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Parish 50th Anniversary Celebration
Ukrainian Catholic Shrine of the Holy Family
4250 Harewood Road, N.E.
Washington, D.C.
Saturday, October 9, 1999
A procession and dedication ceremony will be held at the shrine at 6:00 p.m.,
beginning in the lower shrine center and processing outside the building to the
upper sanctuary. Seminarians from St. Josaphat Seminary in Washington will
sing the liturgical responses, and the knights of Columbus will sponsor a
reception immediately following the ceremony.
Sunday, October 10
A solemn pontifical divine liturgy of thanksgiving will be celebrated at
10:00 a.m. Archbishop Stephen Sulyk of Philadelphia, metropolitan for
Ukrainian Catholics in the United States, will preside at the divine liturgy.
A banquet reception, with speakers and musical entertainment, will follow in
the shrine center beginning at 1:00 p.m.
Tickets (adults, $30; children under 12, $15) to banquet must be purchased
before September 26.
Holy Family Parish was established in Washington in June, 1949. The
anniversary coincides with the completion of the upper sanctuary of the
Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine.
For more information contact Deacon T. Staruch, (703) 765-6769.
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