Our Lady of Peace Parish will host a Healing Service this Thursday, 22 February from 6-9 p.m. The evening will include Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, praise and worship, testimony, prayer teams, as well as opportunities to receive the Sacraments of Penance and Anointing of the Sick. Please join us for a Night of Healing and Worship through the Sacraments.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish Evangelization Team, and Marian Council #3753 is co-sponsoring a healing service with Alan Ames on Sunday, 10 March beginning with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at Noon. Alan Ames is a Catholic Evangelist, international speaker, and author. Alan shares his “Saul to Paul” conversion story and a powerful healing gift. In addition to the Mass, and Alan’s testimony, the event will feature Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, a healing service, and the Sacrament of Penance. Registration is not required but requested – www.olphmorton.org. A goodwill offering will be taken.
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is hosting its Annual Catholic Men’s Conference on Saturday, 2 March at Cardinal O’Hara High School in Springfield. All fathers, sons, brothers, and friends are encouraged to join for an inspiring day of faith and fellowship. Keynote speakers include Mike Schmidt (Phillies All Star Third Baseman and an inductee in the Baseball Hall of Fame), as well as the Irish Tenor Mark Forrest. The day begins with registration at 7:30 a.m. and concludes with an afternoon Mass with Archbishop Nelson Perez. The event also features a Holy Hour with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament as well as opportunities for the Sacrament of Penance. Registration information can be found at manupphilly.com.
The Sacrament of Penance is celebrated at Our Lady of Peace Church every Saturday afternoon from 3:30 – 4:15 p.m. Additional times for the Sacrament, during the Lenten season are:
Monday, 11 March from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Peace.
Thursday, 14 March from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. at Notre Dame de Lourdes.
Reminder that Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is celebrated every Tuesday at Our Lady of Peace from 9:00 a.m. until Benediction at 6:30 p.m. Mass follows at 7:00 p.m.
The Stations of the Cross devotion is prayed every Lenten Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Peace Church. Additionally, our Notre Dame de Loudes school students present and offer reflections of the Stations of the Cross every Lenten Monday at 11:15 a.m. at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church.
Bishop Fitzgerald will be present with us to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation for our school and PREP students on Tuesday, 19 March at 4:00 p.m. Our Confirmandi will have their Confirmation Retreat on Sunday, 3 March. Please continue to pray for our Confirmation class, their sponsors, their families, teachers, and catechists who have prepared them so thoroughly for this most special day in their faith life.
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created, and you shall renew the face of the earth.
Let us pray… O God, who have taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant that in the same Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in his consolation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.