JUNE DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART
During month of June, after every Mass will be exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and we sing or recite the Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
In the apparitions of our Lord to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690) twelve promises were given to increase devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. They are: (1) I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life. (2) I will establish peace in their homes. (3) I will comfort them in all their afflictions. (4) I will be their secure refuge during life and above all, in death. (5) I will bestow abundant blessings on all their undertakings. (6) Sinners shall find in my Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy. (7) By devotion to my Heart, lukewarm souls shall grow fervent. (8) Fervent souls shall rise quickly to high perfection. (9) I will bless every place where a picture of my Heart shall be set up and honored. (10) I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts. (11) Those who promote this devotion shall have their names written in my Heart, never to be blotted out. (12) I will grant the grace of final penitence to those who communicate (receive Holy Communion) on the first Friday of nine consecutive months.
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Anniversary of Beatification of FR. JERZY POPIEŁUSZKO
A car accident was set up to kill Jerzy Popiełuszko on 13 October 1984 but he escaped it. The alternative plan was to kidnap him and it was carried out on 19 October 1984. The priest was beaten and murdered by three Security Police officers. Then, his body was dumped into the Vistula Water Reservoir near Włocławek from where it was recovered on 30 October 1984.
News of the political murder caused an uproar throughout Poland, and the murderers and one of their superiors were convicted of the crime. More than 250,000 people, including Lech Wałęsa, attended his funeral on 3 November 1984. Despite the murder and its repercussions, the Communist regime remained in power until 1989. Popiełuszko’s murderers – Captain Grzegorz Piotrowski, Leszek Pękała, Waldemar Chmielewski and Colonel Adam Pietruszka (responsible for giving them the order to kill) – were jailed but released later as part of an amnesty.
He was beatified on June 6, 2010 in Warsaw’s Piłsudski Square.
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Global Rosary Relay To Encourage Prayer For Priests
The Global Rosary Relay for Priests’ fourth annual event will take place this June 7, providing an opportunity for worldwide prayer to support priests in their ministry. Participants in the relay will say a rosary at a scheduled time for one half hour to thank God for priests and to ask the Virgin Mary’s protection for priests. This means the same continuous rosary will be prayed around the clock.
The day of prayer will begin with the Joyful Mysteries at the Basilica of Our Lady of Victories in Melbourne at 11 a.m. local time June 7. It will then progress westward through Asia, the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Europe and Africa before reaching the Americas.
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WALKING PILGRIMAGE TO GROTTO
On Saturday, August 17 after Holy Mass at 8 am there will be a walking pilgrimage to the Grotto starting at 9 am. Prayers at the Grotto at the Black Madonna Shrine will be at noon. Please bring lunch and we will eat together at the Grotto.