Legion of Mary of Merrimack Valley Curia are cordially inviting you to participate in Our Annual ACIES Ceremony of Consecration to our Blessed Mother on Sunday, March 26th, 2023 at 2:30pm at Holy Rosary Shrine. We encourage you to invite your family and friends. Refreshments will be served in the Shrine Center following the ceremony.…
From the Friars: The Sword of Sarcasm Sarcasm is usually sinful because in reality it is almost always a barely disguised insult and unnecessarily hurtful. However, in the case of the man born blind of today’s Gospel, we can easily understand his use of sarcastic language given the circumstances. Suddenly, unexpectedly, this man was able…
The following is an excerpt from the Apostolic Constitution Paenitemini of St. Paul VI of 1966 True penitence, however, cannot ever prescind from physical asceticism as well. Our whole being in fact, body and soul, (indeed the whole of nature, even animals without reason, as Holy Scripture often points out)(46) must participate actively in this…
Mass Intentions Saturday, March 18 9:00am Novus Ordo Mass: (*) 4:00pm Carole DeLotto MMM; Amelia Sign, MMM; Anthony S. D’Amato & Deceased Family; Nancy Walker & Deceased Family Sunday, March 19 10:00am Constance Adams, Memorial 12:00pm Spanish Mass: Hermanos Frias Cazares; Virgen de Altagracia & Divino Niño Jesus, FFR Monday, March 20 12:05pm English Mass:…
On Monday, March 20th, 2023 we celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary and earthly father of Jesus Christ. There will be a 7:00pm Mass to honor him. Light refreshments will be served after the Mass in the Shrine center.
Taken from the Catechism of the Catholic Church 2697 Prayer is the life of the new heart. It ought to animate us at every moment. But we tend to forget him who is our life and our all. This is why the Fathers of the spiritual life in the Deuteronomic and prophetic traditions insist that…
This year, the Feast of St. Patrick, the patron saint of our Archdiocese, falls on a Friday during Lent. Given the importance of this feast in the life of the Archdiocese and in the lives of many Catholics, Cardinal Seán is granting a dispensation from the Friday Lenten Abstinence on March 17, 2023, to those…
Mass Intentions Saturday, March 11 9:00am Novus Ordo Mass: Rui Manuel Costa, Memorial 4:00pm BVM Sodality; Holy Name Society; Daniel Pierro; Grace & Charles Turrisi; Angelina Bencivenga, MMM; Santina Marcello, 5th anniversary; Our Lady of Fatima and Blessed Mother, FFR; Constance Girgenti & Dec’d Family; Pamela Daveta & Dec’d Family Sunday, March 12 10:00am Edyta…
From the Friars: Beautiful Liturgy One of the main purposes of a Shrine is to offer a beautiful liturgy. I remember the most beautiful liturgies I ever attended were in Ghana (Africa) during a mission trip with a Catholic organization called LifeTeen. The liturgies were beautiful, not because of the exterior adornments with which the…
Once a year, Catholics throughout the Archdiocese are asked to partner with one another to support the many outreach ministries by contributing to the Catholic Appeal. Many of you have received a letter from Cardinal Seán requesting your early support of the 2023 Appeal. We hope that you will respond to his invitation with a…