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Feast Day of Blessed Junipero Serra

July 1st, 2009

July 1 is the official Feast Day of Blessed Junipero Serra.

The Liturgy of the Hours supplement offers the following prayer on this feast day:

God most high,
your servant Junipero Serra
brought the gospel of Christ
to the peoples of Mexico and California
and firmly established the Church among them.
By his intercession,
and through the example of his evangelical zeal,
inspire us to be faithful witnesses of Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

Happy Feast Day to Serrans worldwide!

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Vatican announces Jubilee Year for Priests

June 19th, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI announced that the universal Church will celebrate a Jubilee Year of the Priest, beginning June 19th, 2009, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and celebrating the 150th anniversary of the death of the saintly Cure D’Ars.

On the forthcoming Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Friday 19 June 2009 – a day traditionally devoted to prayer for the sanctification of the clergy –, I have decided to inaugurate a “Year for Priests” in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the “dies natalis” of John Mary Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests worldwide…

I think of all those priests who quietly present Christ’s words and actions each day to the faithful and to the whole world, striving to be one with the Lord in their thoughts and their will, their sentiments and their style of life. How can I not pay tribute to their apostolic labours, their tireless and hidden service, their universal charity? And how can I not praise the courageous fidelity of so many priests who, even amid difficulties and incomprehension, remain faithful to their vocation as “friends of Christ”, whom he has called by name, chosen and sent?

Read the full letter from Pope Benedict XVI at: Vatican web site:
Letter of His Holiness Benedict XVI proclaiming a Year for Priests

Other media coverage of this event can be found at the links below:

Finally, the video below from RomeReports shows the Pope’s speech as he declares the Year for Priests:

Everyone is invited to pray for priests during this special year.

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Sedes Sapientiae: An international seminary in Rome

June 15th, 2009

This YouTube clip from RomeReports highlights an international seminary in Rome:

See more videos at the RomeReports web site.

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Oracion por los Sacerdotes

May 31st, 2009

Thanks to Manuel Avellan for sending this video prayer for priests, with text composed by Boston’s own Richard Cardinal Cushing.

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7th year of ordination for Fr. Dan Hennessey

May 25th, 2009

Congratulations to Fr. Dan Hennessey, Vocations Director for the Archdiocese of Boston and Chaplain of the Serra Club of Boston, on his 7th year as an ordained priest. Fr. Dan was ordained on May 25, 2002.

Fr. Dan is a tireless promoter of the cause of vocations and a great promoter of the Serra Club of Boston. We are truly blessed to have him working in the Archdiocese of Boston.

Congratulations Fr. Dan!

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