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"Thou art a Priest Forever..."

5/30/2016

 
PictureFirst priestly homily
​Our diocese has received a great gift: a new priest! The salvation of countless souls is attached to ordination of each priest and many graces are poured upon the Church with each ordination. We thank God for this great gift and pray that our newest priest may ever be faithful to the graces of his ordination. We were privileged to attend the ordination of Fr. Andrew Pacheco, received his first priestly blessing, and then to attend his first Mass. For his first Mass, Fr. Pacheco chose to celebrate the Extraordinary Form External Feast of Corpus Christi with a glorious Missa Cantata. In the presence of his loving family and friends, supported by clergy and seminarians, accompanied by exquisite sacred music, Fr. Pacheco offered the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with intense ardor and devotion. More pictures here.

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Father being vested for Mass

A Day in the Life: Teaching

5/26/2016

 
"In union with Mary, Mother of the Church, we strive to magnify Jesus Christ, her Divine Son, by communicating the Beauty, Goodness, and Truth of the Catholic faith, in a spirit of joyful evangelization..."
~ From the MSSR Charism Statement
 While not every sister teaches in a classroom, every sister participates in carrying out our charism of joyful evangelization in some way. Some sisters do teach the faith in a classroom setting, while others form the younger sisters or serve as catechists for the parish and diocese.

Save the Date!

5/17/2016

 
Save the Date!
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2012
Then...
.
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2016
...and Now!


Sunday, July 10, 2016
at 3:00 PM
5th Annual Barbeque
for the
Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa
at
The Smith Family Ranch
5390 Washington Street

Napa, CA 94558

Contact Carole Duncan – 944-9540
​or  
[email protected]  for Reservations

May Crowning

5/13/2016

 
​One of our favorite May customs is crowning Our Lady. We have a crowning on the Saturdays and Marian feasts of the month. Each Sister has the opportunity to make the little crown of flowers, choose the hymn, and pick the Marian prayer the community will offer Our Lady on her special day.

Monthly Devotion: 'Tis the Month of our Mother

5/5/2016

 
May, that blessed month in which we are encouraged to show our love and affection for our tender Mother in special ways, is here again. A certain attitude of excitement fills the convent. We love our Mother dearly as she is the surest path to Jesus her Son and so we rejoice at the opportunity to offer her little signs of affection. Many of the devotional practices that we individually and communally offer in her honor are very simple but given with love.
 St. Alphonsus Ligorui, in his meditations on the titles of Our Lady, has this to say about calling on Mary:
"Sancta Maria. Holy Mary. The name of Mary is a name of salvation. This name came not of earth, but from heaven.... Therefore it is that, after the name of Jesus, the name of Mary is above every other name; for God has filled it with grace and sweetness, that every blessing may be obtained by him who names it."
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Our May shrine
Hail, O Lady, holy Queen,
Mary, holy Mother of God:
You are the Virgin made Church,
and the one chosen by the most holy Father in heaven
whom He consecrated with his most holy beloved Son
and with the Holy Spirit the Paraclete,
in whom there was and is
all the fullness of grace and every good.
Hail, his Palace!
Hail, his Tabernacle!
Hail, his Home!
Hail, his Robe!
Hail, his Servant!
Hail, his Mother! 
And hail all you holy virtues
which through the grace and light of the Holy Spirit
are poured into the hearts of the faithful
so that from their faithless state
you may make them faithful to God.
~ St. Francis of Assisi

St. Joseph the Worker

5/1/2016

 
Fittingly, the Church begins this month devoted to Our Lady by honoring St. Joseph, her Most Chaste Spouse, as the model for all who labor. St. Josemaria Escriva urges Christians to seek to know and follow Joseph for he will always lead us to Jesus. He says, 
"Interior life is nothing but continual and direct conversation with Christ, so as to become one with him. And Joseph can tell us many things about Jesus. Therefore, never neglect devotion to him - Ite ad Ioseph: "Go to Joseph" - as Christian tradition puts it in the words of the old testament.

"A master of the interior life, a worker deeply involved in his job, God's servant in continual contact with Jesus: that is Joseph. Ite ad Ioseph. With St. Joseph, the Christian learns what it means to belong to God and fully to assume one's place among men, sanctifying the world. Get to know Joseph and you will find Jesus. Talk to Joseph and you will find Mary, who always sheds peace about her in that attractive workshop in Nazareth."

                                     ~ Homily given March 19, 1963
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Holy Cards for Your Inspiration
Let us pray that the Holy Family, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, protect the family and teach us to understand both the dignity of the human person and the dignity of human labor.
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Betrothal of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph


​Prayer for Families

Jesus, help us to follow the example
of your Holy Family.
May Mary and Joseph be near us
at the hour of death,
and that through You
may we be found worthy
to be received into our everlasting home.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
unite our families
in your love.
​Amen.
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