Tuesday Morning Work Crew Meeting outside Basilica

Workers prepare to raise the roof structure for the papal altar.

The roof structure for the papal altar was assembled on Monday by workers employed by Showcall Inc., an events production company that will build key structures for the Mass on Sept. 23. At their Tuesday morning meeting outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the crew chief explained to workers how they would slowly and carefully raise the roof assembly to the correct height. In a sign of respect for the location and purpose of their work, one of his instructions to the crew was “No swearing.”