On Jan. 1, New Year’s Day, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney celebrated a Spanish Mass at St. Margaret of Scotland Parish in Morristown, N.J., to mark the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, also observed on that day.
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The well-attended Mass started with a procession into St. Margaret’s Church for “La Virgen de las Nubes,” or “The Virgin of the Clouds,” a Catholic devotion celebrated by the parish’s Ecuadorian community. Bishop Sweeney censed a statue of the Blessed Mother.
Bishop Sweeney also blessed a new “hanging” crucifix, which was placed above the altar. A woman of the parish donated the crucifix.
BEACON PHOTOS | JOE GIGLI
