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The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 16, 2020

An Act of Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that Thou art present in the Blessed Sacrament. I love Thee above all things and I desire Thee in my soul. Since I cannot now receive Thee sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. As though Thou wert already there, I embrace Thee and unite myself wholly to Thee; permit not that I should ever be separated from Thee. Amen.

- St. Alphonsus Liguori St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church “The things that we love tell us what we are” ~ St. Thomas Aquinas  Mass Schedule - Live Stream Mass Schedule Join us on Facebook by following our page, or visit our Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 8:30 a.m. & 12:15 p.m. website and watch the feed on the main page. Thursday: 12:15 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. (Latin)  4th Sunday of Easter Saturday:May 10:00 7, 2017 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.  (Anticipated Vigil) Weekday: 8:30 a.m. First Saturday: 10:00 a.m. (Extraordinary Form) Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. (Latin) & 5:00 p.m.

Personal Church Prayer Livestream Rosary with the Sisters M,T,W,F: 9:00a.m.—7:00 p.m. Thursday: 1:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday— 6:30 p.m. Saturday & Sunday: 1:00 p.m.—5:00 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction Confessions Thursdays: 6:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m. Monday—Friday: 6:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m. Saturdays: 4:00 p.m.—5:00 p.m. Saturday: 4:00 p.m.—5:00 p.m.

Contact Information

The Parish Office is open Monday—Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Ministries, events, and activities are still cancelled until further notice Please Take Me For Father Matthew Codd: [email protected] Home! For Father Matthew Bean: [email protected] For sacramental needs & documents: Marie Aymar Watkinson - [email protected] There are plenty of bulletin For general inquiries, scheduling & Mass intentions: Valerie Gebhardt - [email protected] and worship aids for For financial questions: Gina Schafer— [email protected] everyone. To minimize For general parish functions and operations: Tim Flynn— [email protected] contact with individuals, For newsletter, web, communications & inquiries: Monica Bailey - [email protected] we ask that you dispose of For liturgical and sacred music inquiries: Tom Savoy—[email protected] this bulletin once Mass is For emergencies, call the parish office at (704) 549-1607 and follow the prompt to be directed to the completed. Thank you! emergency line.

1400 Suther Road, Charlotte, NC 28213 Liturgy at Saint Thomas Aquinas Church THE 20TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Introit: My Refuge, My Stronghold – A. Gregory Murray Antiphon:

Penitential Rite: Mass #2 (Simple Gradual) Adam Bartlett (Please repeat each “Lord have mercy” or “Christ have mercy” after the cantor.)

Gloria: Missa de Angelis (See VII Hymnal pg. 6 for translation.) 2

Liturgy of the Word

First Reading: VII Hymnal, pg. 615 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 67:2-3 / 5 / 6-8 – Aristotle Esguerra Refrain:

C = Cantor/ALL = Congregation

[Repeat “O God, let all the nations…”] Second Reading: VII Hymnal, pg. 616 Gospel Acclamation: plainchant Refrain:

Gospel Reading: VII Hymnal, pg. 616  Homily  Profession of Faith: VII Hymnal, pg. 8

Liturgy of the Eucharist

Offertory Proper: [Cantor] Immittet Angelus - Liber Usualis* or (Proper of the Mass) – Samuel Weber, OSB Immittet angelus Domini in circuitu timentium eum, et eripiet eos: gustate et videte, quoniam suavis est Dominus. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. Taste and see how good the Lord is. [Psalm 34:8-9a] (© 2014 by St. Meinrad Archabbey. All rights reserved.) * Compendium (lit. Common Book) of Gregorian chant

Sanctus: (Mass XVIII)

Memorial Acclamation: [Form A] – VII Hymnal, pg. 114

Lamb of God: Vatican Kyriale

Communion Proper: Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons – Andrew Motyka Antiphon:

Recessional: God, My King, thy Might Confessing – VII Hymnal, pg. 325

Postlude: Bell Symphony – Henry Purcell (1659-1695) St. Thomas Aquinas Charlotte, NC

