Gallery 2023: Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary's Birth

© Photo: T. Lavell/International English-Speaking Parish Children from the Korean-language parish perform a dance in front of Frauenfriedenskirche at the end of the procession of the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary around the neighborhood

04.12.2023

Revering Our Lady Together

© Photo: T. Lavell/International English-Speaking Parish

The statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary was placed on the sanctuary of Frauenfriedenskirche throughout the 10th anniversary celebration, until it was carried in a procession around neighborhood streets at the end of the Mass on Sept. 9, 2023

© Photo: T. Lavell/International English-Speaking ParishLimburg Bishop Georg Bätzing led the 10th anniversary celebration opening with a veneration of the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the start of an overnight Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

© Photo: T. Lavell/International English-Speaking ParishThe monstrance carrying the Blessed Sacrament, as the foreign-language parishes held their first all-night Adoration as part of the 10th anniversary celebration

© Photo: T. Lavell/International English-Speaking ParishAuxiliary Bishop Thomas Löhr was the chief celebrant of the anniversary Mass on Sept. 9, 2023

© Photo: T. Lavell/International English-Speaking ParishParishioner Prosy Hennessy recites the prayers in English at the multilingual recitation of the Rosary before Mass on Sept. 9, 2023

© Photo: T. Lavell/International English-Speaking ParishParishioner Prosy Hennessy holds the microphone as Pastoral Associate Lori Bemb recites the English-language responses during the Rosary prior to Mass

© Photo: T. Lavell/International English-Speaking ParishThe choir for the Mass was conducted by Benedikt Milenkovic, music director at the International English-Speaking Parish

© Photo: T. Lavell/International English-Speaking ParishAuxiliary Bishop Löhr, who invites laypeople from the parishes to speak during his homily, offered time to young adults to talk about what their foreign-language communities mean to them

© Photo: T. Lavell/International English-Speaking ParishThe religious celebration concluded with a procession of the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary along neighboring street and then an Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in front of the church.

The foreign-language parishes of the Diocese of Limburg have held a joint Mass observing the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary every September since 2013. Special events in honor of the 10th anniversary observance, which took place at Frauenfriedenskirche in Frankfurt's Bockenheim district, included an overnight Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, a painting competition for the youngest children, a study and meditation program for teens and a multilingual recitation of the Rosary.

Click on the photo for a gallery of images from the celebration.

Children's Art Competition

The 2023 celebration included an art contest for children from the Limburg Diocese's foreign-language parishes. Here are pictures from youngsters in the English-speaking community.