Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Juventutem Update No. 3: Cardinal Pell's celebration of Vespers and a Pontifical Mass by the Bishop of Lismore

Shawn Tribe

Further to yesterday's Juventutem news, some further images have come the NLM's way.

The first image comes from the pontifical Mass of Bishop Geoffrey Jarret, apparently a convert from Anglicanism and present Bishop of Lismore:



Secondly, Juventutem had Pontifical Vespers and Benediction celebrated with Cardinal Pell:





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