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…
Mass Intentions Saturday, March 4 9:00am Novus Ordo Mass: Priest’s Intentions* 10:00am Latin Mass 4:00pm St. Rita Sodality; Arthur & Louise Joaquin; Carmela Cultrera, Living & well, 101st Birthday; Thanksgiving to the Holy Spirit; Thanksgiving to the Holy Trinity; Thanksgiving to the Holy Family; Joseph Bruzzese, Birthday Remembrance; Sofia Bruzzese, 14th Anniversary Sunday, March 5…
You have likely noticed that we have changed the heading design of the Shrine bulletin. It now includes the monogram IHS. This an abbreviation, using the first three letters of the Holy Name of Jesus in Greek, which is written IHΣOYΣ. In Latin the sigma Σ looks like S, hence the IHS Christogram. In the…
From the Friars: Let Us Seek Silence In today’s gospel, Jesus manifests the glory of his divinity to three of his apostles, and in dialogue with Moses and Elijah, reveals that he is the promised and expected Messiah. This passage ends with a declaration and a mandate from the Father: “This is my beloved Son:…