Welcome to St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church Priests Campus Ministry Rev. Matthew Codd Rev. Matthew Bean Rev. Innocent Amasiorah Pastor Parochial Vicar [email protected] (704) 549-1607 ext. 201 (704) 549-1607 ext. 208 (980) 785-2763 [email protected] [email protected]

St. Basil the Great Eastern Catholic Parish Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena

Rev. Joseph Matlak Rev. Deacon Matthew Hanes Sr. Zeny Mofada, O. P. Administrator [email protected] Religious Education (704) 549-1607 ext. 203 (704) 549-0199 [email protected] [email protected]

Deacons Sr. Edeva Jover, O. P Youth Ministry Rev. Mr. James Witulski Rev. Mr. Martin Ricart (704) 549-1607 ext. 305 (704) 960-3704 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Rev. Mr. Joseph Diaz Rev. Mr. Paul. Sparrow (704) 804-2415 (704) 507 2821 [email protected] [email protected]

Readings for the Week Religious Education—2020-2021 Monday: Ez 24:15-24; Dt 32:18-21; Mt 19:16-22 Registration for R.E. Classes are open. Fees for the Tuesday: Ez 28:1-10; Dt 32:26-28, 30, 35cd-36ab;Mt 19:23-30 Wednesday: Ez 34:1-11; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 20:1-16 month of August are $90 per child. Thursday: Ez 36:23-28; Ps 51:12-15, 18-19;Mt 22:1-14 Submit your form online www.stacharlotte.com/RE Friday: Ez 37:1-14; Ps 107:2-9; Mt 22:34-40 Included in your registration fee is access to the Saturday: Ez 43:1-7ab; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Mt 23:1-12 online lessons, should classes be moved to digital learning. Sunday: Is 22:19-23; Ps 138:1-3, 6, 8; Rom 11:33-36; Mt 16:13-20

Saints & Special Observances The Feast of the Assumption (August 15) falls Sunday: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time on a Saturday and is not a Holy Day of Wednesday: St. John Eudes Obligation. We will still have Mass in honor of Thursday: St. Bernard Friday: Pope St. Pius X Our Lady at 10:00 a.m. We welcome all to join Saturday: Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary us. No sign up necessary.

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We would like to organize an online silent auction for World Feast and are in need of gift cards or packaged donations. Suggested items are restaurant gift cards, salon gift certificates, themed baskets, and basic gift cards from Amazon or Walmart to purchase items for baskets.

Please drop off any cards during regular office hours. Thanks for your support!

Experience our Cultural Diversity COVID STYLE!

We are committed to keeping World Feast safe and fun for our families. New protocols are in place for those who can commit to cooking food for the event, volunteering, and visiting! Ordering food What to expect on site

All ethnic foods will be available to preorder. There will − Alternate hours: 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. be no day-of sales! − More handwashing stations!

All food will be served in takeout containers − All volunteers will be wearing masks and gloves

Our menu will be available to view online to see what you − Picnic style: Please bring your own chairs, tents, blankets if can order! you stay to eat and listen to the live entertainment. You can even tailgate!

Online sales begin Friday, September 18 at 5:00 p.m. − All events will be behind Aquinas Hall in the parking lot to allow proper distancing You can pick up your ticket stub after ordering at the − Due to all food sales being preordered, you will not be able parish office, or at the will call table the day of World Feast to order meals onsite.

− We will have funnel cake, cotton candy, and beer to purchase from vendors on site

Country Coordinators are needed to organize a team to cook one dish in bulk for the event and have it delivered the day of the event. We also need volunteers to serve food inside our tent village, work our will-call table, setup, tear down, and maintain grounds

For more information and to volunteer for other areas of World Feast, visit www.stacharlotte.com/worldfeast

Please complete a pledge envelope and place in # of Donating regular Pledge Parish Goal: Paid To Date: Households: offertory Balance: $112,550.00 $89,776.78 367 basket, $34,203.27

return it to the Parish Office, or scan the QR code.

