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St. Joseph's Cathedral, Rawalpindi

St. Joseph's Cathedral, Rawalpindi

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St. Joseph's Cathedral, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, is the main church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi.[1]

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St. Joseph's Cathedral has large congregations from Rawalpindi, Islamabad and surrounding areas for Good Friday, Easter and Christmas services each year.[2][3]

The Cathedral parish is also home to St. Catherine's Convent. The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary host the St. Catherine's Sewing Center, training poor women in sewing, crochet and embroidery; the women produce hand-made objects for sale.[4]

History

On 21 September 2009, Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan, presided at the ordination in St. Joseph's Cathedral, of the new coadjutor bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Bishop Rufin Anthony. More than 1,500 people attended the event.[5]

In January 2012 a youth group from the Cathedral Parish launched a website "for realising the potential of youth and expressing their concerns in a Christian way", with the hope that it would help counter fundamentalism and fanaticism. Sister Athens Angeles of the Daughters of St. Paul was the main organizer of the group.[6]

Bishop Anthony Theodore Lobo, the former Bishop of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad diocese, died after prolonged illness on 18 February 2013. His funeral was held at Saint Joseph's Cathedral on 20 February. He was buried in the cathedral compound.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Cathedrals in Pakistan".
  2. [2]
    "Christmas celebrated with fervour in Pakistan 26 December 2003 Pakistan Times".
  3. [3]
    "Christians celebrate Easter today Dawn 11 April 2004".
  4. [4]
    "UCANews.com November 15, 2007".
  5. [5]
    "UCANews 23 September 2009".
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    UCANews January 23, 2012
  7. [7]
    The Express Tribune February 19, 2013


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