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08/22/2026

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚅𝚒𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥—
nay, sometimes, All-powerful, because she has, more than anyone else, more than all Angels and Saints, this great, prevailing gift of prayer. No one has access to the Almighty as His Mother has; none has merit such as hers. Her Son will deny her nothing that she asks; and herein lies her power. While she defends the Church, neither height nor depth, neither men nor evil spirits, neither great monarchs, nor craft of man, nor popular violence, can avail to harm us; for human life is short,

𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚟𝚎, 𝐚 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.
// 𝑆𝑡. 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛 𝐻𝑒𝑛𝑟𝑦 𝑁𝑒𝑤𝑚𝑎𝑛

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08/18/2026

O Heart all lovable and all loving of my Saviour,
be Thou the Heart of my heart,
the soul of my soul,
the spirit of my spirit,
the life of my life and the sole principle of all my thoughts,
words and actions,
of all the faculties of my soul
and of all my senses,
both interior
and exterior.
Amen.

// a prayer by St. John Eudes

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𝐄𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚂𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚃𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝟾:𝟹𝟶 𝚊𝚖 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝟾:𝟶𝟶 𝚙𝚖, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝙵𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝟾:𝟹𝟶 𝚊𝚖 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚘𝚗.

𝐒𝐭. 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡
𝟸𝟼𝟹 𝚁𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙰𝚟𝚎 | 𝚃𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚘

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08/15/2026

One reason for believing in our Lady’s Assumption is that her Divine Son loved her too much to let her body remain in the grave. A second reason—that now before us—is this, that she was not only dear to the Lord as a mother is dear to a son, but also that she was so transcendently holy, so full, so overflowing with grace. Adam and Eve were created upright and sinless, and had a large measure of God’s grace bestowed upon them; and, in consequence, their bodies would never have crumbled into dust, had they not sinned; upon which it was said to them, “Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return.” If Eve, the beautiful daughter of God, never would have become dust and ashes unless she had sinned, shall we not say that Mary, having never sinned, retained the gift which Eve by sinning lost? What had Mary done to forfeit the privilege given to our first parents in the beginning? Was her comeliness to be turned into corruption, and her fine gold to become dim, without reason assigned? Impossible. Therefore we believe that, though she died for a short hour, as did our Lord Himself, yet, like Him, and by His Almighty power, she was raised again from the grave. // St. John Henry Newman, On the Assumption

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08/01/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

𝙸𝚗 𝚊 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝟷𝟸𝟷𝟼, 𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚜, 𝙾𝚞𝚛 𝙻𝚊𝚍𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚂𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚒 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 “𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚒,” 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢.

Jesus said to him, “Francis, you are very zealous for the good of souls. Ask me what you want for their salvation.”

Lying prostrate on the ground, Francis responded, “Lord, I, a miserable sinner, beg You to concede an indulgence to all those who enter this church, who are truly contrite and have confessed their sins. And I beg Blessed Mary, your Mother, intercessor of man, that she intercede on behalf of this grace.”

Jesus responded, “It is a very great thing that which you ask Me; but you are worthy of even greater things, Francis, and greater things you will have. So I accept your request, but I want you to go to my Vicar, to whom I have given the power to bind and loose in Heaven and on earth, to ask him on my behalf for this indulgence.”

Francis then went to Pope Honorius III, who approved this indulgence.

Here’s how to obtain the “Pardon of Assisi,” or the Portiuncula indulgence:

1) Visit a Catholic Church between noon on August 1 and midnight on August 2, to honor Our Lady of the Angels.
2) Go to Confession (within 20 days).
3) Receive Holy Communion (within 20 days).
4) Pray the Apostles Creed, the Our Father, and pray for the Pope’s intentions.

Note: To obtain a plenary indulgence, detachment from all sin is required. If a soul is not detached, a partial indulgence applies.

Saint Francis of Assisi and Our Lady of the Angels, pray for us!

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07/25/2026

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚉𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚖.

𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛, ”𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝?” 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖, ”𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚒𝚝, 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝, 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖.”

𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍, ”𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔?” 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖, ”𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎.” 𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖, ”𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚞𝚙, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚖 𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚖𝚢 𝙵𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛.”

𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚒𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍, “𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚢𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖.

“𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞; 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚟𝚎; 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝙼𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢.” // 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚠 𝟸𝟶:𝟸𝟶-𝟸𝟾

07/14/2026

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐔𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝!

We are seeking new adorers to fill several open one-hour weekly time slots. If you feel called to spend an hour with our Lord in prayer, we warmly invite you to join this ministry. If you are unable to attend your scheduled hour, you may contact the coordinator or arrange for a substitute.

Available time slots are from 8:30am to 8:00pm; however, we are in most need of the following time slots:

12 - 1pm
2 - 3pm
3 - 4pm
4 - 5pm

For more information or to sign up please see the sign up page in the link in bio or contact Victor at [email protected]

𝐒𝐭. 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡
𝟸𝟼𝟹 𝚁𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙰𝚟𝚎 | 𝚃𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚘

07/09/2026

𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖, “𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎. 𝙽𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚖𝚎. // 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝟷𝟺:𝟼

𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞’𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬
𝙶𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚕 𝙸𝚗𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚢 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎
(𝚝𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗)
𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝟷𝟷-𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝟾
𝟻𝚙𝚖

𝚃𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝:
𝚌𝚑𝚕𝚘𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚘𝟶𝟹@𝚐𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕.𝚌𝚘𝚖

07/05/2026

𝙾𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚂𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕

Since 1984, the Oratory, through Saint Philip’s Seminary which it founded and runs, has been providing philosophical and theological education for students preparing for the Catholic priesthood. Although the seminary helped fill an educational gap for seminarians, laypeople were requesting both high quality catechetical instruction and a continuing intellectual formation in their Catholic faith. In 1989, the Oratory Theology Summer School was instituted to help satisfy that desire.

Each year, the first week of the Summer School is a systematic introduction to The Catechism of the Catholic Church. The five-day course has three lectures per day that provide a solid foundation for navigating the Catechism on one’s own, either for personal reading or for use in home schooling, RCIA courses, or Catholic schools. Although the course has been of great use to teachers and catechists, everyday Catholics find it accessible and intellectually nourishing. Even high school students have taken the course with their families.

The second week of the Summer School changes from year to year, allowing students to come back for new material each year. It is recommended that students take the first session before taking the second but not required.

The second session this year will be 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐢. 2026 marks the 800th anniversary of the death of one of the Church’s most popular saints, St Francis (c.1181-1226), which is why the Church has proclaimed 2026 a Jubilee Year in his honour. His life and his courage to live Gospel simplicity has had an enduring effect upon the Church and the world. Few saints have inspired so much art, poetry, and even filmmaking. But, for all his simplicity, Francis is a complex figure. For example, he is both firmly papal in his loyalties but also very appealing to non-Catholics and even non-Christians. He continues to be influential in the Church both through his personal example but also through the many religious communities he has inspired.

The first week will be July 6-10,

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎; 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛.

Take away the word, the meaning, and what is the voice? Where there is no understanding, there is only a meaningless sound. The voice without the word strikes the ear but does not build up the heart.

However, let us observe what happens when we first seek to build up our hearts. When I think about what I am going to say, the word or message is already in my heart. When I want to speak to you, I look for a way to share with your heart what is already in mine.

In my search for a way to let this message reach you, so that the word already in my heart may find place also in yours, I use my voice to speak to you. The sound of my voice brings the meaning of the word to you and then passes away. The word which the sound has brought to
you is now in your heart, and yet it is still also in mine.

When the word has been conveyed to you, does not the sound seem to say: The word ought to grow, and I should diminish? The sound of the voice has made itself heard in the service of the word, and has gone away, as though it were saying: My joy is complete. Let us hold on to the word; we must not lose the word conceived inwardly in our hearts.

Do you need proof that the voice passes away but the divine Word remains? Where is John’s baptism today? It served its purpose, and it went away. Now it is Christ’s baptism that we celebrate. It is in Christ that we all believe; we hope for salvation in him. This is the message the voice cried out. // from a sermon by St. Augustine

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