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catholicnewsherald.com | September 16, 2011 CATHOLIC NEWS HERALD
Eucharistic Procession
Participate in the Eucharistic Procession
9 - 10:15 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24
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Tim P. Faragher | Catholic News Herald
The Procession route The Procession will begin at 9 a.m. at St. Peter Church at 507 S. Tryon Street. It will continue north on Tryon Street, then turn onto Third Street and on to College Street and then on to Stonewall Street. From Stonewall, the Procession will continue to the Charlotte Convention Center. Enter the Convention Center through the large doorway. Ushers will be there to direct you. Then join your fellow Catholics from around the Diocese of Charlotte in the Holy Hour to follow.
The Eucharistic Procession, in which Bishop Peter J. Jugis carries a monstrance containing a consecrated host – the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ – is a highlight of the two-day Eucharistic Congress. The procession, led by Bishop Jugis, will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at St. Peter Church at 507 S. Tryon St., Charlotte. You are encouraged to line the procession route and join the procession as it passes by on its way to the Charlotte Convention Center. The 2011 First Communicants will lead the procession along with Bishop Jugis. (They and their parents or guardians, clergy, religious and banner carriers should gather on Tryon Street south of St. Peter Church no later than 8:30 a.m.) As the Blessed Sacrament comes near, please be silent and kneel until the monstrance passes. After the procession arrives at the convention center, move as directed by the ushers down the side aisles inside the main hall.
Participe en la Procesión Eucarística La Procesión Eucarística, durante la cual Mosneñor Peter J. Jugis lleva una custodia que contiene una hostia consagrada - El Cuerpo, Sangre, Alma y Divinidad de Jesucristo - es uno de los puntos importantes del evento eucarístico de dos dias. La procesión, presidida por Monseñor Jugis, se inicia a las 9 a.m. del Sábado 24 de Setiembre, partirá de la Iglesia San Pedro, 507 S. Tryon St., Charlotte. Le invitamos a ubicarse en las calles de la ruta de la procesión y arrodillarse respetuosamente cuando esta pase cerca de usted. Los Primeros Comulgantes del 2011 encabezarán la procesión, junto a Monseñor Jugis. (Ellos, junto a sus padres o apoderados, clero, religiosos y portadores de estandartes deberán reunirse en Tryon Street, parte sur de la Iglesia San Pedro, a las 8:30 a.m.). Al ver pasar el estandarte de su parroquia u organización, únase a la procesión y siga a la Eucaristía, hacia el Centro de Convenciones de Charlotte. Luego que la procesión llegue al Centro de Convenciones, diríjase de acuerdo a las indicaciones de los ujieres por los pasillos laterales al interior del salón principal.
Parishioner lends a helping hand with banners Christopher Lux Correspondent
MONROE — Alvaro Alzate has probably visited more Adoration chapels in the Charlotte metropolitan area than most people. He works in the textile industry as a South America sales representative, and he spends a great deal of time visiting clients from different areas of North and South Carolina. When he finds himself nearby a church with an Adoration chapel, he is sure to stop in for a visit. His steady devotion to the Eucharist is what led him to offer a helping hand in preparing for the Diocese of Charlotte’s first Eucharistic Congress in 2005. Alzate met Bishop Peter Jugis before he became a bishop, when Father Jugis was the pastor of his parish, Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Monroe. As a parishioner, Alzate had a unique connection to the North
Carolina-born priest. “When he became bishop,” he says, “it was emotional for me. He loves God and he loves the people.” He later met with Bishop Jugis to propose a large event that would bring together thousands of Hispanic Catholics, “FIESTA Con Jesus.” According to Alzate, the event consisted of all-day Adoration, more than 5,000 attendees, a Mexican band, a Dominican singer, and a Mass concelebrated by two bishops from Mexico and one from Miami. FIESTA is an acronym for the Spanish words fe (faith), intercesión (intercession), evangelización (evangelization), sacramentos (sacraments), transformación (transformation) and amor (love). Alzate’s closeness to Bishop Jugis as a parishioner and event co-planner resulted in his being asked to make the banners of the coat of arms for Bishop Jugis Jugis and Bishop Emeritus William Curlin, which were
used in the Eucharistic procession of the first Eucharistic Congress held in 2005. This year, Bishop Jugis again called upon Alzate to make two more banners for the 2011 Eucharistic Congress. This year he will make procession banners for the keynote speakers of the Congress – Cardinal Francis Arinze, prefect emeritus of the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, and Raleigh Bishop Michael Burbidge. Alzate is originally from Colombia. More than 30 years ago, after he completed high school, he moved to America to continue his studies. He then returned to Colombia to work in mechanical engineering. “Because I like it in America,” he says, “I came back in 1996 to live here.” He has volunteered his time to help with the production of the Congress banners because, he says, “I try to help all the activities of the Church; I feel it and I do it.”
Christopher Lux | Catholic News Herald
Alvaro Alzate of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Monroe is making Eucharistic procession banners for this year’s guest speakers, Cardinal Francis Arinze and Raleigh Bishop Michael Burbidge. Alzate also made the banners for Bishop Peter Jugis and Bishop Emeritus William Curlin at the first Congress in 2005.