Tickets for Papal Mass on Sunday April 20, 2008

Ticket Update : March 19, 2008

Further information regarding tickets and transportation to the Solemn Pontifical Mass at Yankee Stadium will be made available in early April.

 

On Sunday, April 20, 2008, His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate a Solemn Pontifical Mass at Yankee Stadium (sometime in the afternoon).  Our diocese has been given a limited number of tickets to distribute to the faithful.  They have been appointed by lottery.
 

Due to the restrictions that have been placed on attendees by the United States Secret Service and the New York City Police Department, each ticket will be issued to a named individual – tickets are non- transferable (similar to an airline ticket). Everyone entering  Yankee Stadium needs to have a non-transferable ticket and will be required to show a government - issued photo identification card (passport, driver’s license) and will be subject to search by either the Secret Service or the Police Department.

 

It is anticipated that the local networks will provide extensive coverage of the Papal visit including the Pontifical Mass in Yankee Stadium.  As details are finalized they will be posted on the diocesan website, so check back periodically for updated information.  For further information you can also visit the New York Archdiocesan website at  www.Archny.org.

 

Please keep the Holy Father, this Papal visit and the needs of our Church and world in your prayers.