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Viva Maria!
Photos courtesy of Robert Kearney
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This year’s Feast of Our Lady of the Audience, in Kansas City, was a great success. We are grateful to our friend Robert for sharing these photos with us so that we, from a distance, could also feel part of the event.
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The Knights of Columbus escort Our Lady from Holy Rosary Church
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Devotees dutifully carry The Madonna to the expectant crowd
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The Altar Society Standard
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A canopy is raised above the Madonna before she is showered with rose petals
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Rose petals and cotton are distributed to the faithful
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The faces of Mary and Jesus are ritually wiped
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Delicious desserts bring cheer to all
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The people of the parish gather and celebrate. A scene warmly familiar to those of our culture |
