The Catholic Daughters of Americas Court Santa Cruz #1298

10/06/2026

Happy birthday to
CDA sister
Josie Herrera
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10/05/2026

On October 5, the church celebrates the Memorial of St. Mary Faustina Kowalska, virgin.

St. Faustina was born Helena Kowalska on August 25, 1905 to a poor but devout Polish family in 1905. At the age of 20, with very little education, and having been rejected from several other convents because of her poverty and lack of education, Helen entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy. There, she took the name Sr. Faustina and spent time in convents in both Poland and Lithuania.

Throughout her life, Jesus appeared to Sr. Faustina. He asked her to become an apostle and secretary of his mercy, by writing down his messages of Divine Mercy for the world in her diary. Jesus also asked Sr. Faustina to have an image painted of his Divine Mercy, with red and white rays issuing from his heart, and to spread devotion to the Divine Mercy novena.

Even before her death on October 5, 1938, devotion to Divine Mercy began to spread throughout Poland.This little nun and Jesus’ message of Divine Mercy impacted Karol Wojtyla greatly, which became obvious to the world when he was elected Pope.

“It is truly marvelous how her devotion to the merciful Jesus is spreading in our contemporary world and gaining so many human hearts! This is doubtlessly a sign of the times — a sign of our twentieth century. The balance of this century, which is now ending, in addition to the advances which have often surpassed those of preceding eras, presents a deep restlessness and fear of the future. Where, if not in the Divine Mercy, can the world find refuge and the light of hope? Believers understand that perfectly,” Pope St. John Paul II wrote.

More: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/faustina-kowalska-564

10/05/2026

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10/02/2026

10/01/2026

🙏📿 Public Rosary Rally 📿🙏

Let us come together in prayer for our world, our families, and our communities. ❤️

All are welcome! Come pray with us and entrust our intentions to Our Blessed Mother. 🙏

Please see the flyer for details.

09/30/2026

Court members host first responders at the Blue Mass at Immaculate heart of Mary Cathedral in Las Cruces

09/29/2026

SEPTEMBER 29 + Today is the Feast Day of Spiritual Warriors Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael the Archangels + Defend Us. Guide Us. Heal Us.

Angels appear frequently in Scripture, but only Michael, Gabriel and Raphael are named. Each of the Archangels performs a different mission in Scripture: Michael protects; Gabriel announces; Raphael heals.

Saint Michael is the "Prince of the Heavenly Host," the leader of all the angels. His name means "Who is like God?" Michael acts as the defender of the Church and chief opponent of Satan, and assists people at the hour of their death.

Saint Gabriel, whose name means "God's strength," is mentioned four times in the Bible. Most significant are Gabriel's two mentions in the New Testament: to announce the birth of John the Baptist to his father Zacharias, and at the Incarnation of the Word in the womb of Mary. Tradition holds that it is he who appeared to Saint Joseph and to the shepherds, and also that it was he who "strengthened" Jesus during His agony in the garden.

Saint Raphael, whose name means "God has healed" because of his healing of Tobias' blindness in the Book of Tobit. Tobit is the only book in which he is mentioned. His office is generally accepted by tradition to be that of healing and acts of mercy.

09/27/2026

Un 27 de septiembre de 1585 llegaron los primeros frailes carmelitas descalzos a México...

Los carmelitas descalzos, hijos de Santa Teresa de Jesús, arribaron por primera vez a la Nueva España (México), el 27 de septiembre de 1585, desembarcando en San Juan de Ulúa. Aunque su llegada fue tardía respecto al gran siglo de la evangelización, su presencia marcó el inicio de una rica y estricta vida contemplativa.

Gracias al impulso del padre Jerónimo Gracián y al apoyo del rey Felipe II, viajaron con el nuevo virrey, Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga, entraron a la Ciudad de México el 17 de noviembre del mismo año. Fueron hospedados en el palacio del marqués del Valle de Oaxaca y recibieron autorización para establecerse en la ermita de San Sebastián el 17 de enero de 1586. Este lugar dio origen al primer convento carmelita descalzo en México, el de San Sebastián Mártir.

Aunque en un principio les movió venir a las Indias un deseo evangelizador al norte del país, después que la Orden, bajo el gobierno del Padre Nicolás Doria siguió una linea mas cerrada y claustral, su presencia se afianzó en las ciudades mas importantes del virreinato, dedicados en general a la meditación y al retiro. La orden mantuvo una vida austera y estricta, ajena a las actividades educativas o al ejercicio de cargos eclesiásticos importantes. Su desarrollo institucional llevó a la fundación de la provincia de San Alberto de Indias.

A pesar de las limitaciones iniciales y de ser los últimos en llegar entre las grandes órdenes religiosas, los carmelitas descalzos lograron consolidar una presencia influyente en la vida espiritual y artística del virreinato, levantando conventos, desiertos y santuarios que aún hoy forman parte del patrimonio histórico y cultural de México.

Ecos Teresianos

09/23/2026

Memories from a past retreat !