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Free or Discount Catholic Resources and Prayers for our Troops

Website for at-home Devotions “Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes, with your right hand you save me.” —Ps. 138: 7

Please pray for those serving in our military. EWTN: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/watch-live Lt. James Brian Barker, 101st PFC Alex Jerome Airborne Division, US Army Lt. Thurman Chad Howell—US Navy Stations of the Cross: St. Alphonsus Liguori Major Brian J. Burke PFC Ryan Cameron Keistler, USMC Sr. Airman Charles Broadway, E-3 Jason Kline US Air Force LCDR Matthew Keidel, U. S. Navy Daily Mass Streaming Sr. A C Meghan Cabaniss, Veronica Magallon U.S. Army US Air Force SS C. Newman LIVEMASS.NET Col. Patrick Frank General John W. Nicholson

Dominic DeLaRosa – US Navy SSgt. Benjamin M. Pake, US ANG EWTN Jacob Flynn—USMC Lt. Jeffery Platoon Jamison Flynn—USAF CPL Nicholas E. Rosario St. Mark Catholic Church Jesse Flynn—U.S. Army AFC Joshua Runfola Jonah Flynn—U.S. Army MSgt. Ronald Ryckman St. Matthew Catholic Church Army Lt. Alec Forezzi Sgt. Michael James Sanchez Daniel Frazier, Charlie Troop AFC Sean Scheuerman St. Thomas Aquinas Church 4-73 82nd Airborne Division, S.Sgt. Matthew Simono, USAF US Army A1C Christopher Robert Smith Ss. Trinita dei Pellegrini (Rome—Extraordinary Form) LCPL Mario Griffith, USMC SFC Christopher T. Smith RAML Gregory Harris, Navy Major Jeffrey P. Sparrow, USMC Ensign Connor M. Harris PFC Brandon G. Taylor, US Army Altar Care Captain Jonathan Mark Harris 1st Sgt. Aloma Sosa –Turner US Marine Corps Ryan Adam Stein—USAF Major William Joseph Hinchey Lt. Vincent Vu US Army The Holy Family Flowers are offered by USAF AFC Alonda West Jocelyne Kadja Tyler Hornsby, USMC PFC Medic, Patrick Wyllie in honor of Sylvain’s 49th birthday. AFC Adam Christian Hunt, Johnathan York USMC US Air Force

Mass intentions

Daily Masses held in the Church Prayer Requests Date Time Intention “I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be Mon., 8:30a.m. Codd Family –Special Intention made for all people” — 1Tim 2:1 Aug. 17 12:15p.m. †Mary You & Vincent Lin Mary Angebranndt Kathryn Blackmar Miller Kate Calhoun Emilio Nye Tues., 8:30a.m. †Edwin Kwitek Wilma Capotosti Jerry Nymberg Aug. 18 12:15p.m. †Mya McKenzie Nguyen Sharon Carter Cookie Ouellet Joyce Colella Vivian Perry Wed., 8:30a.m Molly Cabigao Bill & Michelle Cloonan Andrea Pope Aug. 19 12:15p.m. Fr. Val P. DeVera – Special Intention Mary-Claire Dempsey Ann Marie Ramjohn Tina Engbith Carl Ramjohn Thurs., 12:15p.m. David Gabriel Joe Fitzgerald Bill Schubert Aug. 20 7:00p.m. †Santiago Quinio Norma Forde Merissa Sherrill Norman Fowler Al Siano Fri., 8:30a.m. Carlos Cabigao Mark Francis Garrett Toenjes Aug. 21 12:15p.m. †Paul Gebhardt Jr. Daniel & Margie Frascella Ashley Turner Christine Goldman Sat., 10:00a.m. Very Rev. Fr. Patrick J. Winslow - Birthday Jalen Gregory Please notify the Parish Office to have Aug. 22 5:30p.m. Helen Goldman Stephen Johnson yourself or a family member placed on the Johnson Family Prayer List. Names will appear for one Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Porter Jordan month and cycle through this column. If Jones Family needed, we will gladly continue in one 7:30a.m. Pro Populo Luke Juday month increments as often as you request. Sun., 9:30a.m. †Joanne & Chester Pawlowski Donna Kenny

