This Week's Message
from Fr. Amesse
September 8, 2024

Today is the birthday of Mary, the Mother of God.  We were here on Friday, December 8, the Immaculate Conception!  Our Lady was conceived in the womb of St. Ann, the wife of St. Joachim. They were the parents of Mary.  She was born, 9 months later.  Mary—a woman!  The Mother of God!  Happy Birthday!

Man and woman have the same dignity and are of equal value.  Not only because they are both, in their differences, created in the image of God, but even more profoundly because of the dynamic of reciprocity that gives life to the “we” in the human couple—an image of God.  God created us to be male and female.

Through the sincere gift of themselves, the parents of the Blessed Mother, brought her to birth. Pornography rips the shreds out of this sincere gift of self, that married couples bestow on one another.  That is why we know it is wrong, that it is sinful! 

Abortion is offered to us by society as something that makes us free.  Not so, says Mary.  Especially the Mother depicted in the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe that we read of in Revelation, Chapter 12.  In a few verses the battle going on between the civilization of life versus the culture of death, in our day, is depicted.

On Our Lady’s birthday we receive grace first of all to see the equal dignity of man and women.  Then, the grace to understand how the sincere gift of self, of husband and wife is sacred.  It must not be destroyed by the evil of porn.  And finally, abortion does not make us free.  In fact, Revelation 12 shows how it enslaves us.   

I remember you at Mass!

The Sacramental Anointing of the Sick will be offered on this Saturday, September 7, and on all First Saturdays, after all three Masses

8 am, 12 noon, 4 pm

First Fridays at the Shrine
Next First Friday, October 4

Immediately following the 8:00 am Mass, we will pray the Rosary with reflections written by the Venerable Fulton J. Sheen.

Immediately after the Noon Mass to 5:15 we will have Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Please keep First Fridays fervent here at the Shrine by spending some time with our Lord. 

Catholic Conversations

2023 St. Joseph the Worker Christian Worker Award winner Dr. Rebecca Duda interviews Brother Richard at the St. Joseph the Worker Shrine Oblate Historical Museum. Br. Richard is the Shrine Historian and Museum Curator.

Legion of Mary
at the Shrine

Meetings are held in the downstairs Conference Hall each week after the Sunday 12:00 noon Mass.

The Legion of Mary is a Marian movement founded in Ireland in the 1920’s. It is currently the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis’ September
Prayer Intention

We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the Earth and of victims of natural disasters and climactic change, and that all will undertake to personally care for the world In which we live.

You were proclaimed a saint of the Church for the welfare of those in difficulties

St. Eugene de Mazenod, lead us to Jesus through the trials of life.

St. Joseph
Protector of the Holy Church
Pray for us!

Full Litany of St. Joseph

Praying with the Stained Glass Windows of
St. Joseph the Worker Shrine

Part I - The 100 Year+ Windows Series
Part II - The St. Joseph Windows

May 27, 2024 - End of 40 Hours of Devotion Eucharistic Procession

Self-Guided Tour
St. Joseph the Worker Shrine

Ring the Bells of the Shrine

Everyday of the year, the “Bells of St. Joseph” ring-out God’s praise for all to hear!

Our Carillon can play Special Hymns of your choice any day of the year. At your request, our chimes will ring in honor of loved ones for the entire community to hear and prayerfully remember.Your offering of $20.00 will be greatly appreciated and will assist us in maintaining the Shrine and its ministries. Thank You!

Bell-ringing selections may be reserved for specific days & times throughout the year(s) in the Shrine Gift Shop/Bookstore.

St. Eugene de Mazenod’s Prayer to the Sorrowful Mother

 O Lord, Almighty God, you endowed the Blessed Virgin Mary with the fullness of every gift and grace. By allowing her heart to be pierced with the deepest sorrow, you crowned her merit and placed her at the head of countless legions of martyrs who, for love of your Son Jesus Christ, have shed their blood. Through the painful martyrdom endured by this gentle Mother seeing her beloved Son dying as a Victim because of his love for us, grant us the grace to bear with fortitude the disappointments and setbacks in our life, and not to fear torment or death itself, when we are called to confess our faith in Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

Confession

Mon - Friday
10:00 am - noon
4:30 pm - 5:15 pm

Saturday 
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

First Wednesday of the month

Eucharistic Adoration

The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for adoration on -

Saturday after the noon Mass until the 4:00 pm Mass
First Fridays after the noon Mass until the 5:30 pm Mass