AIDS Memorial Quilt on display

When:
Wednesday, Dec 01, 2021 6:00p -
Tuesday, Dec 14, 2021 1:00p

Where:
St. Anthony Shrine
100 Arch Street
Boston, MA 02110

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
History, LGBT

Event website:
https://stanthonyshrine.org/ministries/glbtq-spirituality/

St. Anthony Shrine is partnering with the National AIDS Memorial to display one panel of the AIDS Memorial Quilt (the Quilt) to the public as part of World AIDS Day Observance on December 1st.


The Quilt panels will be on display at St. Anthony Shrine at 100 Arch Street Boston, MA from December 1 through December 14, 2021. The display will be free to the public and feature one panel of the Quilt, several made by friends and loved ones from the region who died of AIDS.


The Quilt is the largest community arts project in the world. Its first panels were created nearly 35 years ago during the darkest days of the pandemic and today, consists of 50,000 individually-sewn panels with the names of more than 110,000 people who have died of AIDS.


OPENING EXHIBIT at 6pm on Wednesday, Dec 1: World AIDS Day. Prayers of welcome, candlelight procession, Memorial Mass and reception to follow (pre-registration with proof of COVID Vaccination required to attend the reception).


Email: [email protected]

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