Start of Holy Year
Today Bishop Paul came to celebrate 10.30 Mass and open the Holy Year for our parish. We gathered outside the West (main) door of the Cathedral in a way similar to Palm Sunday. The liturgy of the opening of the Holy Year consisted of 4 steps
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| Reading Papal Bull at start of Holy Year |
A solemn opening of the main doors of the cathedral with the Bishop leading the people into the House of God behind the medieval processional cross from Cockersands Abbey
Blessing and sprinkling of Holy Water
Solemn celebration of Mass beginning with the Gloria.
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| Cockersands Abbey Medieval Cross |
To read more about this splendid cross see the Wyre Archaeology Society