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Mar
12

Sacred Heart’s Stations of the Cross are on every Friday of Lent:

English 6:30 pm  Polish 7:30 pm   Catholic Minute – Catholic speaker Ken Yasinski The Stations of the Cross, also known as the way of the cross, it a beautiful meditation to honour the passion of Christ. This prayer is often prayed during Lent on Fridays, and especially remember on Good Friday, however every day is a good day to to recall the way of the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Catholic video draws upon the meditation of St Alphonsus Ligouri and is extremely profitable in growing in union with Jesus. Recalling these 14 stations of the cross Read More»

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Feb
28

St. Joseph in Popular Devotion

St. Joseph plays a prominent part in popular devotion: in numerous popular traditions; the custom of reserving Wednesdays for devotion to St. Joseph — popular at least since the end of the seventeenth century — has generated several pious exercises including that of the Seven Wednesdays; in the pious aspirations made by the faithful; in prayers such as that of Pope Leo XIII, Ad te, Beate Ioseph, which is daily recited by the faithful; in the Litany of St. Joseph, approved by St. Pope Pius X; and in the recitation of the Chaplet of St. Joseph, recollecting the Seven agonies and seven joys of St. Read More»

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Feb
27

St. Joseph Model of Fathers

In the litany of St. Joseph, we say, “St. Joseph, Head of the Holy Family, pray for us.” There is more hidden behind this invocation than meets the eye. We know, of course, that Mary is the Virgin Mother of Jesus Christ. We know that the Savior was not conceived of a human father. Yet the Church has never tired insisting on the fatherhood of St. Joseph in the Holy Family. It is crucially important to understand that there are two levels to fatherhood. There is the physical level of providing for the conception of a human body. In this Read More»

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Feb
27

The month of March is dedicated to St Joseph

The month of March (Overview – Calendar) is dedicated to St. Joseph. We don’t know much about him except what is mentioned in the Gospels. Joseph was the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the foster-father of Jesus. Holy Scripture proclaims him as a “just man,” and the Church has turned to Joseph for his patronage and protection. Pope Leo XIII in his encyclical Quamquam Pluries (On the Devotion to St. Joseph) in 1889 explains why we place so much trust in this saint: “Thus in giving Joseph the Blessed Virgin as spouse, God appointed him to be not only her life’s companion, the Read More»

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