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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Kelcey Brubaker                    Â
Communications Intern        Â
419-244-6711 x 149
kbrubaker@toledodiocese.org
www.toledodiocese.org
DIOCESAN PARISHES CELEBRATE CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION
June 3, 2010—Toledo, OH—St. Aloysius Parish and St. Thomas More University Parish, both in Bowling Green, will be celebrating the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ on Saturday, June 5. Bishop Leonard Blair will celebrate the mass at St. Aloysius and lead the procession following the 5:30 p.m. liturgy.
There will be Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament following the procession. A potluck meal will also follow the mass in Hartmann Hall.
The Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, also known as Corpus Christi, is meant to solemnly commemorate the institution of the Eucharist. The Catholic Church has celebrated the feast of Corpus Christi since the 13th century.
St. Aloysius is located at 150 South Enterprise, Bowling Green. For more information please contact the parish office at St. Aloysius at (419)-352-4195.
The Diocese of Toledo, established April 15, 1910 encompasses 8222 square miles in a mixture of urban and rural areas that spans 19 counties across Northwest Ohio, serving 321,516 Catholics in 128 parishes. The diocese includes Allen, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, and Van Wert, Williams, Wood and Wyandot counties.
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