From the Archives: Honoring St. Lorenzo Ruiz, 1996

Parishioners of St. Joseph’s Church in Jersey City process with a statue of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila, the first Filipino martyr and saint, during a Mass for the statue’s enshrinement on September 29, 1996.

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

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