White Mass planned to recognize health care professionals
January 3, 2020 at 9:50 p.m.
The parishes of Cohort 6 are coming together to host a White Mass to pray for those who work in the health care field.
The Mass, set for 8: 30 a.m. Feb. 8 in St. Gregory the Great Church, Hamilton Square, is open to all compassionate care workers, such as physicians, nurses, mental health practitioners, medical students and residents, ministers and chaplains. All of any faith as well as their friends and families are welcome.
“The care that health professionals give affirms its spiritual roots as Jesus provided healing to the sick,” said Tanya Taylor-Norwood, project coordinator for Cohort 6, known as Lumen Christi. “The Mass provides guidance to these professionals who have been given talents to heal, to assist with sustaining life.”
She said the Mass, the first of its kind for the Cohort, is in recognition of the work and dedication of those in the medical profession and is a way of saying, “We pray with you and for you.”
Mass will be celebrated by Msgr. Thomas Gervasio, diocesan vicar general and pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows-St. Anthony Parish, Hamilton, one of the five parishes that comprise the Lumen Christi Cohort. The others are: St. Gregory the Great; St. Raphael-Holy Angels, Hamilton; St. John the Baptist, Allentown, and St. Vincent de Paul, Yardville.
Taylor-Norwood explained that the idea for the Mass stemmed from Lumen Christi’s goal of establishing a Cohort Health Ministry and hearing from diocesan officials that such a Mass could be of benefit in the area. “Knowing that there was a need, we definitely felt we should make it happen along with focusing on monthly health issues,” she said.
The Cohort's Health Ministry, which consists of health care professionals from each parish, planned the Mass for February since that month sees the Feast of St. Blaise, a physician who is the patron saint of those with throat illnesses.
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The parishes of Cohort 6 are coming together to host a White Mass to pray for those who work in the health care field.
The Mass, set for 8: 30 a.m. Feb. 8 in St. Gregory the Great Church, Hamilton Square, is open to all compassionate care workers, such as physicians, nurses, mental health practitioners, medical students and residents, ministers and chaplains. All of any faith as well as their friends and families are welcome.
“The care that health professionals give affirms its spiritual roots as Jesus provided healing to the sick,” said Tanya Taylor-Norwood, project coordinator for Cohort 6, known as Lumen Christi. “The Mass provides guidance to these professionals who have been given talents to heal, to assist with sustaining life.”
She said the Mass, the first of its kind for the Cohort, is in recognition of the work and dedication of those in the medical profession and is a way of saying, “We pray with you and for you.”
Mass will be celebrated by Msgr. Thomas Gervasio, diocesan vicar general and pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows-St. Anthony Parish, Hamilton, one of the five parishes that comprise the Lumen Christi Cohort. The others are: St. Gregory the Great; St. Raphael-Holy Angels, Hamilton; St. John the Baptist, Allentown, and St. Vincent de Paul, Yardville.
Taylor-Norwood explained that the idea for the Mass stemmed from Lumen Christi’s goal of establishing a Cohort Health Ministry and hearing from diocesan officials that such a Mass could be of benefit in the area. “Knowing that there was a need, we definitely felt we should make it happen along with focusing on monthly health issues,” she said.
The Cohort's Health Ministry, which consists of health care professionals from each parish, planned the Mass for February since that month sees the Feast of St. Blaise, a physician who is the patron saint of those with throat illnesses.