This Monday, May 27th, is Memorial Day. To honor those who have fought and continue to fight for our freedom, there will be a 10:30AM Mass (weather permitting) to celebrate this special day at Sacred Heart Cemetery (104th & Kean Avenue). If rain, Mass will be at church. There is also a 9AM Mass in church on this day. PLEASE NOTE: The Ministry Office will be closed on Monday, May 27th. Read More»
Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Read More»
Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971. Many Americans observe Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries or memorials, holding family gatherings and participating in parades. Unofficially, it marks the beginning of the summer season. Early Observances of Memorial Day The Civil War, which ended in the spring of 1865, claimed more lives than any conflict in U.S. history and required the establishment of the country’s first national cemeteries. By the late 1860s, Americans in various towns and cities had begun holding springtime tributes to these countless fallen Read More»
The Month of April is dedicated both to devotion to the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ and to the Holy Eucharist – the proof of the promise of the love of God and of ETERNAL LIFE. “My brethren, when was it that the Lord made Himself recognized? — When He broke the bread. — So, we ourselves are convinced, too, that when we break the bread, we recognize the Lord. — If He had not wanted to be recognized until that moment, it was for our sakes, we, who were not to see Him in the flesh but who Read More»
This is a very special time for us here at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy as we prepare for our annual celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday. In the Diary of St. Faustina, Jesus asked that the Feast of Divine Mercy, known today as Divine Mercy Sunday, be preceded by a Novena to The Divine Mercy. A Novena is nine days of prayer in preparation for a feast. In the case of the Novena to The Divine Mercy, we pray the Chaplet of The Divine Mercy each day for a specific intention. Our Lord told St. Faustina, “I desire that Read More»
