Wishing Everyone A Merry Christmas and A Happy, Healthy New Year!

Join us here this weekend as we celebrate the 167th Anniversary of the Apparition of Our Lady at La Salette in France!

FEBRUARY'S SHRINE SERVICES

Shrine Director's Letter...

 

                                            My dear brothers, sisters, boys and girls:

As we enter into Lenten Season, I do hope that you and your family will take time to reflect on the life of Our Lord Jesus Christ. His great love for us and how He persevered in His mission to save us all. So great was His love for us, that Jesus endured all sufferings to save the world. “Love is patient; love is kind.” (Corinthians 13:4)

 In this “Year of Faith” the Holy Father Benedict XVI, encourages us to focus on Jesus and to learn more about His life. Gather your family together in the evenings and read the Bible together, discuss what you have read.

Reflect and share... During this Lenten Season, we are making it available to you various mini-series Lenten workshops to enhance your faith and bring you closer. Come to these series and be blessed! Grow closer to Jesus with us!

 
This year is our jubilee year! The National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette was founded by Fr. René Sauvé, M.S. on December 7, 1953 and The Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette began their missionary work 60 years ago!  We are so grateful to Our Lord Jesus and Our Lady of La Salette for the many blessings we have received throughout these 60 years.  The people God has placed in our paths, those we have ministered to and the many faithful friends who have supported us and our mission here at Our Lady’s Marian Shrine. The National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette.

We hope that we will be able to deepen our faith and be fruitful “Making Her Message Known To All Her People” here in the Attleboro area and spreading Our Lady’s mission throughout the world...like a ripple in the ocean one drop can make a difference.

We thank you, for your love for Our Lady’s Shrine and for Her Missionaries!

Come be with us throughout this jubilant year. We will hold extra special services commemorating our  60^th Anniversary.

                            

   Peace!   
Rev. Brother Bob, M.S.

 

 

LENTEN REGULATIONS & SERVICES'SCHEDULE

lENTEN rEGULATIONS:

                                                                   

                                                  Fasting, Almsgiving and Prayer …

                          … are three traditional disciplines by which the Church observes Lent from Ash Wednesday until the evening Mass of Holy Thursday, when the Paschal Triduum begins.  All of the faithful and catechumens are called to practice these traditions.

 

                              Catholics, ages 14 and older are to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, February 13, and on all Fridays in Lent. The rule does not apply when health or ability to work would be impacted seriously.

                         In addition to abstaining from meat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays, Catholics who have celebrated their 18^th birthday, but have not yet marked their 59^th, are to fast on Ash Wednesday, February 13, and on Good Friday, March 29. 

                    On days of fast, one full meal is allowed.  Two other meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to individual needs but together they should not equal another full meal. 

                   Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids, including milk, and juices, are allowed.

® CONFESSIONS:

 

       Ash Wednesday, February 13^th to Wednesday, March 27^th  

                  Monday – Friday:  1:00 – 2:00  &  5:00 – 6:00 pm

                                            Saturday – Sunday: 1:00 – 4:00 pm

                                                       ® No  Confessions:

 

                    Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday & Easter Sunday

MASSES:

Monday through Friday: 12:10 & 6:30 pm

Saturday 12:10 pm & 4:30 pm (Vigil) & Sunday 12:10 & 7:00 pm

 

                      ® MASS  SCHEDULE: MASS as Usual Except on:

 

Holy Thursday: Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:00 pm

Good Friday: The Lord’s Passion & Death at 3:00 pm 

Holy Saturday:  Easter Vigil at 7:00 pm

Easter Sunday: Sunrise Service Mass at 6:30 am 

                    Easter Mass at 12:10 pm 

® STATIONS OF THE CROSS EVERY FRIDAY at 7:15 pm – Shrine Church

GOOD FRIDAY AT 7:00 pm

   
 
 

                          ®   ADORATION- Saturdays:  Is held every Saturday – Shrine Church 

      Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm - Please pray for our Annual Appeal

®STATIONS OF THE CROSS - EVERY FRIDAY at 7:15 pm  – La Salette Associates

®  ECUMENICAL HOLY WEEK SERVICES:  Every Wednesday at 12:00 pm beginning on

                 February 20, 27, March 6, 13, 20 & 27^th in the Welcome Center

                                         Lunch at the Cafeteria right after Services

 

LENTEN SERIES:

 

v “THE CALL TO HOLINESS OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL”

Sunday, February 17 - 12:10 pm Mass – Fr. John Lavin - Guest Speaker

            will talk about the series on Personal experience of the Council.

“The Call To Holiness of the Second Vatican Council”

 Lenten Series led by Fr. Raymond Tetreault & Members of the

 “Priests for Justice” from the Rhode Island Diocese.

Every Saturday at 10:30 am:

Feb. 23 “Called to Holiness”  The Church  Fr. Gene McKenna, Fr. Richard Maynard

Mar 2 “Called to Love the World”, The Church in the World                                                                                 Fr. George Behan, Fr. Farrell McLaughlin

Mar. 9 “Called into the Mystery of Christ” The Liturgy

Fr. Gene McKenna, Fr. Richard Maynard

Mar 16 “Called to Serve” Laity and Mission Fr. Neil Lynch, Fr. Robert Beirne

Mar 23 “Where does the Spirit call us to from here?”

Collegiality and The Sense of the Faithful Fr. Raymond Tetreault,

Fr. Gene McKenna and Fr. Richard Maynard

Everyone is cordially invited to participate.

These series will be held at the Welcome Center Sponsored by La Salette Pax Christi.

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Friday, February 15

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT MODERN SAINTS

BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK

 7:15 pm    Blessed Alberto Marvelli –

Brother David Eubank, M.S. Facilitator - Reconciliation Chapel

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v HOLY WEEK RETREAT: "LONG HAVE I WAITED FOR YOU."

                        Hosea 14:1-9. Anna Rae-Kelly, OCDS.  

 The three sessions will begin on Palm Sunday,

March 24 from 4pm-5pm, Monday, Mar 25, 7:15pm - 8:15pm and   Tuesday, Mar 26 - 7:15-8:15 pm

Since this is Holy Week of the Year of Faith, all who attend the three sessions will be blessed with a Plenary Indulgence as conferred by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. The Holy Spirit will be our Guide as we walk with Our Blessed Lady toward the Passion of the Savior. We will be instructed in our faith through the documents of Vatican II: Lumen Gentium, Veritas Splendor as well as the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The gentle and loving message of Reconciliation taught to us by the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette will lead us toward deep repentance as we enter this Holiest of Weeks where The Father beckons us through His Beloved Son to Come Back to Him. – Sessions will be held in the Welcome Center

 

 COMING SOON! Catholicism Sessions!  Series from Fr. Robert Barron

                   Saturdays: April 6, 13, 20 & May 4, June 1, 8, 15, July 6 & 20, 2013

                                                10:00 am - Welcome Center Hall

Led by Denise & Jon Swedberg

National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette 947 Park Street – Attleboro, MA 02703   Tel: (508) 222-5410 www.lasalette-shrine.org Email Us:  lasaletteprogramsoffice@gmail.com