Parishioners of St. Ferdinand Parish, 5900 W. Barry, marked the annual Feast of Corpus Christi with a procession through the parish neighborhood on May 25. Many European and Hispanic cultures customarily honor this feast with public eucharistic processions like this one.
Parishioners of St. Ferdinand Parish, 5900 W. Barry, prepare for a Corpus Christi procession on May 25 through the surrounding neighborhood. Hundreds of people gathered to publicly profess their faith on the street while stopping along the way at several temporary altars erected in residents' front yards to sing and pray.
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