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05/19/2020

Y'all, be sure to tune in to Dessert with Dan tonight, and every Tuesday, 6:30-7pm! Ask the pastor anything that's got you curious, unsure, confused, or just on your mind!

05/05/2020

05/05/2020

https://thedeaconsbench.com/be-not-afraid-a-message-for-our-time-as-youve-never-heard-it-before/

This really moved me: a virtual choir, made up of some of the most familiar names and voices in Catholic music, joining together to sing a familiar modern hymn. It's just lovely. (h/t to my deacon brother Doug Breckenridge for passing this along!) I needed to hear this today. Maybe you do, too. Happ...

05/01/2020

Check out the 300 Pilgrimages for Mary project. You would just choose a place to go to pray to Mary for her intercession during this month of May.

Here's the page on the website:

https://www.moderncatholicpilgrim.com/300-pilgrimages-for-mary.

Make the commitment to Our Mother and to the wider Church community. Fill out the form to let us know where you are completing your pilgrimage so that we can put it on the map.  

04/30/2020

Lexington Diocese Joins Other Bishops in Re-Consecrating Country to Mary

LEXINGTON — The bishops of the United States and Canada will pray to re-consecrate their countries to Mary, Mother of the Church, on Friday, May 1, at 3 p.m. Eastern. Every year, the Church prayerfully seeks the special assistance of Mary during the month of May. This year that prayer takes on deeper resonance in the face of a global pandemic.

“In this time of uncertainty and vulnerability, it is natural that we would seek the comfort of our Heavenly Mother. We honor Mary under many titles, and so many of our people have their favorite devotion to Mary. We can come together as a Church throughout the country and commit ourselves to doing God's will as she did and seeking her guidance and powerful intercession,” said Bishop John Stowe, OFM Conv., of Lexington.

The prayer of re-consecration is being led in the United States by Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Archbishop Gomez will lead a brief liturgy with the prayer of re-consecration and has invited other bishops to join in from their respective dioceses. This event will be available online: https://lacatholics.org/consecration/

04/30/2020

This Friday at 3 p.m. the bishops of the US and Canada will reconsecrate our countries to Mary, Mother of the Church. Follow along here: https://lacatholics.org/consecration/

04/30/2020

Pope Francis, Bishop John and Fr. Dan are encouraging us all to pray the rosary as a family during May. The Holy Father wrote a beautiful letter to encourage this and includes 2 prayers at the end to pray as well for all during this time of the pandemic. Refer to the Holy Father's letter at this link.

This might be something that you already do, or may be something new for you. Here is a link to praying the rosary if you need it:https://catholiccurrent.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/TWIM-5-45-prayer-resource.pdf .

04/30/2020

This Bishop Barron video is excellent!

This resource from the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis explores questions related to the increasing number of people who identify as religiously u...