Prince of Peace Youth Ministry

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02/04/2024

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12/12/2022

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Worshippers bring their likenesses of the Baby Jesus to the Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul in Lewiston.

08/04/2022

August 4: Saint John Vianney

God of power and of love, you made the humble Curé of Ars powerful in holiness, in prayer, and in self—forgetful service of your people. Through his intercession and example, fill all your people with that love which wins devoted followers for your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen

Prayer taken from Magnificat—Morning Prayer, Wednesday, August 4, 2022.

06/25/2022

After a raging fire destroyed two-thirds of Rome in 64, Emperor Nero blamed Rome’s Christians to divert suspicion from himself. Those acknowledging their Christianity were arrested and executed. Some were covered in wax and set afire as torches; some were sewn into animal skins and cast into the arena with wild animals; others were crucified. Sts. Peter and Paul died in the same persecution. The feast of these earliest martyrs of the Roman church is celebrated a day after the joint feast of Peter and Paul. The Roman historian Tacitus said the protomartyrs were to be pitied “for it was felt that they were being sacrificed to one man’s brutality.”

06/24/2022

In the Gospels, John the Baptist, a kinsman of Jesus through their mothers, preached repentance and baptized to prepare for the Messiah’s coming. This feast marks his exceptional birth to the aged priest Zechariah and the equally aged and barren Elizabeth. The angel Gabriel announces his birth in a vision to Zechariah, who hesitates in believing and is struck mute until eight days after John’s birth. Then, Zechariah, in a beautiful canticle that ends the first chapter of Luke’s Gospel, proclaims that John “will be called prophet of the Most High.” John’s eventual beheading is commemorated with an Aug. 29 feast. A patron saint of Canada and Jordan, John is also the patron of Florence and the Knights Hospitaller of St. John.

06/22/2022

Religious Freedom Week begins June 22!

06/20/2022

On World Refugee Day we pause and remember the 25 million people who have had to flee their countries in search of safety for their families.

06/19/2022

Saint Juliana was the only child of a wealthy couple in Florence, Italy, who had built the church of the Annunciation there. She refused to marry and was enrolled as a tertiary with the Servite order; her uncle, St. Alexis Falconieri, was one of the seven founders of the Servites. For nearly 20 years, Juliana lived a devout and useful life at home. In 1304 she formed a community of tertiary sisters who devoted themselves to prayer and good works in Florence. She is considered the foundress of the Servite community of nuns, and was canonized in 1737.

06/18/2022

Tomorrow is Father's Day! We invite you to join us in offering a spiritual bouquet to St. Joseph for Father’s Day. We invite you to comment with prayer intentions you’d like to be entrusted to St. Joseph’s intercession. We also encourage you to participate from home with these simple suggestions:https://www.usccb.org/resources/fathers-day-action-guide-home-activity.pdf

As we celebrate the gift of fathers and honor St. Joseph, we also recognize that Father’s Day can be a difficult holiday for many. We hope this spiritual bouquet provides an opportunity to pray for the intentions brought to your heart by the occasion.

06/17/2022

Saint Emily de Vialar was the only daughter of a French baron. At 15 she left school in Paris to become her widowed father’s companion in Gaillac. Despite his wishes, Emily would not marry, and for 15 years tended neglected children and the poor. In 1832, when her maternal grandfather left her a fortune, she bought a large house in Gaillac, which became the first home of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition. In 1835, the order won approval and Emily and 17 other sisters professed vows. Their charisms were care of the needy and education. Emily oversaw the formation of 40 houses, before dying from complications of a hernia she’d gotten in her youth while doing a good deed.

06/16/2022

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Join us in praying the Anima Christi: https://catholiccurrent.org/prayers/anima-christi/