Church invites faithful to pray for Byrnes, Guam Daily Post (November 27, 2016)

Church invites faithful to pray for Byrnes

Guam Daily Post
November 27, 2016

http://www.postguam.com/community/church-invites-faithful-to-pray-for-byrnes/article_985a987c-b488-11e6-8432-cbaf87f9a0ee.html

PRAYER OF BEGINNING: Activist groups protest in front of the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica in Hagåtña for the defrocking of Archbishop Anthony Apuron in this file photo. With the arrival of Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes as the new coadjutor archbishop, the archdiocese is inviting the public to the Prayer for the Beginning of the Episcopal Ministry of Coadjutor Archbishop.

The Archdiocese of Agana is opening a new chapter in its history and invites everyone to two islandwide celebrations Wednesday, Nov. 30, related to Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes, our new coadjutor archbishop.

Everyone is invited to a Prayer for the Beginning of the Episcopal Ministry of Coadjutor Archbishop Byrnes to take place 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica.

Then, all are invited to the start of the Novena of Masses honoring Santa Marian Kamalen at 6 p.m. that same evening, also at the Cathedral-Basilica. Archbishop Byrnes will celebrate his first islandwide Mass here with Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai, SDB, visiting bishops and Guam priests.

The celebrations will culminate with the islandwide commemoration of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 8, which includes the celebration of Santa Marian Kamalen and the close of the Golden Jubilee of the Archdiocese.

Archbishop Byrnes is scheduled to arrive Monday, Nov. 28. One of his first events will be to join the Catholic clergy of Guam in a day of recollection that morning.

Pope Francis appointed the former Auxiliary Archbishop of Detroit as Coadjutor Archbishop of Agana on Oct. 31.

Archbishop Hon, the secretary for the Congregation of the Evangelization of Peoples, had been appointed by the Holy Father to be the apostolic administrator of Agana on June 6. He will return to Rome on Dec. 1.

Information was obtained in a press release.