The 40 Hours Devotion at St. Mary’s Oratory will begin on Thursday Feb 28.
Thursday February 28: 6pm Solemn High Mass
Friday March 1: 6pm High Mass on the side Altar of Repose
Saturday March 2: 4pm Solemn High Mass
A sign up sheet for the Perpetual Adoration Hours is available in Thomas Hall.
For safety: the church will be under local police surveillance during this time.
People who read NLM and therefore take a keen interest in the use and abuse of the sacred liturgy are probably aware that the concept of the Eucharistic Congress, while noble and excellent in itself, has fallen in recent decades on very hard times. I won't go through the horror stories (there's enough bad news already), but anyone with a strong stomach can find photos and videos for themselves, which exhibit all the progressive liturgists' worst tendencies, so frequently and justly skewered by the theological pen of Joseph Ratzinger. Whether it be dancing or balloons, ridiculous vestments or happy-clappy music, space-age arena sanctuaries or brutherly luv, it's all there. The only thing lacking is . . . well, an appropriately reverent and beautiful celebration of that most profound mystery of the faith, the Most Holy Eucharist, the true Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Sacrifice by which He works out our salvation.continue at New Lituirgical Movement
Thank you to @BpDavidRicken for leading 1,000 students in Adoration today at the 2016 Green Bay Catholic Youth Conference! #GBYC2016 pic.twitter.com/pLAo66qKfX— Diocese of Green Bay (@GreenBayDiocese) December 5, 2016
While you're snug in bed, there's someone praying at the Perpetual Adoration Chapel at St. Mary's Visitation Parish in Elm Grove.continue at JS
When the weather is cold and snowy, there's someone at the chapel. When terrifying world events paralyze us with shock, there's someone praying harder still.
Even during Packers games, a volunteer sits quietly in the presence of the consecrated host, the Blessed Sacrament, the very presence of Jesus, as Catholics believe.
As of Wednesday, the adoration has been going on for 30 years, 24 hours every day, a marvel of round-the-clock commitment and coordination. The church is celebrating with three special Masses this week.
"Over 260,000 hours for the past 30 years, there's been someone there praying, for their own needs and parish needs and the world," St. Mary's pastor, Rev. Peter Berger, told me when I visited the parish this week. "Some people pray rosaries. Some bring a spiritual book they want to read. Some people just sit and think and pray."
Bottom line: "There always needs to be at least one person in there. Always," Berger said.
THIS WEEKEND! Adoration in Defense of MarriageHere is the contact information for this effort in each of Wisconsin's five dioceses:
Defending and promoting God’s Goodness, Beauty and Truth is crucial if we are to be serious Christians. Recently, we have seen a degradation of the truth of marriage between one man and one woman. This truth is etched in the essence of our being. The family is the foundation stone of society. We find this biblical truth revealed in the beginning of the Old Testament and throughout Sacred Scripture and Tradition and Teachings of the Church.
This weekend is critically important for prayer because the States of Indiana and Wisconsin have recently petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to overturn a recent ruling that their laws recognizing marriage as between one man-one woman is unconstitutional. There are a series of key deadlines approaching that will determine the outcome of the case; thus, the time for prayer before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament in support of Christian marriage is now!
Various groups in Indiana are mobilizing immediately, and they have asked us to unite in prayer and solidarity with them in support of the USCCB's call to prayer for Life, Marriage, and Religious Liberty. We have one parish in each diocese in Wisconsin designated for the Eucharistic Adoration all night prayer vigil for marriage beginning after the last vigil mass on Saturday, July 26, the Feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne, and ending before the first morning mass on Sunday, July 27. Some of the parishes participating currently have a Perpetual Adoration Chapel.
(CLICK HERE) DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE PRAYER AND INFORMATION HANDOUT
Milwaukee Diocese:
St Jerome - Fr John Yockey
995 S Silver Lake St
Oconomowoc, WI
(262) 569-3020
http://www.stjerome.org/
Madison Diocese:
St Mary's Pine Bluff - Fr Richard Heilman
3673 County Highway P
Cross Plains, WI 53528
(608) 798-2111
http://stmarypb.com/
Superior Diocese:
Our Lady of Sorrows - Fr Christopher Kemp, Assoc.
