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Pilgrims brought rosaries and prayer intentions to press against more than 500 reliquaries, seeking heavenly intercession.
A splinter of the True Cross.
A piece of Our Lady’s veil and St. Joseph’s cloak.
Hundreds of relics of saints.
More than 500 Catholics came to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Oratory in Montclair, New Jersey, to pray before the more than 500 sacred relics on April 5.
(Doing so created third-class relics, items that have touched the saints’ bodies or tombs, such as holy cards, images, oil or cloths. In contrast, first-class relics are any part of a holy body such as a piece of bone or a strand of hair; a second-class relic is a piece of something that was in a saint’s possession, such as a piece of clothing or personal article that belonged to him or her, as the Register has explained in the past.)
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A splinter of the True Cross.
A piece of Our Lady’s veil and St. Joseph’s cloak.
Hundreds of relics of saints.
More than 500 Catholics came to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Oratory in Montclair, New Jersey, to pray before the more than 500 sacred relics on April 5.
(Doing so created third-class relics, items that have touched the saints’ bodies or tombs, such as holy cards, images, oil or cloths. In contrast, first-class relics are any part of a holy body such as a piece of bone or a strand of hair; a second-class relic is a piece of something that was in a saint’s possession, such as a piece of clothing or personal article that belonged to him or her, as the Register has explained in the past.)
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Relics of 500 Saints Turn Church Hall Into Treasure Trove of Grace
Pilgrims brought rosaries and prayer intentions to press against more than 500 reliquaries, seeking heavenly intercession.
