Scenes from my parish on Sunday. Click to enlarge.
Photos by Joanna Sokolowska
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Deacon Greg Kandra is a Roman Catholic deacon serving the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York. A veteran broadcast journalist, Deacon Greg worked for 26 years as a writer and producer for CBS News in both New York and Washington. He now serves as the Multimedia Editor of Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA), overseeing editorial content for its acclaimed magazine, ONE, and its award-winning blog, ONE-TO-ONE. For his work in broadcasting, Deacon Greg has been honored with every major award in the industry, including two George Foster Peabody Awards, two Emmy Awards, the Christopher Award and four awards from the Writers Guild of America.
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Those are beautiful pictures. At the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani they processed from the altar through the Abbey outside and into the Skakel Chapel where the Sacrament is still sitting for a Forty Hours devotion. This and Sacred and Heart and all the Solemnities of the Blessed Virgin Mary, are my favorites.
Stephen…
I love the Skakel Chapel — which has one of the most unusual and realistic depictions of Mary I’ve ever seen.
I have fond memories of a similar procession at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Georgia on All Soul’s Day, with a procession concluding with the beautiful blessing of the monks’ graves.
Dcn. G.
Dear Deacon Kandra, in the bottom picture you almost look biblical!
Great pictures.
[Heh. The photographer said I looked like an apostle. 'Yeah,' I replied. 'Stephen, about to be stoned.' Dcn. G.]
Thanks! How I miss those processions and our parish! Love the picture of Fr. Jan & the Eucharist………Thanks again for sharing.
Just think of the irony. While you were processing with the Body of Christ on Corpus Christi, the Catholic governor was parading on Fifth Avenue with those celebrating same-sex marriage. God save us.