Piqua Corpus Christi Procession

Here we are departing Saint Mary Church. That's yours truly in a splendid, antique cope, unfortunately, you won't see the artwork on the back.

The canopy bearers joined the procession outside of church; the center aisle is narrow. The wind was strong and carrying the canopy was harder than they expected. The candles were too long in relation to the glass globes, and they instantly went out. Next year, we'll use half-burned candles and they'll stay lit. I hope we can practice with the canopy; it was borrowed, and won't be available next year, so we need to come up with something.

You may note the other priests had humeral veils. They carried the monstrance at one point, so I thought they should each have a veil.

A nice view coming down Broadway. About 150 or so joined the procession, more were in church either at the beginning or the end (sorry no pictures of that yet).

We stopped at Jamieson & Yannucci's Funeral Home, about mid-point, for prayers and Benediction, for the benefit of anyone who did not feel up to the entire walk. Also, this was in the heart of town, and we prayed for Piqua here.

Here we are walking past one of the schools, almost to the front steps of Saint Boniface.