Boston, Mass., Oct 12, 2017 / 05:04 am
Relics of St. Faustina Kowalska, St. Maximilian Kolbe, and St. John Paul II will be coming to a Boston mall's Catholic chapel, and a local priest hopes they will help mall patrons encounter the reality of Christian love.
"Our hope is that these relics will be a source of spiritual wealth for the Church of Boston," Father James Doran, O.M.V., told CNA. "We hope that all the faithful who live and work in Boston and all those who travel there will know that right in the heart of the city they have access to the two greatest treasures the Church possesses: the Sacraments and relics of the saints."
Father Doran is director of the St. Francis Chapel at Boston's Prudential Center mall. The mall, located in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, hosts more than 75 shops and restaurants.
Cardinal Sean O'Malley will celebrate an Oct. 16 Mass there just after noon as part of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, who run the chapel. Venerable Pio Bruno Lanteri founded the oblates in Turin in 1817.