The Mass was celebrated by rector of the Papal Croatian Institute of St. Jerome Msgr. Jure Bogdan, concelebrated by the special Papal prelate of the Prefecture of the Papal House Msgr. Petar Rajič and Msgr. Henryk Jagodzinsky from the Secretariat of State of the Holy See in charge of Croatia and South East European countries, and around thirty Croatian priests.
The Mass for the Homeland on the occasion of the Statehood Day was held for the fifth consecutive year at the initiative of Ambassador Marin.