1,000 process in Stamford to new adoration chapel at St. Benedict’s

More than 1,000 people processed through the streets of Stamford on Sunday to celebrate the opening of a new perpetual adoration chapel at St. Benedict-Our Lady of Montserrat Church. Following Mass at St. Mary Church, Bishop Frank J. Caggiano carried the Blessed Sacrament in a golden monstrance under a canopy. The procession traveled a quarter mile to the new chapel, accompanied by a police escort and musicians singing in English and Spanish.

During the procession, Father Juan Gabriel Acosta led the group in litanies and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Upon arriving at the church, Bishop Caggiano blessed the adoration chapel. He stated in his homily that the chapel allows the faithful to visit the Eucharist at any time of the day or night.

The sisters of the Eucharistic Communicators of the Heavenly Father will oversee the new chapel.