The Bishop of Portsmouth, the Very Rev Crispian Hollis, officiated at the service, which was attended by over 700 people. Among those who also travelled to the Island to take part were the Island’s former Roman Catholic Dean Canon David Mahy, the Provincial of the Little Sisters Mother Stephen, and sisters from the UK.
Jeanne Jugan was one of five new saints proclaimed by the Pope in Rome on 11 October.
At this week’s mass, which was specially written for Jeanne Jugan’s beatification, a hymn composed to celebrate her canonisation was sung.
An Islandwide choir, conducted by Clive Cooper, took part, and Panis Angelicus was performed by Simone Garton and Aurelie Norman.
As part of the offertory procession, three sisters carried baskets containing fruit and bread, a symbol of the order’s work, which still continues, to collect food and money for the poor.
The Trumpet Voluntary at the end of the service was performed by trumpeter Luke Brown and organist Tom France.
