July 24, 2010
Gift of Prayer
Gift of Prayer
Assists the Golden Gleaners Care Center
The Sisters of the Holy Family “Gift of Prayer” offers a thoughtful and special way to honor a friend or relative. Use a Gift of Prayer to remember the deceased, celebrate an anniversary, birthday, promotion, retirement or birth. Your contribution helps the Sisters continue their ministries, which originated in San Francisco, California in 1872.
This is your ongoing opportunity to make a meaningful remembrance through the “Gift of Prayer.” Upon receipt of your donation an acknowledgement card will be sent to the family or person indicated. The amount is kept confidential. The name of the person in whose honor or memory the contribution is made will be entered in our “Gift of Prayer” register or in the “Memorial Book” in our chapel.
You can make a request for a prayer here.
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July 15, 2010
Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel traditionally is a title given to Our Blessed Mother in honor of having give the Scapular of Mount Carmel to Saint Simon Stock According to a pious tradition the Blessed Virgin appeared to St. Simon Stock at Cambridge, England on Sunday, 16 July, 1251. In answer to his appeal for help for his oppressed order, she appeared to him with a scapular in her hand and said: “Take, beloved son, this scapular of thine order as a badge of my confraternity and for thee and all Carmelites a special sign of grace; whoever dies in this garment, will not suffer everlasting fire.
It is the sign of salvation, a safeguard in dangers, a pledge of peace and of the covenant” This tradition appears in precise form for the first time in 1642, when the words of the Blessed Virgin were given in a circular of St. Simon Stock which he is said to have dictated to Peter Boyle, his secretary and confessor. It is widely believed that its general content remains a reliable pious tradition; in other words, that St. Simon Stock was given certain supernatural assurances:
- The special protection of the Blessed Virgin for his whole order and for all those wearing the Carmelite habit
- Special aid, especially in the hour of death, to those wearing the habit in her honour throughout life, so that they should be preserved from hell. Indirectly, this promise is extended to all who from devotion to the Mother of God should wear her habit or badge and be thus as if it were affiliated to the Carmelite Order.
Feast Day of Sister Carmen Baca, Director of Seniors, Needy, and Hispanic Parish Ministry in Reno, Nevada.
Feast Day of Sister Elaine Marie Sanchez, Family/Neighborhood Outreach in Oakland, Past SHF President, Past Associate Director of Vocations and member of Board of Directors for Catholic Charities in Oakland Diocese, as well as ministries
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June 22, 2010
The Kmhmu’ People
Exiled from their home, the Kmhmu’ hill tribe people began relocating to the United States when the Communist regime assumed power in Laos. It has been and continues to be a difficult transition for the Kmhmu’ people. They struggle daily to learn about and participate in American culture, while not losing sight of the value of their past. Sister Michaela’s service to the Kmhmu’ encompass a full range of humanitarian support including English as a second language, preserving Kmhmu’ culture and history in their new home, and supporting this group in their devotion as new Catholics in the American Church.
Sister Michaela
Sister Michaela O’Connor’s Mission to the Kmhmu’
Sister Michaela has brought a much-needed spiritual ministry to these people, as well as sympathetic teachings and basic support. Despite meager resources, Sister Michaela is helping these new immigrants understand and achieve educational, social, physical and spiritual health. After years of service, Sister Michaela remains dedicated to the Kmhmu’ people and they respect and love her for all her valuable advocacy. Sister Michaela’s main goal is to empower the Kmhmu’ to become self-sufficient and independent in their new home.
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June 11, 2010
From Wikipedia
The Sacred Heart (also known as Sacred Heart of Jesus) is one of the most famous religious devotionsto Jesus‘ physical heart as the representation of His divine love for Humanity.
Sacred Heart of Jesus
This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic, Anglo Catholic, and Lutheran Churches. It stresses the central Christian concept of loving and adoring Jesus.
The origin of this devotion in its modern form is derived from a French Roman Catholic nun, Marguerite Marie Alacoque, who said she learned the devotion from Jesus in visions. Predecessors to the modern devotion arose unmistakably in the Middle Ages in various facets of Christian mysticism.[1]
In the Roman Catholic tradition, the Sacred Heart has been closely associated with Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ. In his encyclical Miserentissimus Redemptor, Pope Pius XI stated: “the spirit of expiation or reparation has always had the first and foremost place in the worship given to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus“.[2] The Golden Arrow Prayer directly refers to the Sacred Heart.
Devotion to the Sacred Heart is sometimes seen in the Eastern Catholic Churches, where it remains a point of controversy and is seen as an example of Liturgical Latinisation.
The Sacred Heart is often depicted in Christian art as a flaming heart shining with divine light, pierced by the lance-wound, surrounded by a crown of thorns, surmounted by a cross and bleeding. Sometimes the image is over Jesus’ body with his wounded hands pointing at the heart. The wounds and crown of thorns allude to the manner of Jesus’ death, while the fire represents the transformative power of love.
The Feast of the Sacred Heart has been a Solemnity in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar since 1856, and is celebrated 19 days afterPentecost. As Pentecost is always celebrated on Sunday, the Feast of the Sacred Heart always falls on a Friday.
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