GREENSBORO — A Mass in the Igbo language was celebrated Nov. 18, 2018, at St. Mary Church, one of the Diocese of Charlotte’s most ethnically diverse parishes.
The parish includes many members from the African continent, including Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria. The Igbo Mass, offered every three months at the parish, enables these Catholics to hear Mass in their native language and honor their cultural identity.
The Mass was celebrated by Father Marcel Amadi, who serves as the campus minister for Bennett College, North Carolina A&T, Salem College and Wake Forest University, and it was concelebrated by St. Mary’s new pastor Vincentian Father William Allegretto.
— Photos provided by Ann Graves
