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![Album: Vietnamese Lunar New Year DSC07737](https://2img.net/h/www.stjames-cathedral.org/Events/2011/lunarnewyear11/DSC07737.gif) Representatives of the Vietnamese Catholic community in the Archdiocese of Seattle joined in the entrance procession at this solemn celebration of Tet - the Vietnamese Lunar New Year.
![Album: Vietnamese Lunar New Year DSC07824](https://2img.net/h/www.stjames-cathedral.org/Events/2011/lunarnewyear11/DSC07824.gif) At the beginning of Mass, the Archbishop, along with children, adults, and elders from the Vietnamese community, offered incense at a special place of prayer for the ancestors of all those gathered. Honoring father and mother and all ancestors is central to the observance of Tet.
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![Album: Vietnamese Lunar New Year DSC07938](https://2img.net/h/www.stjames-cathedral.org/Events/2011/lunarnewyear11/DSC07938.gif) Deacon Philip Nguyen carries the Book of the Gospels to the ambo.
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![Album: Vietnamese Lunar New Year DSC07961](https://2img.net/h/www.stjames-cathedral.org/Events/2011/lunarnewyear11/DSC07961.gif) Archbishop Sartain speaks about the importance of family in leading us to faith.
![Album: Vietnamese Lunar New Year Mike%20Penney%20choir](https://2img.net/h/www.stjames-cathedral.org/Events/2011/lunarnewyear11/Mike%20Penney%20choir.jpg) The choir leads the assembly in traditional songs for the Lunar New Year. The Lunar New Year marks the beginning of spring (according to the solar calendar, spring doesn't arrive for another six weeks!). The songs speak of spring blossoms, new life, and new beginnings. (Photo by Mike Penney, www.photobymike.com)
![Album: Vietnamese Lunar New Year DSC08012](https://2img.net/h/www.stjames-cathedral.org/Events/2011/lunarnewyear11/DSC08012.gif) The gifts of bread and wine for the celebration of the Eucharist are brought forward by members of the community.
![Album: Vietnamese Lunar New Year DSC08034](https://2img.net/h/www.stjames-cathedral.org/Events/2011/lunarnewyear11/DSC08034.gif) In addition to the bread and wine, traditional gifts of cake, wine, fruit, and flowers are brought forward with the gifts, and are placed by the servers at the shrine honoring the ancestors.
![Album: Vietnamese Lunar New Year DSC08105](https://2img.net/h/www.stjames-cathedral.org/Events/2011/lunarnewyear11/DSC08105.gif) Archbishop Sartain pauses to greet a young member of the community during the procession at the end of Mass.
![Album: Vietnamese Lunar New Year Full%20cathedral%20mike%20penney](https://2img.net/h/www.stjames-cathedral.org/Events/2011/lunarnewyear11/Full%20cathedral%20mike%20penney.jpg) Chúc mừng năm mới! (Happy New Year!) (Photo by Mike Penney, www.photobymike.com)
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