1st and Corbett Avenue
Mail to: 611 First Street South
Ladysmith, WI 54848
715-532-3051
LaCrosse Diocese:
St James the Less - Fr Robert A Schaller
1032 Caledonia Street
La Crosse, Wisconsin 54603-2510
(608) 782-7557
www.saintjameschurch.net
Diocese of Green Bay:
St Pius X - Fr Thomas Farrell
500 W Marquette St,
Appleton, WI 54911
(920) 733-0575
http://www.stpiusxappleton.com/
Once a date is finalized for the appeal hearing to be heard in Chicago, a similar, more widespread effort will be organized.
This year’s Corpus Christi procession in downtown Madison went fabulously. Below you can find photos by Tom Reitz of the day. I had the fun job of keeping both thurifers topped off and smokin’ as you can see in the 3rd and 5th picture!Also, I want to give a shoutout and thank you to the Amberstein band, that was playing on the square this past Sunday. As the procession began to near their stage, they promptly stopped their music and stood in reverent silence for about 5 minutes, as the entire procession passed by.
I was not expecting it, but I was very happy they did. I intend to begin a thank-you-letter-writing campaign to them, and would encourage you to join me!
I did some research, and they can be reached at:
AmbersteinI highly encourage you to take 5 minutes and thank them. People are so very quick to write hate mail. Encourage civil and positive behavior like this! Thank them!
5325 Frosty Ln
Madison, WI 53705
On Saturday, April 13, I was invited to celebrate evening Benediction and an hour of adoration at Christ King Parish in Wauwatosa. It was sponsored by ARISE, a ministry directed by Dominick Albano and supported by Fathers Luke Strand and John Burns. The theme for the evening service was “Come to the Water.” ARISE targets young adult Catholics to live their faith by incorporating prayer and scripture into their daily lives. The devotional practice of the Church, especially adoration, is a key way to witness this commitment.It's my understanding the music takes a contemporary approach, but hard to argue the numbers.
Usually, when I preside at a Benediction, there might be 250 to 400 people present. When I arrived at Christ King, I was shocked to see more than 1,000 people present, desiring to give praise to the Son of God. There were young adults, but also young families. As I processed around the Church, I could see mothers and fathers instructing their children on the proper etiquette when the Eucharistic monstrance passed. I thought of my own mother and father teaching me proper respect for the Eucharist and understanding how Jesus was present and to seek His blessing, “Let the little children come to me.”
Most surprising to me, this was a Saturday evening, usually reserved for some fun social event or even just a respite for the family. Yet, this crowd of 1,000 chose to come to Church. Good, modern religious music played throughout the ceremony, as many enjoyed the sense of peace that was felt by those offering hymns of praise.
The director invited the congregation to the sacrament of reconciliation; this too-often forgotten, yet powerful sacrament is a direct means to deepening one’s relationship with the Lord. Hundreds lined up outside the confessionals, a testimony to the willingness to transform one’s life in the name of Christ. I was grateful that so many benefitted from that evening, just by knowing that God was with them in the struggles and joys of this world.
She was in the vestibule outside the Adoration Chapel when I arrived for my Holy Hour, a few minutes before midnight. I hadn’t seen her before. But then, plenty of people come to the Chapel, outside of those who have committed to taking an hour. Her back was to the door, standing at the small bookshelf upon which sat a prayer intention book, beneath the dry erase board where folks could write special intentions, hoping that adorers would remember them, and take them inside the Chapel with them. I don’t even think she saw me enter. I wrote my name in the sign-in book for my hour – midnight, Sunday – and then went in to be with the Lord.continue at Acts of the Apostasy
Jeff was still there, the 11:00 PM guy. We acknowledged each other quietly. I genuflected and took my “regular” spot – second kneeler from the front, left hand side. I knelt, greeted our Lord and began to pray.
