CM Archbishop to Open 9th “Day of Consecrated Life”

The opening Eucharist of the 9th “Day of Consecrated Life” will be celebrated by Archbishop Franc Rode, C.M., Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life & Societies of Apostolic Life.On Wednesday, February 2nd — the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the 9th “Day of Consecrated Life” — the Pope will preside at the Liturgy of the Word, at 5.30 P.M. in Saint Peter’s Basilica. He will bless the candles, participate in the opening procession and, following the homily, lead thanksgiving to God for the gift of consecrated life. At the end of the Mass he will impart his Apostolic Blessing.