Organizers in Edmonton say they’re ready to host the papal visit following weeks of whirlwind preparations as the arrival of Pope Francis is expected within…
“I’m still sleeping at night,” said Marion Haggarty-France, the visit’s Alberta site coordinator. “I think we are as ready as we possibly can be.”
Haggarty-France said thousands of volunteers have worked for weeks at the various sites in preparation for the visit.“We’re hoping to get everything roughly right versus precisely wrong,” she said.Article contentPope Francis will travel to Maskwacis and then the Church of the Sacred Heart on Monday. On Tuesday, he will host an open-air mass at Commonwealth Stadium before travelling northeast to Lac Ste. Anne in the late afternoon.
“We had to do this in the space of a few weeks,” said Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith, who is also serving as the visit’s general coordinator.Article contentA challenge, Smith said, that was important to meet ahead of the Pope’s expected in-person apology for the Catholic Church’s role in the residential school systems.
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