Vice President Margarita Cedeno traveled to New York and Paris to represent the country at the Altagracia Day commemorations. She attended a traditional mass at New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday, 18 January 2015. For the actual 21 January celebration on Wednesday, she will attend the presentation of an image of the Virgin blessed by Pope Francis at a chapel in the St. Philippe du Roule parish church in Paris. The image will be there permanently.