Banquet

Saint Cyril Of Alexandria
Roman Catholic Church
153 Penn Boulevard,
East Lansdowne, PA 19050

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Our 75th Anniversary Banquet and Concluding Mass was Sunday, October 12, 2003.

 Many Priests and Sisters from the past came back to attend.

Below are some pictures from the special occasion.
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75 Anniversary Concluding Mass

Mass started with a procession of about 30 banners made by our grade school students

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After the school children came the Knights of Columbus and the main procession.

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The list of the Knights who acted as Honor Guards for the Mass.
  SANTA ANNA COUNCIL #4461
1-Joseph Heffernan            7-James Plower
2-James  Doney Jr.           8-Michael Keller
3-James Armbruster          9-Vince Berry
4-James Jones               10-George Bobnak
5-Steve Woodland           11-William Guiliano
6-Dan Eury                     12-Joseph Lawless
           13-James E. Noble,Jr.

WEST PHILA.COUNCIL #344
1-Frank Eggles

DE LA SALLE COUNCIL #590
1-Phil Ott


At the Offertory many special gifts were brought up by parish members of all ages. 

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Lectors, Cantors, and the Choir at the Mass

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The Final Blessing and end of the Mass, with some of the crowd during and after Mass.

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After Mass we held our Banquet at the Drexelbrook Banquet Hall
Mike Keller presented our Pastor Fr. Kerns with a special diamond shaped plaque in honor of our Diamond Anniversary, and Sister Therese opened the Banquet with a toast and a special recitation of poetry.  (The story of Prinderalla)

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Many of the guest woke up the next day with sore legs and feet.

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Some of the guests at the Banquet

 

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