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| Source: Diocese of Sacramento |
Beyond the witness of protest, there is witness by prayer and procession
Excerpt from the Sacramento Diocese website:
eucharistic
procession through the streets of downtown sacramento
Hundreds
join Bishop Soto in Sacramento on 'Walk for Religious Freedom' on Feast of
Corpus Christi June 9
Bishop Jaime Soto led some 1,000 people on a "Walk for Religious
Freedom" on the Feast of Corpus Christi, June 9, in downtown Sacramento.
Following celebration of the 5 p.m. Mass at the Cathedral of the Blessed
Sacrament, the bishop led a eucharistic procession through the streets of
downtown Sacramento, ending at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, located at
711 T Street.
The procession included several stops for
prayer for Catholic education, Catholic Charities and Catholic health care, all
of which could be impacted by the mandate issued earlier this year by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. If the mandate stands, the federal
government will force Catholic institutions to provide insurance coverage for
sterilization and contraception, including abortion-inducing drugs, even though
it violates the religious beliefs of Catholics.
Similar processions took place on June 9 after the 5:15 p.m. Mass
at Sacred Heart Church, in Red Bluff, with Father Joyle Martinez, and at St.
John the Baptist Church in Chico, following the 5 p.m. Mass, with Father
Michael Baricuatro. On Sunday, June 10 there was a procession at St. Vincent Ferrer Parish in Vallejo
following the 2 p.m. Mass, led by Father Stephen Borlang, pastor.
Dioceses nationwide will highlight religious
liberty during the "Fortnight for
Freedom" from June 21, the vigil
of the feasts of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More, to July 4, U.S.
Independence Day.
