A Sept. 18 Mass at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery’s Christ Our Light Mausoleum in Rochester recognized 150 years since the cemetery’s founding. Bishop Salvatore R. Matano celebrated the Mass, which was followed by a blessing of the cemetery’s first grave, which belongs to 8-month-old Claude Martin Duffy, who was buried Sept. 18, 1871.
Bishop Salvatore R. Matano gives the homily during a Sept. 18 Mass recognizing the sesquicentennial of Rochester’s Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
Bishop Matano elevates the Eucharist.
The Liturgy of the Eucharist is celebrated.
Father William Coffas distributes Communion.
The grave of the first individual interred at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is seen before the blessing.
Bishop Matano blesses the first grave at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
Bishop Matano blesses graves at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
