I've quite a surprise for you! Unfortunately blogger has been down, so I've had to keep this under my hat for three days. The suspense is killing me! (Well, sort of.)
Well, my city parish that has been my home for my entire life was greeted with a very unusual surprise. The Bishop came to Sts. Peter and Paul and spoke about being present in Rome at the Beatification of Pope John Paul II. After a long speech about the sense of community there was at St. Peter's Square, the bishop said, "And so it is at the Minor Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul."Whoops and cheers proceeded for a few seconds until it hit me that he was talking about my church! My church that has been standing for over 120 years was designated a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI on May 3rd!
Read more about it here.
We are SO excited and thankful! My only hope is that nothing will change. The title is an honor for the parishioners that have so long supported our beautiful church!
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