PHOTOS FROM ANNIVERSARY MASS NOVEMBER 20, 2016

IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR ST JOHN KANTY PARISH FOR THE KICKOFF MASS TO OUR YEAR LONG CELEBRATION OF 125 YEARS AS A PARISH COMMUNITY! MULTIPLE CELEBRATIONS WERE INCLUDED: CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY, THE BLESSING AND PLACING OF A NEW CROWN ON OUR INFANT OF PRAGUE, AND OUR OPENING MASS, CELEBRATED BY SEVEN PRIESTS AND TWO DEACONS! THE MUSIC INCLUDED AN ORIGINAL COMPOSITION FOR THE ANNIVERSARY YEAR BY SJK MUSIC DIRECTOR LAWRENCE MAGUDA: IN THIS PLACE, AS WELL AS TRUMPET ACCOMPANIEMENT BY JOHN MAGUDA. A RECEPTION IN KANTY’S KITCHEN WAS ATTENDED BY MANY, INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH A FORMER CONNECTION TO SJK THROUGH BAPTISM, MARRIAGE AND SCHOOL GRADUATION.

WE THANK ALL THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE MASS AND RECEPTION AS WELL AS THE MANY HANDS THAT PREPARED THE SPECIAL DECORATIONS FOR THE MASS AND THE SCHOOL HALL. NOT TO BE LEFT OUT IS THE SPECIAL BLEND OF MUSIC SUNG BY OUR PARISH CHOIR.

WE HOPE TO WELCOME MANY OF YOU BACK DURING OUR YEAR OF CELEBRATION, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO COULD NOT ATTEND THIS MASS…ENJOY THE PHOTOS AND MEMORIES!

(PHOTO CREDIT: CHRISTOPHER BYRD, SJK GRAD AND JUDY FELSKI, MEDIA VOLUNTEER)