Michael Manz Aug. 23 11:30a.m. All Dominicans Jim Marchioni 5:00p.m. Cora Quinio Meghan McDonough

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The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 16, 2020

Latin Mass Server Program Eucharistic Congress 2020 News

St. Thomas Aquinas will be having Latin Mass Plans for a large diocesan Eucharistic Congress server training every other Tuesday evening in September have been canceled and Catholics from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Our next training is are being encouraged to celebrate our devotion August 18. Pizza will be provided after to the Eucharist locally in parishes instead. training from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. Boys (at least 8 years old and having received their First Holy The 16th annual Eucharistic Congress had been Communion) and young men may join. If interested, please contact scheduled for September 11-12. However, after Daniel Carter to sign up at [email protected] consulting with the Eucharistic Congress planning committee, Bishop Jugis has decided to cancel this year’s gathering “due to the uncertainty of the pandemic, the very involved preparations for the Congress, and out of an abundance of care for our participating parishioners, planners, speakers, workers and visitors.” Job Opportunities The bishop has asked all parishes to reserve the weekend for St. John Neumann Catholic Church is in need of a part-time their own Eucharistic Congress, so plans are in the works for our Receptionist: To serve the Church by providing phone and personal own event and speakers here at St. Thomas Aquinas. Mark your receptionist duties and various administrative duties on behalf of the church calendars! staff. As such, the position closely coordinates with each ministry area and good communication is a must. Being bi-lingual is beneficial as is experience Latin Mass Corner with a church data base system. If interested please call the parish office at 704-536-6520. Email resume and cover letter to: [email protected]. Sunday, August 16 - The 11th Sunday After Pentecost, ~Music: Missa L’Hora Passa by Viadana St. John Neumann Catholic Church is looking for a part-time church custodian. Main job responsibilities are to clean church facilities by Thursday, August 20— St. Bernard of Clairvaux performing weekly duties in all public areas of the buildings including all ~Mass in G by Bernabei bathrooms, sanctuary (and sacristy and council room), gathering area, classrooms, meeting rooms and offices. Understanding of cleaning techniques and safety procedures are important as is the ability to lift up to Some good books for your children to learn more 25 pounds and to stand on your feet most of your job. To apply, send resume about the Traditional Latin Mass: and cover letter to Carolyn Coutu at [email protected]. Please note this is a staff position; cleaning agencies please do not apply. • The Latin Mass Explained, by Msgr. George J. Moorman

MiraVia is seeking a full-time Development Director. The position • Treasure and Tradition: The Ultimate Guide to the Latin requires proven fundraising success and will be responsible for developing Mass, by Lisa Bergman and implementing all fundraising plans in alignment with the organization’s mission, values and goals. Candidate much have a bachelor’s • Marian’s Children Missal by Sr. Mary Theola degree from an accredited college and a minimum of three to five years of successful fund development experience, including a successful record with • My See and Pray Missal by Sr. Mary Joan Therese direct solicitation of gifts and capital campaigns. Visit www.miravia.org to view the full job description. Submit resume to Debbie Capen at [email protected]. Other Website for More Information

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RCIA - The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (And it’s not just for non-Catholics!)

