Thank you to all who participated in the Life Chain on Sunday and for your prayerful witness!
A special thank you to Joe McCourt, our Pro-Life Coordinator, and his family for organizing the event, for the students from Iona Prep with their Chaplain, Fr. Justin Cinnante, O. Carm., the students from the Montfort Academy with Mrs. Marla Greco, the presence of the Crusaders for Life of Stepinac High School in the person of their moderator, Ms. Regina Molinelli, and the Sisters of Life who joined us! It was a wonderful display of various facets and vocations of the Church.
On this day, October 5th, in 1910, our beloved Saint Patrick's Cathedral was dedicated. Today is therefore celebrated as a Feast Day in the Archdiocese of New York (with all due respect to St. Faustina!) and as a Solemnity in the Cathedral itself.
If anyone you know is considering the Catholic Faith or is a Catholic seeking to complete his or her Sacramental Initiation, join us this eve at 7:30 in the School Library for a Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Information Session. Please see the flier below for more information.
Looking to take your spiritual life and understanding of the faith to the next level? Consider the Life in the Spirit Seminar at the House of Prayer this eve at 7:30pm or Thursday at 10am. More information is available following this message.
Happy Feast Day everyone!
St. Patrick and St. Faustina - pray for us!
RCIA INFORMATION SESSION AT IHM
Find out more about BECOMING CATHOLIC on
Tuesday, October 5th at 7:30PM in the School Library.
"Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.Go, therefore,* and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age." (Matthew 28:18-20)
The RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is a process of initiation into the Catholic Community of Faith for persons who are experiencing a conversion in their lives and seeking either Christian baptism in the Catholic Church or full Communion with the Catholic tradition of Eucharist and Confirmation.
It is a process which includes the study of the Word of God, Catholic teaching, the acceptance of Christian values and morality, the development and deepening of a life of prayer and action with the support and involvement of the local parish community. RCIA is a process of conversion, designed to meet the unique and individual needs of the participants.
Who is RCIA for?
- Non-Catholics who want to find out more about the Catholic Faith
- Those who want to join the Catholic Church through Baptism, or Profession of Faith
- Those who were baptized Catholic as infants but never received religious education, Confirmation, or First Eucharist.
St. Elizabeth Seton House of Prayer and Evangelization Ministries
Re-membered
Sr. Nancy Kellar, SC, one of the founding members in 1975, continues refreshed and energized with new members and vision. She is joined by two sisters, Sr. Ana Chira Richardson and Sr. Marguerite Marie Waghorn whose congregation is called The Disciples of the Lord Jesus. They are a Franciscan charismatic Congregation from Amarillo, Texas.
Re-Gather Regularly
Charismatic Prayer Meeting:
Tuesdays 7:30-9:00PM at House of Prayer Chapel
Mid-Week Day of Prayer:
Thursdays 9:00AM-1:00PM
9:00AM in IHM Church for Mass
10:00AM in House of Prayer Chapel for Charismatic Shared Prayer
and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Respond:
Seven Weeks - Life in the Spirits Seminars: A short course designed to lead to a new expectancy and experience of the Holy Spirit
Tuesdays, October 5th through November 16th at 7:30PM
and repeated on
Thursdays, October 7th through November 18th at 11:00AM