Holy Week Schedule 2017
April 13-16, 2017
Holy Thursday: Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7:00pm
Good Friday: Stations of the Cross 12:00pm; Solemn Liturgy 3:00pm
Holy Saturday: Easter Vigil Mass 10:00pm
Easter Sunday: Masses 7:00am; 9:00am; 11:30am
Infant of Prague Arrived
Our Statue of the Divine Infant of Prague has arrived. We still need to fashion a pedestal and have vestments made in order to install the statue in the Sanctuary. Many thanks to all who donated. If anyone wishes to donate towards completion of the project, they may of course do so.
Confessions now avail Sat afternoons
Please note that additional Confession times have been added to the weekly schedule…
In addition to the regular schedule, Confessions will now also be available in the church from 5:00pm – 5:30pm on Saturday afternoons.
We hope this addition will alleviate the sometimes long Sunday lines as well as provide more opportunities for those who have busy schedules during the week.
New Reversible Stoles
I thought you would like to see the new reversible violet-white stoles we recently had made for the parish. These are some of the “workhorse” items of any sacristy and will be used frequently for the distribution of Holy Communion, blessings, confessions, baptisms, confirmations, anointings, sicks calls, and other sacred functions. As always please keep all our many generous benefactors in your prayers as we continue to provide for the future of our community. God bless!
New Paintings and Crucifix
Probably many of you have already seen some of the beautiful paintings of Our Lady that Fr. Fongemie asked to be placed in various places around the Church. Below are photographs of the new paintings as well as a new Crucifix (generously donated by a benefactor) which we have hung in the sacristy.
God bless.
Donor Board
Though most everyone has probably had a chance to look at the donor board already, I thought I would make a brief post for the benefit of those who like photographs. Much thanks is due to Fr. Nolan for organizing the donor board and most especially to all our benefactors for their generosity.
The donor board is located in the main stairwell between the vestibule and the basement hallway.
Do please keep all our benefactors in your prayers.
Vestments and Sacred Vessels
As promised, I am pleased to present the next round of vestments acquired by the parish over the last three months. Included are a white set with cope, a black set, and a violet set. The white set is intentionally very similar to one we just acquired, so that the cope can be used interchangeably with either set. Since a cope generally sees much less use than its associated Mass set, sharing one cope with two sets should prolong the effective lifespan of all of them. The differences between the two sets are very subtle: the newer set has a slight gold highlight down the center of the chasuble and a variation in the construction of the crosses. If you want to compare the two, the previous white set can be seen in an older post.
Also below are several photographs of re-plated sacred vessels. These were recently electroplated with a new coat of gold. I wish I had taken pictures before the work was done; the contrast is pretty amazing.
On behalf of all the priests, I would like once again to thank the continuing generosity of all our community’s benefactors. It is the hope of the priests to establish a permanent patrimony for the parish in order to provide for the needs of our parishioners for years to come.
New Vestment Cabinet and Vestments
Over the past year and due to the generosity of many benefactors, St. Rose Philippine Duchesne has acquired several new sets of vestments, as well as an additional vesting cabinet for the sacristy. You may have noticed some of these sets already in use for the sacred liturgy. Over the next few months, we should continue to receive several more sets. Currently on order are Low Mass sets in violet, green, and black, as well as a High Mass set in white. These vestments are part of several continuing efforts to build up and maintain the patrimony of the parish. In the upcoming months, the priests also plan to re-plate the greater part of the sacred vessels of the parish, as well as finish the relic display within the Marian altar.
Included in the new vestment sets:
- White Low Mass set with the Sacred Heart
- White Low Mass set with the Immaculate Heart
- White Low Mass set
- Red Solemn Mass set
- Rose Solemn Mass set
For your reference, here are the various pieces that comprise a “set” of vestments:
- Low Mass set: chasuble, stole, maniple, chalice veil, burse
- High Mass set: chasuble, stole, maniple, chalice veil, burse, cope
- Solemn Mass set: chasuble, stole, maniple, chalice veil, burse, cope, humeral veil, dalmatic, deacon stole, maniple, tunicle, maniple
Please enjoy the pictures below!
Finally, for those interested, here are the vesting prayers (in English translation) that the priest and his ministers use while preparing for Holy Mass:
- Washing of the Hands: Give strength to my hands, Lord, to wipe away all stain, so that I may be able to serve Thee in purity of mind and body.
- Amice: Lord, set the helmet of salvation on my head to fend off all the assaults of the devil.
- Alb: Make me white, O Lord, and cleanse my heart; that being made white in the Blood of the Lamb I may deserve an eternal reward.
- Cincture: Gird me, O Lord, with the cincture of purity, and quench in my heart the fire of concupiscence, that the virtue of continence and chastity may abide in me.
- Maniple: May I deserve, O Lord, to bear the maniple of weeping and sorrow in order that I may joyfully reap the reward of my labors.
- Tunicle (used by the subdeacon): May the Lord cloth me in the tunicle of delight, and the garment of rejoicing.
- Stole: Lord, restore the stole of immortality, which I lost through the collusion of our first parents, and, unworthy as I am to approach Thy sacred mysteries, may I yet gain eternal joy.
- Dalmatic (used by the deacon): Lord, endow me with the garment of salvation, the vestment of joy, and with the dalmatic of justice ever encompass me.
- Chasuble: O Lord, who has said, ‘My yoke is sweet and My burden light,’ grant that I may so carry it as to merit Thy grace.
Annual Parish Dinner of 2015
We are pleased to announce the Annual Parish Dinner of 2015, which will be hosted on October 3, 2015 at 6pm at the Shawnee Civic Center. Details for the event, as well as directions to the Civic Center, click the button below.
Phase III Building Project
A few weeks ago, our architect Daniel Himmelberg from Xpress Ideas joined us on a Sunday afternoon to give a short presentation of the proposed renovations to the exterior and grounds of the Church and Rectory. During that meeting he posted architectural illustrations in the Church Hall, which he has graciously allowed us to publish here for the sake of those who could not attend. Link is below.