Bishop William F. Medley shares a smile with a father and infant while washing their feet during the Mass of the Lord’s Supper in the evening of Holy Thursday on April 6, 2023 at St. Stephen Cathedral. A parent and baby are traditionally selected to be among those whose feet are washed during the cathedral’s Holy Thursday celebration. RILEY GREIF | WKC
Holy Week 2023 at diocese’s mother church
BY WKC STAFF
Bishop William F. Medley celebrated the 2023 Holy Week liturgies at St. Stephen Cathedral, the mother church of the Diocese of Owensboro, from April 2-8. Here are some highlights from the week.
Fr. John Thomas, rector of St. Stephen Cathedral, looks on as men hold baskets of palm branches to be blessed by the bishop during the Palm Sunday liturgy at the cathedral on April 2, 2023. RILEY GREIF | WKC
Altar servers lead the procession as Bishop William F. Medley carries the Eucharist after the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday on April 6, 2023 at St. Stephen Cathedral. The Blessed Sacrament is then taken to the Altar of Repose, which is set up in the cathedral’s undercroft, for the faithful to quietly pray. RILEY GREIF | WKC
Deacon Richard Murphy carries the cross that will be venerated during the Good Friday liturgy at St. Stephen Cathedral on April 7, 2023. RACHEL HALL | WKC
Servers hold the cross, which contains a relic of the True Cross, for the faithful to venerate during the Good Friday liturgy at St. Stephen Cathedral on April 7, 2023. RACHEL HALL | WKC
A man and woman light candles during the Easter Vigil at St. Stephen Cathedral on April 8, 2023. ELIZABETH WONG BARNSTEAD | WKC
Fr. Santhosh Thomas, a parochial vicar of St. Stephen Cathedral, sprinkles the faithful with newly-blessed holy water during the Easter Vigil at St. Stephen Cathedral on April 8, 2023. ELIZABETH WONG BARNSTEAD | WKC
Originally printed in the May 2023 issue of The Western Kentucky Catholic.
