Hundreds of faithful attended the Mass on Feb. 2 that was celebrated by Bishop Dennis Sullivan in honor of the Vietnamese New Year. Father Raymond Son Tran, CSF, pastor of Most Precious Blood Parish, West Collingswood, welcomed the Bishop, Coadjutor Bishop Joseph Williams and nearly a dozen concelebrating priests, as well as religious women.
More Photos: Lunar New Year
Members of the parish choir wearing traditional clothing in blue, yellow and red hues lifted their voices in song as parishioners filed into the church, which was adorned in multi-colored flowers and trees to mark the arrival of spring based on the Vietnamese lunar calendar. This Lunar New Year ushers in the year of the snake, which is forecast to bring renewal, growth and transformation. (Photos by Joe Warner)
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