April 8, 2025
Dear Friends,
This Friday, April 11, will be our last Stations of the Cross (held after Mass). We will pray those of St. Alphonsus Liguori.
We will be OPEN for Wednesday of Holy Week (April 16). We will be closed on Holy Thursday (normally Third Thursday is our Evening for Vocations). We will be closed for Good Friday (April 18). However, we will be OPEN on Holy Saturday (April 19) for Confessions only at 10:30 am. Two priests will be available. (There are never any Masses held on Holy Saturday.)
April (Month of the Holy Eucharist)
- (Wed. April 2) First Wednesday:
- (Fri. April 4) Friday of Lent & First Friday: Rosary before Mass & Stations after Mass
- (Sat. April 5) First Saturday:
- (Fri. April 11) Friday of Lent: Rosary before Mass & Stations after Mass
- (Thurs. April 17) Holy Thursday & Third Thursday: CLOSED
- (Fri. April 18) Good Friday: CLOSED
- (Sat. April 19) Holy Saturday: Confessions only (no Mass): 10:30 am
- (Mon. April 21) Third Monday: 7:00 pm Holy Hour & Mass of Reparation
- (Sun. April 27) Divine Mercy Sunday: Schedule
(10:30 am) Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
(12:30 pm) Rosary
(1:00 pm) Holy Mass: Fr. Alex Kratz, OFM & Fr. Joe Lang
(2:15 pm) Exposition & Confessions: followed by the relic of St. Faustina: Veneration & Blessing
(2:20 pm) Talk: Sr. Mary Claire, ISMM (Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy)
(3:00 pm) Hour of Mercy: Chaplet of Divine Mercy & Eucharistic Benediction
- (Sun. April 27-Tues. April 29) Parish Mission at St. John Fisher Chapel University Parish (3665 E. Walton Blvd, Auburn Hills, MI 48326—near Oakland University): I will be the Mission Speaker:
- Sunday, April 27: 6:00 pm Mass; 7:00 pm Talk: “The Master of Mercy: The Meaning of Divine Mercy”
- Monday, April 28: 6:00 pm Mass; 7:00 pm Talk: “Abundant Insufficiency: Jesus’ Miraculous Manna”
- Tuesday, April 29: 6:00 pm Mass; 7:00 pm Talk: “The Bathing of Souls: Jesus’ Ongoing Mercy in Confession”; 7:30 pm Confessions
As we approach Holy Week, let’s join the Blessed Mother who, as the New Eve, stood at the foot of the Cross of her Son that, with deep pain and sorrow, gives birth to the Church as the Mother of the faithful.
To communicate with me, please email me directly at [email protected] or call/text me at (313) 727-9784. Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us!
In Jesus, Mary & Joseph,
Fr. Alex Kratz, OFM
Spiritual Director of Terra Sancta Ministries