Are you interested in joining the Catholic Church? Or are you already Catholic, but need to receive your Confirmation? If so, RCIA is for you! Our parish will be embarking on a new journey of faith into the teachings of the Catholic Church through the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults program Spiritual Growth Opportunity: Are you a faithful Catholic looking for a (R.C.I.A.). Classes are held every Tuesday night way to serve Jesus Christ and His Church while learning more about your from 6:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. in Aquinas Hall own faith in a community of fellow believers? Please consider being a godparent or sponsor for our parish RCIA program! They accompany and beginning on September 1. Learn more at mentor adults who are seeking to be received into full communion with the www.stacharlotte.com/RCIA. Parishioners Catholic Church. Being a sponsor will not only deepen your faith, but this interested in learning more about their Catholic act of charity will also be richly rewarded in eternity for helping to bring faith are always welcome and encouraged to attend souls closer to Christ! Classes are held Tuesday nights from (no registration required). See you there! 6:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. in Aquinas Hall beginning on September 1 through Easter 2021. If you're interested please email [email protected] for more information.

Religious Education Catechists Needed!

We are in need of new catechists to serve our youth in teaching the faith. Classes will be offered in person, as well as in-home through My Catholic Faith Delivered. We are recruiting in-person Catechists for our classes. No experience or technical skills needed.

Please e-mail [email protected] if you can assist. Thank you for your service!

WEEKEND MOUNTAIN RETREAT: UNPACKING HOLY MASS

Come and delve into the richness of the Sacred Liturgy in this informative and enjoyable retreat, offered by parishioner Michael Coyle, who holds a theology degree from Franciscan University of Steubenville, and has been enthusiastically teaching religious education for nearly 40 years. The 5 p.m. Friday through 11:30 a.m. Sunday retreat will be held on September 25-27, at Living Waters Catholic Reflection Center in Maggie Valley, NC. The cost is $200 per person, which includes two nights lodging and five delicious meals, as well as the Saturday Vigil Mass. Register with a $25 paid deposit by August 28 at http://www.catholicretreat.org.

www.stacharlotte.com Why do Catholic women wear chapel veils at Mass? Do I have to wear a lace mantilla? What about hats and other types of head coverings? The veil is meant to be an external sign of a woman's interior desire to humble herself before God, truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. As When we say "veil," we simply mean "covering" of any kind. Although women, we are symbols of the Church - the Bride of Christ – and, as a many women choose lace mantillas because of their femininity, more priest once said, "the veil is meant to be a visible reminder of the perfect important than the type of veil we use is the need for a proper interior submission of the Church to the loving rule of Christ." disposition. Similar to a religious habit, your veil is a public proclamation

"The veil is a visual sermon ... a public proclamation before the Lord that of your desire to submit to the will of God for your life, and of your He IS the Lord and that we love Him and that we are ready to obey him. commitment to answering the universal call to holiness and continual It's a totally counter-cultural statement proclaiming obedience in the midst conversion. Keep these things in mind when you wear a veil in the presence God. of a culture that is totally permeated with this attitude of 'I will not serve.'" . What should I do if I’m worried about what others might think? The veil is also a sign of the great dignity inherent to a woman, who has the potential to receive life within herself... both human life and the It is natural to be concerned about what other people think. Some may supernatural life of God. This is an important message the world needs to think the veil is an outdated practice with no meaning in today's culture hear, now more than ever! while others may judge us as trying to be holier-than-thou. Love, however, seeks to ornament love with beauty and to worship in humility. An act of Did the Church do away with veils after Vatican II? devotion like veiling does both, while drawing to the fore our love of God For 2000 years, Catholic women have worn some kind of head covering in above all else.

Church. Though the particular reasons for doing so have varied (for If you are worried about what people will think, remember that people example, modesty in the time of St. Paul), this practice has always focused (Including ourselves) are always making judgments. It's how we are wired, a on the transcendence of the place - the church, the very dwelling of the consequence of original sin. Whether it's about what shoes we're wearing, Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Having been given this how we look when we walk, whether we genuflect before entering our pew, magnificent Gift by Jesus himself, every Catholic church holds something whether we stay after Mass to make our thanksgiving when everyone else is not found anywhere else: the true, living presence of our Bridegroom, chatting and leaving... Any action could be done with a pure intention or hidden under the appearance of bread and wine. with a not-so-pure one, but people can't see our hearts - only God can. Do An article in The Atlanta Journal of June 21, 1969, titled “Women Required we volunteer at the food pantry because we really care about people? Or to Cover Head, Vatican Insists,” stated: “A Vatican official says there has because we want to be recognized? Or because we don't have anything been no change, as reported, in the Roman Catholic rule that women cover better to do? Regardless of what the action is, what matters is that we do it their head in church. The Rev. Annibale Bugnini, secretary of the New for the right reason – that we do it for love. The same applies to veiling. If Congregation for Divine Worship, said the reports stemmed from a we do it out of love for God, what people think shouldn't matter. misunderstanding of a statement he made at a news conference in May. Shouldn't I avoid drawing attention to myself at Mass? Bugnini stated: ‘The rule has not been changed. It is a matter of general discipline.’” We should never seek to become the object of others' attention, especially

