Relics at cathedral

A silver cross containing relics of six of the 25 Mexican martyrs canonized in 2000 by Pope John Paul II will make several stops in the archdiocese July 21-23 including Mass with Cardinal George at Holy Name Cathedral.

The relics are being brought under the auspices of the Knights of Columbus. Each of the six—Sts. Pedro de Jesus Maldonado, Luis Batis Sainz, Jose Maria Robles Hurtado, Mateo Correa Megallanes, Miguel del la Mora de la Mora and Rodrigo Aguilar Aleman—was a priest and a member of the Knights of Columbus. All were martyred during the persecution of the church in Mexico in the 1920s and 1930s.

There will be at Immaculate Conception Parish, (88th St.) for a 7 p.m. Mass July 21. Following the mass the relics will process to Our Lady of Guadalupe parish for prayer and veneration. On July 22, the relics will be at St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Melrose Park, for a 5 p.m. Mass and veneration.

On Sunday, July 23, the relics will be at Holy Name Cathedral where Cardinal George is expected to celebrate the 12:30 p.m. Mass. The relics will be at the cathedral until mid-afternoon.