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Students Visit Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston
Students, faculty, staff, and families at Thomas Aquinas College, New England, availed themselves of the Columbus Day three-day weekend by making a pilgrimage to the Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help — patroness of the College’s New England Chapel — in Boston, Massachusetts. It was a day of prayer, reflection, and friendship.
The group set out on the 90-mile drive on a crisp fall morning, with the sun just peeking through the New England fog. Upon arriving at the Basilica, students took a few minutes to enjoy and savor the architecture. In addition to the Romanesque arches and Gothic columns, sophomore Gregory Maynard (’26) took special interest in the church’s numerous side altars. “I love them,” he said. “They are a beautiful reminder of the reality of the Mass.”
Head Chaplain Rev. Greg Markey offered Mass on the Basilica’s main altar, placing the pilgrims’ intentions in the hands of Our Lady. Then, shortly after Mass, Rev. Pierre Desruisseaux, C.Ss.R., presented a talk on the history of the Redemptorists. He described the role that the Basilica’s very own icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help has played in numerous reportedly miraculous healings, to which a heap of crutches beside the altar testifies. After his talk, Fr. Markey joined Fr. Desruisseaux in blessing the pilgrims with the beloved icon.
After leaving the Basilica, the group made the most of its trip to Boston by visiting the city’s famous Museum of Fine Arts before heading back to the Northfield. Filled with blessings and awed by beauty, it was a wholesome end to the long weekend.
