During the month of June, the 2016 Pilgrimage of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe, OFM Conv. Relic, will stop at three of our pastoral ministries in Western Massachusetts. After the June 17-19th stop at Our Lady of the Cross (Holyoke), the relics will be welcomed to the first stop in the Chicopee area, by Our Lady of the Angles Province friars, Fr. Benedict Fagone, OFM Conv. (Pastor) & Fr. José Guadalupe Matus Castillo, OFM Conv. (Hispanic Ministry for the Diocese of Chicopee), and the parishioners of St Anthony of Padua Parish {56 St. Anthony Street, Chicopee, MA 01013-2142 ~ (413) 538-9475}. The Relic Tour will remain there from Tuesday, June 21st through Thursday, June 23rd:

June 21, 2016 (in English)
6:00 p.m. Arrival & Welcoming Mass in honor of St. Maximilian, including a presentation on the Martyr of Charity and Veneration of the Relic.
June 22, 2016 (in Spanish)
5:00 p.m. Rosario a la Virgen Maria Santisima
6:00 p.m. Misa en honor a Santo Maximiliano Kolbe, Historia de San Kolbe,
La Veneracion de la Reliquia.
June 23, 2016 (Bilingual)
5:00 p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation in Spanish and English
6:00 p.m. Mass for the Intentions of the Sick & Caregivers, Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, Departure of the Relic of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe, OFM Conv.

The last stop in the Western Massachusetts area will be at our pastoral ministry of the Basilica of St. Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr (Chicopee), during the weekend of June 24-26, 2016.