Rt Rev Hugh Lindsay RIP - Reception of Body and Vigil at St Mary's Cathedral
Sunday 1st February: Reception of Body into St Mary’s Cathedral and Vigil at Newcastle upon Tyne and Mass
On the evening of 1st February Bishop Lindsay’s body was received into St Mary's Cathedral with the celebration of Mass.
Bishop Ambrose Griffiths at the Reception of the Body into St Mary's Cathedral.
Listen to Homily by Fr Ian Patterson
(mp3 6Mb)Many priests from throughout the diocese and beyond joined together with Principal Celebrant Bishop Ambrose Griffiths to concelebrate this Mass of Reception into the Cathedral. The homily was given by Fr Ian Patterson.
After the Mass the Litany of the Saints was sung and there followed a period of quiet prayer finishing with Compline.
Bishops and priests in the Entrance Procession
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Fr Patterson gives the homily

