The Caribbean came to Lourdes last week with steel drums, a choir of several hundred and music led by the cantor of a parish in Jamaica. They were taking part in the annual HCPT annual Mass in Lourdes’ underground basilica, which was attended by a congregation of 5,000, including 1,000 disabled children. The principal celebrant at the Mass was Bishop Burchell McPherson of Montego Bay, Jamaica, pictured left, while the music was led by Kevin Williams, cantor at Sts Peter and Paul Church in
16 April 2015, The Tablet
Our Lady of celebration
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