Parish Schedule Changes in May

 On account of the Diocesan Priest Retreat, there will be no Masses or confessions from Tuesday, May 14 through Thursday, May 16. Masses and confession schedule resumes on Friday, May 17 with 7am Mass.

No 9am Mass on Saturday, May 25; instead, confirmation and first communion Mass with Bishop Fleming at 1pm. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend!

Finally, no 7am Mass on Thursday, May 30 - instead, sung Mass at 5:30pm in honor of the feast of Corpus Christi. Mass is followed by a Eucharist procession.

There will be 40 Hours Solemn Eucharistic Devotions from 5:30pm Mass on Thursday, May 30 to 9am Mass on Saturday, June 1. 

Parish picnic is Saturday, June 1 from 11am to 1pm.

Sunday Sermon, May 5th -- Marian Devotions, The Little Crown

 We discuss the importance of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, especially in the month of May and in preparation for the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

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Adult Faith Formation Series, Canterbury Tales -- Resources for Further Study

 A final post on the Canterbury Tales.  Various resources can be found online - links are provided below.

Adult Faith Formation Series, Canterbury Tales -- Overview and Brief Notes of All the Tales

 Overview of the individual tales from the Canterbury Tales, taken largely from the Harvard University Canterbury Tales site [here].

Sunday Sermon, April 28th -- St Louis Marie de Montfort, Apostolic Preacher

Confessor, Marian devotee, and founder of the Sisters of Divine Wisdom, Louis Marie Grignion was born in Montfort, France, in 1673. Educated at Rennes, he was ordained there in 1700, becoming a chaplain in a hospital in Poitiers. His congregation, also called the Daughters of Divine Wisdom, started there. As his missions and sermons raised complaints, St Louis-Marie went to Rome, where Pope Clement XI appointed him as a missionary apostolic. St Louis-Marie is famous for fostering devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Rosary. In 1715, he also founded the Missionaries of the Company of Mary. His "True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin" remains popular. Only 43 years old, St Louis-Marie died in 1716 at Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre, while preaching a parish mission there. He was canonized in 1947.

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