St. Mary Oratory - Rockford

06/03/2026

Come for this beautiful and blessed event!🙌

Approaching; Feast of Corpus Christi at Sacred Heart Retreat Center! All are Welcome!

06/03/2026

Crime fighting Canon Commins! 👏

Reverend Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins was in his church parking lot Monday evening when he heard tires squeal and a loud crash.

05/24/2026

A very blessed and happy Feast of Pentecost! 🕊🔥🙏

"When the days of Pentecost were drawing to a close, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a violent wind blowing, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them parted tongues as of fire, which settled upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy spirit and began to speak in foreign tongues, even as the Holy Spirit prompted them to speak. Now there were staying at Jerusalem, devout Jews, from every nation under heaven. And when this sound was heard, the multitude gathered and were bewildered in mind, because each heard them speaking in his own language. But they were all amazed and marvelled saying, Behold, are not all these that are speaking Galileans? And how have we heard each his own language in which he was born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphilia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, Jews also and proselytes, Cretens and Arabians, we have heard them speaking in our own languages of the wonderful works of God."

05/14/2026

Blessed Feast of the Ascension of our Lord!

"Ye men of Galilee, why stand you looking up to heaven? alleluia: This Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come, as you have seen him going into heaven, alleluia, alleluia"

05/14/2026

“In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.”
- Our Lady of Fatima

05/14/2026

Join the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest and spiritually unite with thousands of pilgrims from around the world to pray for the restoration of Christendom on the Vigil of the Feast of Pentecost. All are Welcome!

05/10/2026

"The loveliest masterpiece of the heart of God is the heart of a mother"
-Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

A very blessed and happy Mother's Day! 💐🌸

05/04/2026

What a beautiful and blessed event for the young ladies of St. Mary Oratory - Rockford! The Confraternity of Christian Mothers' Second Annual Tea Party was a wonderful success. Thank you to everyone who participated in this lovely event!

05/03/2026

May Crowning🌹 St. Mary Oratory - Rockford 💐

🎶 Bring flow'rs of the fairest,
Bring flow'rs of the rarest,
From garden and woodland
And hillside and vale;
Our full hearts are swelling,
Our Glad voices telling
The praise of the loveliest
Rose of the vale.

O Mary! we crown thee with blossoms today,
Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May,
O Mary! we crown thee with blossoms today,
Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May.🎶

05/01/2026

A crash course on how to pray:

“When we pray, the voice of the heart must be heard more than that proceeding from the mouth.” ~St. Bonaventure

"I pray like children who do not know how to read, I say very simply to God what I wish to say, without composing beautiful sentences, and He always understands me." ~St. Therese of Lisieux

"Prayer is nothing else but union with God... In this intimate union, God and the soul are fused together like two bits of wax that no one can ever pull apart" ~St. John Vianney

"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." ~Matthew 19:14

"Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." ~Matthew 18:3:

Come! Follow your heart and enter into childlike prayer!
Sacred Heart Retreat Center Silent Retreat Schedule: https://shrcburlington.org/