EN ESPAÑOL | Print | Share | Calendar | Diocesan Locator
FOLLOW US  Click to go to Facebook.  Click to go to Twitter.  Click to go to YouTube.   TEXT SIZE Click to make text small. Click for medium-sized text. Click to make text large.  
USCCB>Media > News Releases >
 

Basilica To Host Closing Mass Of Fortnight for Freedom

 
June 28, 2012

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
400 Michigan Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20017-1566
Telephone: 202-526-8300 Fax: 202-526-8313
http://www.nationalshrine.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Basilica to Host Closing Mass of the Fortnight for Freedom
July 4th at 12:10 p.m.

WASHINGTON - The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception will host the Closing Mass of the Fortnight for Freedom on Wednesday, July 4, at 12:10 p.m. in the Basilica’s Great Upper Church.

His Eminence Donald Cardinal Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, will be the principal celebrant of the Mass.His Excellency Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap., of Philadelphia will be the homilist. Apostolic Nuncio to the United States (Vatican Ambassador), His Excellency Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, will concelebrate the Mass and deliver a message from His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. The Mass will be broadcast live nationwide on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN).

The Closing Mass of the Fortnight for Freedom is free and open to the public.

For more information on the Fortnight for Freedom, please visit www.fortnight4freedom.org.

# # # # #

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Jacquelyn Hayes
Director of Communications
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
202-281-0615 (office)
202-309-2161 (mobile)


Sister Mary Ann Walsh
Director of Media Relations
USCCB
202-541-3201 (office)
301-325-7935 (mobile)

 

12-120

 



By accepting this message, you will be leaving the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. This link is provided solely for the user's convenience. By providing this link, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops assumes no responsibility for, nor does it necessarily endorse, the website, its content, or sponsoring organizations.

cancel  continue