KNOW AND LOVE JESUS MORE THAN EVER BEFORE!!!

We welcome Father Samson who comes to preach our special Lenten Mission.  Father Charles Samson was ordained a priest in 2013.  After graduating from Cardinal Glennon Seminary in 2009, he was sent to Rome to undertake advanced studies in theology and received a Bachelor’s in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 2012, a License in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in 2015, and then a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Gregorian in 2022. His areas of expertise are the Book of Exodus and the Gospel of Matthew, and he specializes in ancient biblical languages and biblical archaeology.  Fr. Samson wrote a book on the Holy Land, and every year at Christmas, leads the Deacon class from the seminary on a Pilgrimage to the Sacred sights.  Father presently teaches on the faculty at Kenrick-Glennon, and he resides at the Old Cathedral downtown.

CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY

At this dark hour in the world, Pope Francis urges all Peoples of good will to pray before the Prince of Peace, Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, when Ukraine is being scourged at the pillar by violence, destruction, hatred, and the deaths of thousands of innocent children, teens, and adults.  With our Parish Feast-day of the Annunciation, the Holy Father asks all people of faith to join in an Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (this prayer of Consecration is found in the centerfold of today’s bulletin.)  Please pray the Act!  If possible, pray the Consecration daily.  The decision to consecrate Russia and Ukraine, and the world in which we live, is critical as world peace is threatened.  In the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to the children at Fatima in 1917, it was revealed that God wills the Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

This Wednesday, March 30th, you are invited to pray before the Risen Presence of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  Adoration will begin at 7 p.m. and conclude with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 7:45.  Let us come together to pray for World Peace!