Saturday, June 28, 2014

The Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul

Each year I'm in Phat Diem for the celebration of the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, the patron saints of the cathedral. Here if Fr. Minh walking towards us.
Some of the kids hanging around before mass.
More kids.

The priests and altar servers getting ready.
One of the boys from summer school.
The bishop joins the group. He waits until the last possible second to get dressed. The temperature at 10 a.m. is 95 with a heat index of 112. Dang hot!
The seminarians are altar servers for this important mass.
 Fr. Bo and I posing.
Girls from summer school. I tried on their hats but they said I didn't look good in them. Oh, well.
Down the center aisle for the cathedral. The entire archway is cut stone.
More boys from summer school hanging out in the shade under the bell tower.
 A full on view of the cathedral from inside the bell tower.
Looking out  from the bell tower to the lagoon opposite the cathedral.
These guys wanted their picture taken...best friends.
View from my seat in the back of the cathedral. You can see the beautiful carved wood and the door along the side.
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