IMMACULATE CONCEPTION RITE OF BLESSING

Deacon Jim Krupka, left, and Rev. Ben Rexroat use Holy Water to bless classrooms and visitors such as Luke Davis, 10, and his father Terry Davis as Immaculate Conception Elementary School celebrates its new home with a Rite of Blessing on Thursday in Traverse City. The Most Rev Steven Raica and nearly 20 other priests and deacons from parishes in the Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools family celebrated Mass at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church before walking to the new school for photos, blessing, ribbon cutting and to tour the school with faculty, students and families.

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