From the Archives: Feast of the Assumption in Mahwah, 1980

A parishioner at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Mahwah places a bouquet with those of other parishioners on the Feast of the Assumption in 1980. Fr. Eugene Palumbo gave the traditional Assumption Day blessing to produce from the parishioners’ gardens.

(Photographer: Archdiocese of Newark Archives, Catholic Advocate Collection)

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