offertory

As the priest then began the offertory portion of the liturgy, which often is accompanied by quiet music, the organist played a reflective piece very slowly.

A collage of photographs from his time on work experience was presented in the church as one of the offertory gifts during Requiem Mass.

Whidden, a tenor, sang an offertory song titled “The Anchor Holds.”

The service itself incorporated many Indigenous elements and peoples, including an emotional moment when a woman in Native dress wept in front of Francis as she brought him the offertory gifts.

However, through the fall, offertories have been off around 10 percent.