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CHARLOTTE — Join in the Religious Liberty March and Prayer Vigil on Friday, June 22. Gather for the march at the parking lot across the street from the Diocese of Charlotte Pastoral Center, 1123 S. Church St. in Charlotte.

The march will begin at 11:30 a.m. Participants are encouraged to arrive early to park. The march will include preaching at Trade and Tryon streets, followed by the Litany for Religious Liberty. The march will conclude with the rosary and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy in front of the Federal Courthouse at 401 W. Trade St.

The march coincides with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Religious Freedom Week campaign. Catholics across the United States are encouraged to pray and act in support of religious liberty at home and abroad during “Serving Others in God’s Love: Religious Freedom Week 2018,” which begins on June 22, the Feast of Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher, and ends on June 29, the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul.

For details or inquiries, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call Tina at 704-301-2531 and visit www.marchforlifecharlotte.org/relib.html.

Resources for Religious Freedom Week and other religious liberty resources, in English and Spanish, are online at www.usccb.org/ReligiousFreedomWeek. Information on the upcoming Religious Freedom Week can also be found on the website of Catholic Charities, www.ccdoc.org, by clicking on Religious Freedom Week 2018 in the Agency Highlights box.

052518 pentecost latinCHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Latin Mass Community and St. Ann Parish in Charlotte celebrated the feast of Pentecost May 20 with a Solemn High Latin Mass.

Father Jason Barone, chaplain of Charlotte Catholic High School, offered the Mass and was assisted by St. Ann pastor’s Father Timothy Reid as deacon, and Charlotte seminarian Britt Taylor as subdeacon.

During Mass, Father Reid offered a sermon on the Holy Spirit and then led the faithful in singing “Veni Creator Spiritus” (“Come Holy Spirit”), which when prayed on Pentecost obtains a plenary indulgence.

For more information about Latin Masses in the Charlotte area, go online to www.charlottelatinmass.org or email Chris Lauer at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

— Markus Kuncoro and Mike FitzGerald | Catholic News Herald