::ASOCIACION CASA HOGAR JUAN PABLO II::

Some of the flowers sent by friends of Father Joe.

Representatives of Saint Peter's School stand beside Father Joe's coffin.

Members of the Brotherhood of Our Lord of Miracles stand beside Father Joe's coffin.

Children look at various pictures marking Father Joe's thirty-five years in Perú.

A young child points at a photo of Father Joe.

A couple pause in prayer by Father Joe's coffin.

Father Joe's coffin.

Wakes for Father Joe were held at Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II and in Villa El Salvador. Thousands of people came to pay their last respects.

Many visitors signed and wrote prayer petitions or words of thanksgiving to Father Joe.

Father Sebastian begins with prayer, inititating the procession of carrying Father Joe's coffin to the cathedral of Lurin.

Family Teachers carry Father Joe's coffin out of the chapel.

For the last time, Father Joe leaves the chapel he built.

A custom of Peru, the pall bearers genuflect, which reprents a final, reverent good-bye to his home on Father Joe's behalf.

Children of Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II carry flowers and procede the pall bearers in the procesion to the cathedral.

The procession begins, walking down the small hill in front of the chapel of Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II.

Father Joe is carried out of Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II.

Father Sebastian Kolodziejczyk, Father Joseph Hirsch, Father Mark Inglot (Father Joe's newphew), and Alfredo Brito Bambaren carry Father Joe's coffin through the streets of Lurin.

Altar boys from Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II lead the procession toward Lurin's cathedral.

Pall bearers enter the cathedral of Lurin with Father Joe's coffin.

Father Sebastian looks on as some children of Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II pass by Father Joe's coffin.

Lurin's cathedral overflows as those whose lives were touched by Father Joe gather together to say their last good-bye.

Saint Francisco of Assisi Family takes up the ofertory gifts during Mass.

Five bishops and over thirty priests concelebrate Father Joe's funeral Mass.

Father Joe's brother priests carry him out of the cathedral of Lurin.

The procession toward Father Joe's burial site begins.

Streets are filled with those who mourn the loss of Father Joe.

Saint Peter's school band plays in the procession back to Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II.

Over 1200 people follow Father Joe's coffin up to his burial site on the hill behind Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II.

Women with whom Father Joe worked in the soup kitchens of Villa El Salvador procede his coffin back to Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II.

The funeral procession enters Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II. In the background is a large photo of Father Joe.

Some friends from Villa El Salvador welcome the procession singing favorite songs of Father Joe.

Father Joe enters Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II on the shoulders of eight women.

Altar boys return home with Father Joe.

Friends accompany Father Joe through Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II one last time.

Mourners begin their ascent to Father Joe's burial site at the Grotto of Our Lady of the Assumption.

Flower petals cover the path leading to Father Joe's burial site.

Girls from the local parochial school line the hill leading up to Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II's chapel.

Friends accompany Father Joe through Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II one last time.

The crowd presses on toward the Grotto of Our Lady of the Assumption.

The pall bearers carry Father Joe to the second level of grotto where his tomb awaits.

Father Joe is laid to rest at the Grotto of Our Lady of the Assumption.

Auxiliary Bishop to Lurin, Salvador Piñero blesses Father Joe's tomb with Holy Water.

Auxiliary Bishop to Lurin, Salvador Piñero prays over Father Joe's tomb.

The faithful present raise their hands in prayer to Our Lady for Father Joe's eternal rest with her and her Son.

Friends and children of Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II line the steps of the grotto.

The tombstone is put into place.

Those present watch as the mason begins to seal Father Joe's tomb.

The crowd continues to sing Father Joe's favorite songs... even "Old MacDonald", a song Father would always sing with the children of Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II.

Altar boys of Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II stand present at the tomb of Father Joe.

Together, the crowd prays Father Joe's prayer. The prayer was written by Father Joe one year prior to his death.

The mason finishes sealing Father Joe's tomb.

Three sisters stand in front of Father Joe's tomb. All three knew Father Joe as their "father" when they lived at Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II.

Friends and "daughters" of Father Joe stand by his grave. In the background, a lady, with her hand on Father's grave, bows her head in prayer.

The Grotto of Our Lady of the Assumption overflows with people.

Father Joe's provisional headstone is put into place.