This week at Chosen we each made a Rosary! A big thank you to Anna Hopkins for providing instruction and the materials! We also learned about the lives of a number of Saints who were priests – St Francis de Sales, St Philip Neri, St Jean-Marie Vianney, St Maximilian Kolbe and St Padre Pio. Finally, we closed our meeting with this prayer by Pope Emeritus Benedict as we prayed for vocations and for the priests of our Diocese who were on retreat this past week…
Lord Jesus Christ, eternal High Priest, you offered yourself to the Father on the altar of the cross and through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit gave your priestly people a share in your redeeming sacrifice. Hear our prayer for the sanctification of our priests. Grant that all who are ordained to the ministerial priesthood may be ever more conformed to you, the Divine Master. May they preach the Gospel with pure heart and clear conscience. Let them be shepherds according to your own heart, single-minded in service to you and to the Church, and shining examples of a holy, simple, and joyful life. Through the prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary, your Mother and ours, draw all priests and the flocks entrusted to their care to the fullness of eternal life where you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
“As the soul is the life of the body, so the Holy Spirit is the life of our souls.” St Peter Damian
Steubenville Toronto Conference – July 13th-15th Hosted by the Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, this is the largest Catholic Youth conference in Canada. It takes place at the UOIT campus in Oshawa and provides a week-end full of opportunities to learn, meet new friends, and worship and encounter Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.
Martyrs’ Shrine Walking Pilgrimage – July 21st – 27th A physically demanding and spiritually rewarding experience! We’ll set out walking from our church to reach Martyrs’ Shrine in 7 days – a total of 150 kms! This year participation can be in one of the following ways… 1) as an Ordinary Pilgrim- mostly youth- walk the entire pilgrimage or 2) as a Worker Pilgrim- attend but either are unable to walk long distances or wish to assist with various tasks rather than walk or finally 3) the Family Chapter- generally walking as much as the little legs can. Two families can “team up” and one family can be walking while the other drives or one parent can walk as the other drives.
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Contact Us: Email: youth@stmaryslindsay.ca Youth Office Location: 40 Russell St. E, Lindsay, ON K9V 2A4 (Inside St. Mary’s Church Rectory) Phone Number: youth office (705) 324-4828
Other Weblinks: Diocese of Peterborough Youth Office webpage: http://www.veyopeterboro.org/veyo/