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Photo Gallery : Closing Mass at National Black Catholic Congress XIII

Mihoko Owada

Jul 28, 2023

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At the closing Mass for the 13th National Black Catholic Congress on July 23, 2023, Lynné Gray , the director of music for the congress, leads the combined choir that included singers from parishes across the United States. The gathering was held at the Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Gray is the music ministry director at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Washington. The photos below show scenes from the Mass. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)

Bishop John Ricard, the superior general of his religious order, the Josephites, who formerly served as the bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, gives his homily during the closing Mass for the 13th National Black Catholic Congress on July 23, 2023. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)

A woman prays during the closing Mass for the 13^th National Black Catholic Congress on July 23, 2023. The gathering was held at the Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center in National Harbor, Maryland. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)

Washington Auxiliary Bishop Roy E. Campbell Jr., the president of the National Black Catholic Congress, speaks at the July 23, 2023 closing Mass for that gathering, which was held at the Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Behind him are banners depicting three of the six U.S. Black Catholics being considered for sainthood, from left to right they are Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman, Venerable Pierre Toussaint and Servant of God Julia Greeley. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)

Near the conclusion of the July 23, 2023 closing Mass for the National Black Catholic Congress, Washington Auxiliary Bishop Roy E. Campbell Jr., the president of the National Black Catholic Congress, greets young people considering a vocation to the priesthood or religious life. The gathering was held at the Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center in National Harbor, Maryland. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)

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