented: St. Aloysius, New Canaan; St. Jerome, Norwalk; St. John, Darien; St. Joseph, Norwalk; St. Ladislaus, Norwalk; St. Mary, Norwalk; St. Matthew, Norwalk; St. Philip, Norwalk; St. Thomas More, Darien; St. Thomas the Apostle, Norwalk.
ROUTE:
From St. Matthew Church parking lot, left onto Scribner Avenue Cross Connecticut Avenue
Left onto Flax Hill Road
Right onto Sound View Avenue
Left into the parking lot of St. Ladislaus Church
The roads will be affected from 3– 4 pm on Sunday, June 23, 2019.
(For further information, please contact Father Tomi Thomas at: 203.838.3788, ext. 112; 203.919.4067, or email at: ShobhitTom@yahoo.com.)