Practicing upon arrival
Checking out the area with the inflatables
All of our dancers!
Time to perform!
The next performers were the bagpipers from St. Thomas Episcopal
Sisters fighting!
A sweet little moment between some Sisters and a priest
I just realized that these little ones were sitting in just the same spot!
Two Sisters and a priest one day?
Babies and Texas ribs!
Babies and giant sticks!
Not photographed was our crazy afternoon of missing keys, waiting for Daddy, readying for the mass, finding dinner, circling downtown for a parking space, and finally arriving into the Co-Cathedral just as the procession was beginning! Steven and the big kids had a spot in the sanctuary but I stayed in the vestibule with Katie and later Thomas.
I believe there were around 150 priests, over 30 bishops, and 6 cardinals!
Cardinal Levada, our pastor Fr. Hough, and Cardinal Müller
Homily by Cardinal Levada
Bishop Lopes preparing for Ordination
Cathedra
And this was what my view was like during the mass!
I think this was my favorite part, Bishop Lopes' mother and step-father bringing up the gifts at the Offertory. His father died when he was a teen.
All the handsome altar servers
Cardinal Müller
Cardinals and Bishops
The newest Bishop!
My crazy crew after mass
Tommy with a plate of strawberry leaves
Katie Grace and her friend "Party Addy" having fun at the reception which ended at 11pm! We got home at midnight. A full, but very blessed and grace-filled day!
I'll also add the YouTube video of Bishop Lopes' remarks at the end of the mass. Especially poignant is the explanation of his motto "Magna Opera Domini," Great are the works of the Lord.
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