Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Happy Feast Day!!!
Many blessings and graces to you through the intercession of St. Catherine!
Below is an email from the Friars with special announcements. In particular, there is a Solemn High Mass in the Dominican Rite, on Saturday, the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. Please participate via live stream, if you are able.
Also, there is a consecration prayer to St. Joseph. For those who did not consecrate themselves to St. Joseph on March 19, please do so now. It is my request that all lay members of our Province consecrate themselves to St. Joseph, this year. Jesus Himself entrusted His Humanity to St. Joseph. Our Lady also placed Herself under his care. St. Joseph’s guidance and protection was instrumental in the success of Jesus’ preaching ministry and the founding of our Church. It goes without saying, then, that we too need the guidance and protection of St. Joseph for our “preaching” ministry.
May God bless you!
Denise
PS, As always, please forward this email to your chapter members.
PRAYER OF CONSECRATION TO ST. JOSEPH
O Glorious Patriarch and Patron of the Church! O Virgin Spouse of the Virgin Mother of God! O Guardian and Virginal Father of the Word Incarnate! In the presence of Jesus and Mary, I choose you this day to be my father, my guardian, and my protector. O great St. Joseph, whom God has made the Head of the Holy Family, accept me, I beseech you, though utterly unworthy, to be a member of your “Holy House.” Present me to your Immaculate Spouse; ask her also to adopt me as her child. With her, pray that I may constantly think of Jesus, and serve him faithfully to the end of my life. O Terror of Demons, increase in me virtue, protect me from the evil one, and help me not to offend God in any way. O my Spiritual Father, I hereby consecrate myself to you. In faithful imitation of Jesus and Mary, I place myself and all my concerns under your care and protection. To you, after Jesus and Mary, I consecrate my body and soul, with all their faculties, my spiritual growth, my home, and all my affairs and undertakings. Forsake me not, but adopt me as a servant and child of the Holy Family. Watch over me at all times, but especially at the hour of my death. Console and strengthen me with the presence of Jesus and Mary so that, with you, I may praise and adore the Holy Trinity for all eternity. Amen.
  Happy Feast of St. Catherine of Siena! St. Catherine of Siena is a great saint for our time. Born in Italy in 1347, she grew up during a pandemic, worked to bring peace between political factions of the Church, and fought tirelessly to lead souls back to Christ. Pope Pius II canonized St. Catherine in 1461, and Pope Pius XII named her a patron of Italy in 1940. Thirty years later, Pope Paul VI named her a Doctor of the Church, along with Saint Teresa of Ávila, making them the first women to receive this honor. Click here to learn more about St. Catherine of Siena  Feast of St. Joseph the Worker LivestreamSolemn High Mass | May 1, 1:30pm PDT According to the Dominican Rite Join us on the feast of St. Joseph the Worker for a special live-streamed liturgy as we continue our celebrations for the Year of St. Joseph. Celebrant: Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P. Watch on Livestream.com/opwest or YouTube.com/opwest Who is St. Joseph the Worker? St. Joseph’s labor for Mary and Jesus was his cooperation with Redemption, and an act of mercy for every human being. Click here to read the full article and learn more   Mother’s Day Novena Enrollments | May 1-9Join our St. Jude Shrine in honoring all mothers, and mother figures, by enrolling them in the Mother’s Day Novena, running May 1 through May 9th. Enrolled individuals will be added to the list of intentions on the St. Jude Shrine altar in San Francisco, and remembered throughout the novena leading up to Mother’s Day on May 9th. Click here to enroll someone in the Mother’s Day Novena       5877 Birch Court | Oakland, CA 94618 | (510) 658-8722 |