Chinatown’s Church of the Transfiguration Holds 28th Annual Assumption Procession
08/19/24
“Mary walks with us every day when we go out to help one another,” said Bishop Edmund Whalen
New York Auxiliary Bishop Edmund J. Whalen and other clergy participate in a Marian procession through the Chinatown and Lower East Side sections of New York City Aug. 11, 2024. Transfiguration Parish in Chinatown annually hosts a special Sunday Mass and procession to mark the feast of the Assumption of Mary, which is traditionally observed Aug. 15. Father Roger Kwan, Transfiguration’s pastor, is seen walking next to Bishop Whalen. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
Mary, the mother of God, walks the streets with us, said Archdiocese of New York Auxiliary Bishop Edmund J. Whalen, vicar for clergy, during the solemn Mass before a Chinatown parish’s annual Marian procession on Sunday, August 11.
