Leaven photo by Susan McSpadden
Left, a mother and daughter scatter rose petals in the path of the oncoming procession. Roses, and the fragrance of roses, have often  been associated with Marian apparitions.

Corpus Christi

Archbishop leads eucharistic procession

ROELAND PARK — More than 1,000 faithful gathered at St. Agnes Parish here for the third annual joint diocesan celebration of the solemnity of Corpus Christi, June 14.
This was the third year that the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas and the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph have joined together for a Corpus Christi procession with eucharistic adoration and Benediction.
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann was the main celebrant and homilist of the noon Mass. Devotions followed the liturgy, with an hour of eucharistic adoration inside the church.
Archbishop Naumann then led the procession to a station at the halfway mark of the one-mile route, at which point Bishop Robert Finn of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph carried the monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament the rest of the way to the Bishop Miege High School stadium.
The faithful prayed rosaries and sang hymns to the Blessed Mother along the route, which had been closed off by police. Bishop Finn gave a homily at the stadium, and Benediction followed.
An ice cream social capped off the day.

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