[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Welcome Pope Francis!

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery interval=”5″ images=”6031,6062,6065,6072″ img_size=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1442727838015{margin-right: 5px !important;margin-left: 5px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Pope Francis in Cuba

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6032″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_column_text]

Sept. 20-Havana

5:30am Mass in Havana’s Revolution Square. Homily by Pope. Recitation of the Angelus.(carried Live by JP2 Radio, FM 95.7)
Courtesy visit with Cuba’s President Raul Castro in Havana’s Palace of the Revolution.
Celebration of vespers with priests, religious and seminarians in Havana’s cathedral. Homily by Pope.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6032″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_column_text]

Sept. 21-Holguin

Departure by air for Holguin, Cuba.
Arrival at Holguin’s Frank Pais International Airport.
7:00 am Mass in Holguin’s Revolution Square. Homily by Pope Francis. (carried Live by 95.7 FM, Imperial Valley)
Blessing of the city of Holguin from Cross Hill (Loma de la Cruz).
Departure by air for Santiago de Cuba.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6032″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_column_text]

Sept. 22-Santiago

4:30-7:00 am Mass in the Minor Basilica of the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre. Homily by Pope Francis. (carried Live by 95.7 FM)
Meeting with families in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption in Santiago de Cuba. Speech by pope. Blessing of the city from the outside of the cathedral.
Farewell ceremony at Santiago de Cuba’s International Airport.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Pope Francis in U.S.A.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6063″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]

World Meeting of Families

Started by St. John Paul II, our patron saint, the World Meeting of Families, is held every three years and sponsored by the Holy See’s Pontifical Council for the Family. The World Meeting of Families is the world’s largest Catholic gathering of families. This time its being held in Phildelphia and the theme is “Love Is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” emphasizing the impact of the love and life of families on our society.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image source=”external_link” external_img_size=”full” alignment=”center” external_style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” onclick=”img_link_large” custom_src=”https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Pope_Francis_meets_Barack_Obama.jpg”][vc_column_text]

Sept. 23-White House

6:00-8:00 am Meeting with President Obama at the White House (carried Live on FM 95.7)
Midday Prayer with the bishops of the United States, St. Matthew’s Cathedral

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6066″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]

Sept. 23-Canonization of Blessed Junipero Serra

12:30-4:00 pm (PST) Mass of Canonisation of Junipero Serra, Basilicia of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (carried Live on FM 95.7 in SPANISH).

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6070″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]

Sept. 24-Address to Congress

6:00-8:00 am (PST) Address to Joint Session of the United States Congress (carried Live on FM 95.7)
Visit to St. Patrick in the City and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington
Depart from Joint Base Andrews
Arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport
Evening Prayer (Vespers) at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6079″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]

Sept. 25-Address to the United Nations

5:00-8:30 am (PST) Pope Francis Address to United Nations (carried Live on FM 95.7)

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6080″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]

Sept. 25-Interreligious Service at Ground Zero

8:30-10:00 am (PST) Service at Ground Zero (carried Live on FM 95.7)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6083″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]

Sept. 25-Holy Mass @ Madison Square Garden

2:00-5:00 pm (PST) Holy Mass at Madison Square Grden (carried Live on FM 95.7)

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6143″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]

Sat., Sept. 26-Holy Mass Basilica

Departure for Philadelphia from John F. Kennedy International Airport
Arrival in Atlantic Aviation hangar at Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia
7:00-10:00 a.m (PST) Mass at Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul (carried Live by FM 95.7)
Visit to Independence Mall
Visit to Festival of Families at Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Prayer Vigil with World Meeting of Families

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6144″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]

Sun., Sept. 27-Concluding Mass

Papal meeting with Bishops at St. Martin’s Chapel, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
Visit to Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility
1:00-3:30 p.m (PST) Papal Mass for World Meeting of Families (carried Live on FM 95.7)
Visit with organizers, volunteers and benefactors of the World Meeting of Families at Atlantic Aviation
Departure for return to Rome

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row]