April 12, 2022
Dear Friends,
Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 13, at St. Joseph Chapel (400 South Blvd. W., Pontiac, MI) our speaker for Divine Mercy Sunday, Jim Miller, Lay Apostle of Divine Mercy, will give the following talk: “Embracing Divine Mercy with St. Faustina & St. Joseph.” FREE booklets will be provided for the talk. (The Rosary will be moved to before Mass at 11:30 am.) The talk will be at 1:00 pm and will be no more than 30 minutes.
After Mass, a relic of the True Cross will be exposed for veneration and a general blessing will be provided to those present.
We will be closed on Good Friday. We will be open on Holy Saturday, April 16, at 10:30 am for Confessions only. Two priests will be available. We will be open until Confessions are finished.
We will host Divine Mercy Sunday on April 24. The schedule is as follows:
(11:00 am) Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament & Procession with the Divine Mercy image.
- (11:30 am-1:00 pm) Confession:
(11:30 am) Talk: Jim Miller
(12:30 pm) Rosary:
(1:00 pm) Holy Mass: Fr. Alex Kratz, OFM
(2:15 pm) Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament
- Relic of St. Faustina: Veneration & Blessing
- (2:20 pm) Talk: Jim Miller
(3:00 pm) Hour of Mercy: Chaplet of Divine Mercy & Eucharistic Benediction
From Saturday, April 30 to Sunday, May 1, we will host the Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima from the World Apostolate of Fatima in New Jersey. We are a Fatima shrine, and so I invite all of you to the all-night prayer that will be available in St. Joseph Chapel as our Blessed Mother’s holy image visits us. MANY GRACES WILL BE UNLEASHED from her visit to us and your visit to her!
Due to our renovation construction, our entire premises (St. Joseph Chapel & the Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) will be closed from Monday, May 2, until construction is completed—perhaps mid-August.
To communicate with me, email me at abunaalex@yahoo.com or call/text me at (313) 727-9784. God bless you!
In Jesus, Mary & Joseph,
Fr. Alex Kratz, OFM
Spiritual Director of Terra Sancta Ministries