The event began with an outdoor mass in the lot across East 64th Street, facing the church. An altar, a statue of the Virgin Mary, and the Shrine’s prized 17th-century figure of the infant Jesus were brought out to the lawn for worship.
tukio ilianza na wingi nje katika mengi hela Mashariki 64th Street, inakabiliwa na kanisa. madhabahuni, sanamu ya Bikira Maria, na Shrine ya prized karne ya 17 takwimu kwa mtoto mchanga Yesu walitolewa kwa lawn kwa ajili ya ibada.