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Lay person lead May Crowning?

Question

Question

May a lay person lead a "May Crowning/Procession?"

--Leery in London

Answer

Answer

May crownings' and other laudable pious practices expressing devotion to the Mother of God which are in keeping with the norms of Pope Paul VI's Apostolic Exhortation Marialis cultus (2 February 1974) may indeed be led by priests, deacons, and lay persons.