At precisely 3:00 p.m. CST on Tuesday, September 22, when the Holy Father’s plane is due to touch down on American soil, our parish carillon will sound and our students and staff will join people across the land in ringing out a national welcome. You are invited to join us on the Capitol Drive side of the property just before school dismissal to be part of our joyful noise and public witness of faith. Any bells you can add to the cacophony would also be appreciated!
The following information, excerpted from from the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops offers contemporary ways to follow this historic visit and help your children to understand the significance of this "great Catholic moment in our country," which will include an address to the World Meeting of Families, the canonization of America's first Hispanic saint, and an historic address to the United States Congress.
Pope Francis’ September 22-27 visit to the United States will be available via a video livestream at www.usccb.org/live, where people from around the world can follow every moment of the visit. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is also launching social media profiles on Twitter and Instagram, “Pope In US” and “Papa En USA.” An animated gif of themes associated with the papal visit accompanied the launch of these channels:
#PopeInUS and #PapaEnUSA are also hashtags being promoted with the visit. USCCB will also post updates to Facebook at: www.facebook.com/usccb and www.facebook.com/USCCBEspanol
Leadership of the Catholic Church in the United States has introduced its first mobile app: USA Catholic Church. Designed to draw Catholics closer to their faith by providing access to Church information on all screens and devices, this is the only app that brings together information from all Catholic sources: parishes, dioceses, the U.S. bishops and even the Vatican. Not only will the app include religious news, daily Scripture readings and local parish content, it will feature exclusive, in-depth coverage of Pope Francis’ September visit to the United States.
More information on the visit of Pope Francis is available at: www.uspapalvisit.org
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