Over 100 relics of Christ, Holy Family, saints to be displayed at New Jersey parish

[Michie]

An exhibit that includes more than 100 relics of Jesus Christ, the Holy Family, and numerous saints will be exhibited at a parish in northern New Jersey on Saturday, Feb. 24, from noon to 7 p.m.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Oratory in Montclair, New Jersey, will host the exhibit at its Capozzelli Hall on 94 Pine Street. The parish is located in the Diocese of Newark, about 20 miles west of New York City.

“I think it’s going to be an experience for people — especially for an exhibit this large,” Joe Santoro, the regional delegate to the United States for the International Crusade for Holy Relics (ICHR), told CNA.

Santoro is supplying the relics for the exhibit, which he obtained personally through his work to preserve these holy objects. He said his preservation of the relics is “saving them from places where they’re not going to be honored in the appropriate way.”

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Over 100 relics to be displayed at New Jersey parish

An exhibit that includes more than 100 relics of Jesus Christ, the Holy Family, and numerous saints will be exhibited at a New Jersey parish on Saturday.

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[FaithT]

An exhibit that includes more than 100 relics of Jesus Christ, the Holy Family, and numerous saints will be exhibited at a parish in northern New Jersey on Saturday, Feb. 24, from noon to 7 p.m.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Oratory in Montclair, New Jersey, will host the exhibit at its Capozzelli Hall on 94 Pine Street. The parish is located in the Diocese of Newark, about 20 miles west of New York City.

“I think it’s going to be an experience for people — especially for an exhibit this large,” Joe Santoro, the regional delegate to the United States for the International Crusade for Holy Relics (ICHR), told CNA.

Santoro is supplying the relics for the exhibit, which he obtained personally through his work to preserve these holy objects. He said his preservation of the relics is “saving them from places where they’re not going to be honored in the appropriate way.”

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Over 100 relics to be displayed at New Jersey parish

An exhibit that includes more than 100 relics of Jesus Christ, the Holy Family, and numerous saints will be exhibited at a New Jersey parish on Saturday.

www.catholicnewsagency.com

How do they know these are true, genuine relics? My church once displayed a splinter of the cross Jesus died on and my hubby wanted to know how we can be assured it really is the cross from Jesus.

 

[Michie]

I’m not sure what the process is.

 

[FaithT]

I’m not sure what the process is.

When I saw the piece of the Cross it was so tiny. Just a splinter.

 

[Michie]

When I saw the piece of the Cross it was so tiny. Just a splinter.

Yeah that’s what this one is as well.

 

[WarriorAngel]

O pooh, I couldn't make it.


But maybe if I pray that being in the USA...?

 

[WarriorAngel]

When I saw the piece of the Cross it was so tiny. Just a splinter.

I think each Church has a splinter put into the altar under the cloth ... or something?

Cross splinters a relic of faith

In a gold setting, in a sacred chapel beneath a holy crucifix at St. Ann's Church, two tiny splinters of wood are set in the shape of a cross.

www.deseret.com

 

[FaithT]

I think each Church has a splinter put into the altar under the cloth ... or something?

Cross splinters a relic of faith

In a gold setting, in a sacred chapel beneath a holy crucifix at St. Ann's Church, two tiny splinters of wood are set in the shape of a cross.

www.deseret.com

I think all altars have relics of saints embedded in them.

 

[Michie]

Visitors look at a display of 200 relics at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Oratory in Montclair, N.J., Feb. 24, 2024. Nearly 3,500 faithful from as far away as Maine and Maryland waited over two hours to view the relics of Jesus, the Holy Family, various saints, martyrs and blesseds on exhibit. (OSV News photo/Sean Quinn, courtesy Archdiocese of Newark)

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Massive relic exhibit at New Jersey oratory is a special gift during Lent

People came from as far as Maine and Maryland and waited over two hours to view 200 relics of Jesus, the Holy Family, and various saints, martyrs and blesseds exhibited at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Oratory in Montclair Feb. 24.

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