However, the 1983 Code of Canon Law, currently in force, does not contain at Mass. However, as explained in a sermon on the theological significance a requirement that women cover their head in church. As Cardinal Burke, of the veil (see veilsbylily.com/sermon), our veils are meant to be a visual then Prefect of the Supreme Apostolic Signatura, stated in a private letter: statement, "a public proclamation before the Lord that He IS the Lord and that we love Him and that we are ready to obey him." "The wearing of a chapel veil for women is not required when women assist at the Holy Mass according to the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite. It is, In considering this question, the key point we should ask ourselves is, what however, the expectation that women who assist at the Mass according to is my motivation? Am I seeking the attention of others or am I simply the Extraordinary Form cover their heads, as was the practice at the time wanting to love and honor my Lord? Do I wish to draw attention to myself that the 1962 Missale Romanum was in force. It is not, however, a sin to or to the reality of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist? participate in the Holy Mass according to the Extraordinary Form without a If you think about it, nuns in habits do stand out in the midst of a world that veil." has renounced God. Indeed, we are all called to be the light of the world - Just as the Church does not mandate that every person pray the Rosary, witnesses to Christ's love, which is real and alive in the world. neither does she mandate that every woman wear a veil. This does not Is it vanity to wear a beautiful lace mantilla? mean, however, that either is not a worthy devotion. On the contrary, these devotions are pleasing to God when done out of love for Him. The fact that a veil makes us look beautiful doesn't mean we are necessarily being vain. In the same way that we would dress up to meet a king, we dress Why don't men wear veils? up to meet our God and King.

In 1 Corinthians 11:7, St. Paul says, "A man, on the other hand, should not If you do find yourself focusing on the veil as a way of seeking the cover his head because he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the admiration of others, rectify your intention by an interior act such as, "Lord, glory of man." I am wearing this for you alone, and I don't wish to care about what other Throughout the Bible, nuptial imagery is used to represent the love of God. people think." You might also consider wearing a veil that you don't feel In Ephesians 5:25, St. Paul says "Husbands, love your wives as Christ loves strongly about, or saving a nicer veil for feasts and solemnities and a more the Church" and this, taken in conjunction with 1 Corinthians 11:7 (and the plain one for normal or penitential days. rest of that passage), reveals this nuptial imagery: man is to Christ as woman Is there a meaning behind veil colors? is to the Church. Since the Church is the "bride" of Christ, it makes sense that the bride should cover her head "as a sign of authority" (1 Cor 11:10) Traditionally in the United States, married women would wear black or and submission to the bridegroom, Christ, whom men represent. The darker colors and unmarried women, white or lighter colors. However, Church submits to Christ, not the other way around. It is a submission of since chapel veils are just now coming back, there are no hard and fast rules love, not repression. Who wouldn't submit to Him Who loves her unto to follow. In some churches, some women wear veils to match their outfit, death? others wear colors they have simply decided they like, etc. In parishes where few women veil, it is common for women to want to wear something that When should I wear my chapel veil? blends in with their hair. Often, women will save the more special-looking Wear your veil anytime you are in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, veils for feasts of the church. A more recent trend some women are starting whether in a Catholic church for Mass or simply passing through. is that of matching their veils to liturgical colors.

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