About ten minutes later, the woman from the vestibule came in. She was about 5’5″, blond, 35-40 I guessed. She laid her coat in the seat directly in front of me, then prostrated herself on the floor, face down for several minutes.
And wept.
continue at Chippewa HeraldChippewa Falls Catholic Deanery will celebrate
Photo: Jeff Geerling
Wednesday, Oct. 24-Friday, Oct. 26[sorry I'm a little late posting this] at Saint Charles Borromeo Church, 810 Pearl St., Chippewa Falls. The event commemorates the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council.
Wednesday begins with a youth mass at 7 p.m. Guest homilist will be Father Eric Nielson, a priest of the Diocese of Madison and pastor of the St. Paul University Catholic Center at UW-Madison[nicely done!]. He is a gifted preacher who has a message for young people and the young of heart.
The Mass will feature music by the Viterbo University Concert Choir in collaboration with the McDonell Central Catholic High School Choir.
Thursday events
A Solemn Pontifical Mass and Torch-Light Eucharistic Procession will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday. The Most Rev. William P. Callahan, Bishop of La Crosse, will be Principal celebrant and homilist.
Also on Thursday is the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, during which individual confessions will be heard from 9-11 a.m. and from 4-6 p.m.
Very Rev. Joseph Deirmeier, Vicar General of the Diocese of La Crosse, will speak at 11 a.m. on the Holy Eucharist as the new and eternal covenant established by Christ. Lunch will be served following his presentation.Pray for the ill and infirm during a blessing of the sick at 1 p.m., followed by eucharistic benediction with Father Deirmeier preaching
Let me repeat this sentence. It is impossible in human language to exaggerate the importance of being in a chapel or church before the Blessed Sacrament as often and for as long as our duties and state of life allow. That sentence is the talisman of the highest sanctity.- Fr. John Hardon, SJ
Catholic WordPre-order: Expected release date of May 31, 2012In Divine Love Made Flesh: The Holy Eucharist as the Sacrament of Charity, His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke examines the beauty and power of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist in light of the profound and elucidating teachings of Blessed Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. Using clear and illuminating language, Cardinal Burke guides one through the teaching of the Church on this Most Holy Sacrament and its place in the life of every disciple of Jesus Christ.
Truly inspiring, this spiritual treatise on the central Mystery of our Faith links the rich theology of the Church with pastoral practice and the spiritual life. To this end, Cardinal Burke's marvelous ability to reach the layman in simple yet inspiring language is sure to engender the love of the Eucharist in the hearts of all who read it.
The Youth 2000 retreat, held for the third time in the Diocese of Madison, drew a smaller group of youth and young adults than previous years, but the reaction to the weekend of Eucharistic Adoration, Mass, Reconciliation, and talks on the faith remained high.continue at MadCatHerald
Previous retreats had brought in several hundred youth, and the numbers this time only hit 75 youth and about 50 adults, but Lindsay Becher, coordinator of youth and young adult ministry for the Diocese of Madison Office of Evangelization and Catechesis, said that it didn’t seem to affect the personal experience of the youth.
“I heard from some of the kids that the smaller numbers made the experience different,” she acknowledged. But overall, she said, the reactions were positive and on Sunday during the closing of the retreat many of the youth stood up to share the fact that they had been to a retreat before and still had a deepening of their faith during this retreat.
In the providence of God, different saints are raised up by Him in different periods of history to provide the world with solutions to the deepest problems of their age. The deepest problem of the modern age is alienation from God. Call it separation from God or indifference to God; call it unawareness of God or disinterest in God. By whatever name, in so-called developed countries of the Western world, God has been replaced by Self as the focus of attention and, I would not hesitate to say, adoration.continue at The Real Prescence
That is why an unlikely saint like St. Peter Julian Eymard should have arisen to alert the world that the Incarnate God is in our midst in what we may casually call the Blessed Sacrament.
-Fr John Hardon
