Oct 13, 2012
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Father Chris Marino, rector of St. Mary Cathedral, has designated this door on the northwest side as the holy door during the Year of Faith.Synod leadership team member Vilma Angulo, left, attended the Mass with her daughter, Patty Chang, granddaughter, Mia Chang, husband Eduardo Angulo and sister Vivian Mannerud. Behind Angulo is Deacon Roberto Pineda of St. Joseph Church on Miami Beach, who will serve on the Synod team focusing on the permanent diaconate.From left, Synod team members from St. Joseph Parish, Cheryl Hodowud and Grace Heising, and Marie Pineda, husband of Deacon Roberto Pineda, also from St. Joseph Parish.Archbishop Thomas Wenski talks with Synod focus team members before the start of the Mass.Rosemarie Banich, Synod director, chats before the start of the Year of Faith and Synod commissioning Mass.Suzie Vidal Arsenault, director of music ministry at St. Mary Cathedral, leads the singing at the start of the Mass.Carmelites of the Most Sacred Heart, who staff St. Theresa School in Coral Gables and Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School in Miami, take part in the Year of Faith opening and Synod commissioning Mass.Mother Adela Galindo, foundress of the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary and a member of the Synod leadership team, proclaims the first reading.Archdiocesan priests listen to the readings.Synod focus team members and their families and friends take part in the commissioning Mass, which also marked the opening of the Year of Faith in the archdiocese.A deacon proclaims the Gospel.Synod focus team members and their families and friends take part in the commissioning Mass, which also marked the opening of the Year of Faith in the archdiocese.Archbishop Thomas Wenski delivers the homily during the Mass opening the Year of Faith in the archdiocese and commissioning Synod team members for service.Synod focus team members and their families and friends take part in the commissioning Mass, which also marked the opening of the Year of Faith in the archdiocese. From left: Synod Director Rosemarie Banich, Lucia Luzondo, archdiocesan director of Family Life, and her husband Ricardo.Synod focus team members and their families and friends take part in the commissioning Mass, which also marked the opening of the Year of Faith in the archdiocese. At far left is Michelle Ducker, campus minister at St. Augustine Church and Student Center, and at far right is Mother Adela Galindo, foundress of the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary, both of whom serve on the Synod leadership team.Praying during the Mass: Pierre Wilfred Jean Baptiste and Fatima Jean Baptiste.Synod focus team members and their families and friends take part in the commissioning Mass, which also marked the opening of the Year of Faith in the archdiocese. Seen here is Richard Jean, holding his son. Jean is principal of Archbishop Edward McCarthy High School in Southwest Ranches.Synod leadership team members Vilma Angulo and Deacon Jorge Gonzalez take up the offertory gifts.The Mass was livestreamed on the archdiocesan website and Radio Paz.Acolytes hold up candles at the front of the sanctuary during the Eucharistic Prayer.View of the altar from the second floor choir loft of St. Mary Cathedral.Seminarians carry the Synod banner and processional cross during the recessional at the end of Mass.Concelebrating priests process out at the end of Mass.Concelebrating priests process out at the end of Mass.Archbishop Thomas Wenski processes out at the end of Mass.Archbishop Thomas Wenski processes out at the end of Mass.