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Washington, DC (Agenzia Fides) – Over 4,000 school children are expected to gather in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., for a Worldwide Children’s Eucharistic Holy Hour on Friday, October 2, 2009. This is what Agenzia Fides learned from information sent from the Holy Childhood Association of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States and a statement issued by the World Apostolate of Fatima of St. Paul/Minneapolis, which is co-sponsoring the activity.
The annual event will be broadcast live on Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), beginning at 10 a.m. local time, and being aired in 140 countries. The children will join in praying the World Mission Rosary before the Blessed Sacrament.
According to a statement from the World Apostolate of Fatima, the Worldwide Children's Holy Hour will be an opportunity for children to “gather before the Blessed Sacrament to console to Eucharistic Heart of Jesus and to pray for their families, and in this Year for Priests, there will be special intentions made for the children to pray for the world's priests.”
Presiding the ceremony will be Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans. Monsignor John Kozar, National Director of the PMS in the USA, will also be assisting in the Holy Hour and has recorded a video promotion for this event, currently available at the US Pontifical Mission Societies' YouTube site (www.youtube.com/pmsusa). The PMS of the United States expresses their hope that the children of the world can come together and be part of this Holy Hour on that First Friday in October, which is also “Holy Childhood Day.” (AR) (Agenzia Fides 30/9/2009)
