May—Month of Mary

May is Dedicated to the Mother Mary

You can honor the Mother Mary by:

  • Attending the Immaculate Mary Novena on Mondays after Daily Mass
  • Attending The Hidden Life of Mary Series on 5 Tuesdays
  • Praying the Rosary as a Family
  • Placing a statue of Mary in your home
  • Talking to your kids about the Holy Family

 

 PREP Updates:

Father Anthony is inviting all Level 3 and 7 parents and guardians of any student who will receive Reconciliation, First Communion, and Confirmation this year to a short parent meeting at 11:00 after the second  Mass on Sunday, May 19.  The forms for these Sacraments will be distributed so paperwork can be turned in at PREP this September.  All Sacrament students MUST attend in-person PREP this year.

PREP Registration 2024-25

PREP Times are changing for 2024-2025:
Classes will be held 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm. 
The year will run September 9th – May 12th. 

Homeschooling is not an option when students are preparing for a Sacrament (Levels 3 + 7).

Registration is now open. A cover letter and forms are available online and in Church.  Online registration will not be done through the Parish Giving website this year.

Payment may be made with cash or check in the Office or through the correct Parish Giving link:

Tuition Payment (all students): Link to Tutition Payment

Sacrament Fees (Levels 3 + 7): Link to Sacrament Fee Payment

 

The Hidden Life of Mary

Adult Continuing Education Series
May 14, 21, 28

Join us in the hall Tuesdays after daily Mass, approximately 9:45am – 11:00am, for discussion

 

Level 6 PREP—Camp Caritas

June 17-21, 2024 | 8:30 am—3:00 pm
Bishop Shanahan High School

Middle schoolers attending Camp Caritas require Parish authorization. Please email Mrs. Riofski when you register so that she can notify Bishop Shanahan staff your child has permission to attend in June.

This documented step will ensure your child does not need to attend a year-long PREP next year.

Registration for Confirmation is still required for 5 meetings. The cost is $50.00 and a $40.00 Sacrament fee.

Any questions? Please contact the Church Office.

 

Children’s Liturgy of the Word

Each Sunday | 10:00 am Mass 

Children in preschool through fourth grade are invited to participate in the Children’s Liturgy. We kindly request one or two parents come back each week for assistance with bathrooms, etc.

This liturgy will conclude at the end of May for the summer.

 

Prayer to One’s Guardian Angel for a Happy Hour of Death 
By: St. Charles Borromeo
 
My good Angel, I know not when or how I shall die. It is possible I may be carried off suddenly and that, before my last sigh, I may be deprived of all intelligence. Yet, how many things I would wish to say to God on the threshold of Eternity. In the full freedom of my will today, I come to charge you to speak for me at that fearful moment. You will say to Him, then, O my good Angel:
 
That I wish to die in the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church in which all the Saints since Jesus Christ have died, and out of which there is no salvation.
 
That I ask the grace of sharing in the infinite merits of my Redeemer and that I desire to die in pressing to my lips the Cross that was bathed in His Blood.
That I detest my sins because they displease Him and I ask pardon through the love of Him, for all my enemies as I wish myself to be pardoned. That I die willingly because He orders it and I throw myself with confidence into His adorable Heart, awaiting all His Mercy. That in my inexpressible desire to go to Heaven, I am disposed to suffer everything it may please His Sovereign Justice to inflict on me.
 
That I love Him before all things, above call things and for His own sake; that I wish and hope to love Him with the Elect, His Angels and the Blessed Mother during all Eternity.
 
Do not refuse, O my Angel Guardian, to be my interpreter with GOD and to protest to Him that these are my sentiments and my will.
 
Amen