Fifth Anniversary of the Death of

Ignatius Cardinal Kung Pin-Mei

Roman Catholic Bishop of Shanghai

Apostolic Administrator of Soochow and Nanking

August 2, 1901 – March 12, 2000

Prisoner For Christ For 32 Years

For refusing to join the Catholic Patriotic Association that continues declaring its independence from the Pope

Lived in exile in Stamford, Connecticut
From May 1988 until his death in March 2000

Saint John The Evangelist Church
Saturday, March 12, 2005, 12:10 P.M.
279 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Connecticut

Reception

At Saint John's Monsignor W. A. Nagle Hall following the Holy Mass

RSVP (For Reception Only) 

By Saturday, March 5, 2005 

203-329-9712   Fax 203-329-8415   Email: jmkung@aol.com 

Please call for hotel information

Clergy: Please indicate if you will concelebrate. Please bring white alb and purple stole.

"I give thanks to Almighty God for the late Cardinal's priestly and episcopal ministry in the Diocese of Shanghai, his heroic fidelity to Christ amid persecution and imprisonment, and his outstanding witness of communion with the Universal Church and the Successor of Peter."

+Joannes Paulus PP II    Mar.12, 2000