Knights & Ladies Invested

Ancient order welcomes new members

Cardinal Edwin O'Brien, grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, stands with a group of knights and ladies in Holy Rosary Cathedral. Dames Neysa Finnie (left), Lennie David, and Marilyn Martin join Georg Adam, lieutenant of the order's Vancouver lieutenancy; Sir John Paul Sonnen; Msgr. Pedro Lopez-Gallo; Dame Sharon Goh; and Sir Glen Goh. Alistair Burns / The B.C. Catholic.

Knights, ladies, and a grand master belonging to an ancient Church order, founded during the First Crusade, welcomed five new members at Holy Rosary Cathedral Oct. 9.  For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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