Happy Thanksgiving!  We will be OPEN the two days after Thanksgiving—Friday, November 28 and Saturday, November 29.  Saturday will be another All Saints’ Day—a Franciscan one: “All Saints of the Seraphic Order.”

Next week all three “firsts” occur: First Wednesday, First Friday and First Saturday.   First Saturday falls on December 6—St. Nicholas DayBlessed gifts from Terra Sancta Ministries will be offered to you in honor of St. Nicholas.  May we be a giving people, since all we have is gift from God.

Other important days in December are …

  • Monday, December 8 for the Immaculate Conception (yes, we will be OPEN);
  • Wednesday, Dec. 10: Our Lady of Loreto & 100th Anniversary of the “First Saturday Apparition” in 1925;
  • Friday, Dec 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe (with a reception to follow);
  • Saturday, Dec. 13 & 20: Catechesis on the Last Things (the supposes Rapture; the Church or the State of Israel; the supposed “Millennium,” more on the Antichrist, etc.)

To communicate with me, please email me directly at abunaalex@yahoo.com or call/text me at (313) 727-9784All Saints of the Franciscan/Seraphic Order, pray for us!

In Jesus, Mary & Joseph,
Fr. Alex Kratz, OFM                                     
Spiritual Director of Terra Sancta Ministries