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06 Feb
Photo Credit: submitted - Blanche and Henry Wasik have their throats blessed on the recent Feast of St. Blaise at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in West Rutland. Parishioners celebrated the feast of the Presentation of Jesus on Candlemas Day, with the sharing of the light from the paschal candle as a reminder to be "the light to the world.”

Blessing of throats

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St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Feast of St. Blaise, Blessing of Throats, West Rutland
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