This Week's Message
from Fr. Amesse
October 13, 2024

Today is Sunday for the respect of life.  I want to share with you, words Pope St. John Paul II wrote in 1995.  He addressed them to women who chose to abort a baby.  His words touched my heart.  In the confessional, I share these thoughts after a person repents with heartfelt sorrow.   

I would now like to say a special word to women who have had an abortion.  The Church is aware of the many factors which may have influenced your decision, and she does not doubt that in many cases it was a painful and even shattering decision.  The wound in your heart may not yet have healed.  Certainly, what happened was and remains terribly wrong.   

But do not give in to discouragement and do not lose hope.  Try rather to understand what happened and face it honestly.  If you have not already done so, give yourself over with humility and trust to repentance.  The Father of mercies is ready to give you his forgiveness and his peace in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.   

To the same Father and to his mercy you can with sure hope entrust your child.  With the friendly and expert help and advice of other people, and as a result of your own painful experience, you can be among the most eloquent defenders of everyone’s right to life.  Through your commitment to life, whether by accepting the birth of other children… …or by welcoming and caring for those most of need of someone to be close to them, you will become promoters of a new way of looking at human life.  You can find these words in the Papal Letter, the Gospel of Life, written on March 25, 1995.  It’s an encyclical that brings to us HOPE; a hope that does not disappoint.

I remember you at Mass!

Lost and Found 2024
Weekend of October 19-20

We will make available all items that have accumulated over the past year, items inadvertently left behind in the Shrine pews.

Included will be a variety of vases left by those who have brought flowers to adorn the Shrine over these many months.

Please claim any items that are yours from the tables that will be set-up in the confessional lobby. 

2025 Mass Registry Book is Open

A reminder to all that it is already possible to register Masses to be celebrated here at the Shine throughout the coming Jubilee year of 2025.

If you would like to have Mass celebrated on particular days, at one of our 3 daily Masses in memory of a loved one or for special intentions, you may do so in the Shrine Gift Shop/Bookstore.  The earlier you register your choices, the more likely you are to find open dates/times of your preference.

When Holy Mass is celebrated, the Lord Jesus makes himself present and the community of believers here on earth unites with the entire Communion of Saints who have gone before us in powerful intercession before the throne of God.

Legion of Mary
at the Shrine

Meetings are held in the downstairs Conference Hall each week after the Sunday 12:00 noon Mass.

The Legion of Mary is a Marian movement founded in Ireland in the 1920’s. It is currently the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis’ October
Prayer Intention

We pray that the Church continue to sustain in all ways a Synodal lifestyle, as a sign of co-responsibility, promoting the participation, the communion and the mission shared among priests, religious and lay people.

In Venice you did not have the possibility to go to school.  The Savior sent you a wonderful personal teacher in Fr. Bartolo Zinelli who cared for you and gave you the human and religious foundations you needed. 

St. Eugene de Mazenod, lead us to Jesus through the trials of life.

St. Joseph
Minister of Salvation
Pray for us!

Full Litany of St. Joseph

Praying with the Stained Glass Windows of
St. Joseph the Worker Shrine

Part I - The 100 Year+ Windows Series
Part II - The St. Joseph Windows

May 27, 2024 - End of 40 Hours of Devotion Eucharistic Procession

Self-Guided Tour
St. Joseph the Worker Shrine

Ring the Bells of the Shrine

Everyday of the year, the “Bells of St. Joseph” ring-out God’s praise for all to hear!

Our Carillon can play Special Hymns of your choice any day of the year. At your request, our chimes will ring in honor of loved ones for the entire community to hear and prayerfully remember.Your offering of $20.00 will be greatly appreciated and will assist us in maintaining the Shrine and its ministries. Thank You!

Bell-ringing selections may be reserved for specific days & times throughout the year(s) in the Shrine Gift Shop/Bookstore.

St. Eugene de Mazenod’s Prayer to the Sorrowful Mother

 O Lord, Almighty God, you endowed the Blessed Virgin Mary with the fullness of every gift and grace. By allowing her heart to be pierced with the deepest sorrow, you crowned her merit and placed her at the head of countless legions of martyrs who, for love of your Son Jesus Christ, have shed their blood. Through the painful martyrdom endured by this gentle Mother seeing her beloved Son dying as a Victim because of his love for us, grant us the grace to bear with fortitude the disappointments and setbacks in our life, and not to fear torment or death itself, when we are called to confess our faith in Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

Confession

Mon - Friday
10:00 am - noon
4:30 pm - 5:15 pm

Saturday 
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

First Wednesday of the month

Eucharistic Adoration

The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for adoration on -

Saturday after the noon Mass until the 4:00 pm Mass
First Fridays after the noon Mass until the 5:30 pm Mass