A Healing Mass of hope
Friday, September 25, 2026 · Prayers 5:30 pm · Mass 6:00 pm · Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Springfield, MA.
Friday, September 25, 2026
A Healing Mass of hope.
We pray for all whose lives are touched by cancer and other diseases: those in treatment and recovery, their caregivers, and those we hold in memory. Celebrant: Fr. Giuseppe Maria. Light refreshments followed in the parish center.
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About 200 neighbors filled Our Lady of Mount Carmel on Friday, September 25. The whole evening, the prayers and the Mass, was recorded, so you can still sit with it: on your own time, as many times as you need.
It was a beautiful night.
About 200 neighbors filled Our Lady of Mount Carmel on September 25 to pray for the people they are carrying: those in treatment, those in recovery, the caregivers, and the ones we hold in memory. Fifteen years on from the first Pink Mass, it was everything we hoped for.
Thank you to everyone who came, to everyone who gave, to the donors and partners whose gifts go to the Sister Caritas Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, to Fr. Giuseppe Maria, to Mayor Sarno, and to the parish and the volunteers who set the chairs, poured the coffee and stayed to clean up. This is a volunteer effort. It only works because you showed up.
The whole evening
The prayers and the Mass, recorded start to finish. Send it to someone who could not be there.
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Before Springfield gathers on September 25, Honorary Chairman Mayor Domenic J. Sarno called Fr. Giuseppe to look ahead to the evening of prayers and Mass. Watch their conversation.
Standing with families facing cancer, right here at home.
Celebration of Hope of Western Massachusetts is a volunteer-run nonprofit. When a cancer diagnosis turns life upside down, we help carry the load so no one faces it alone.
We’re neighbors, not a clinic. Every dollar raised here stays in Western Mass, helping the families right next door.
More about usAll proceeds are allocated to Sister Caritas Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center.
Every gift supports cancer care close to home through the Sister Caritas Cancer Center at Mercy Medical in Springfield, so support reaches Western Massachusetts families right where they are treated.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.Psalm 34:18
A Healing Mass of hope.
We pray for all whose lives are touched by cancer: those in treatment and recovery, their caregivers, and those we hold in memory.
- When
- Friday, September 25, 2026Prayers 5:30 pm · Mass 6:00 pm
- Where
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish123 William St · Springfield, MA 01105
- Celebrant
- Fr. Giuseppe MariaLight refreshments followed
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September 25, 2026 in Springfield. About 200 neighbors came, and it was recorded.
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