Category: Events

From Denise Harvey, Lay Provincial Council President:

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Happy Feast Day!
As you know, Our Lady of Guadalupe has a special place in our hearts as Patroness of our Province. Pope Francis has announced that anyone who watches Mass on the 12th (tomorrow) from the Basilica in Mexico (live stream or taped), can receive a plenary indulgence according to the normal conditions (see link below). This is a great way to wash away any temporal punishment from sin, or participate in a huge act of charity, by offering it for a soul in purgatory.

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-12/pope-plenary-indulgence-our-lady-guadalupe-12-december.html

Have a blessed Feast Day! Denise

O Virgin of Guadalupe,
Mother of the Americas,
grant to our homes the grace of loving
and respecting life in its beginnings,
with the same love with which
you conceived in your womb
the life of the Son of God.
Blessed Virgin Mary,
Mother of Fair Love,
protect our families so that
they may always be united
and bless the upbringing of our children. Our hope, look upon us with pity,
teach is to go continually to Jesus,
and if we fall
help us to rise again and return to Him
through the confession of our faults
and our sins in the Sacrament of penance,
which gives peace to the soul. We beg you to grant us a great love
of all the holy Sacraments,
which are, as it were,
the signs that your Son left us on earth.
Thus, Most Holy Mother,
with the peace of God in our consciences,
with our hearts free from evil and hatred,
we will be able to bring to all others
true joy and peace,
which come to us from your Son,
our Lord Jesus Christ,
who with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen. – (Pope John Paul II.)

ALERT! Due to the governor’s order, our meetings on November 22nd will not be in person. Further, because of the change in limit for Mass, all RESERVATIONS for MASSES on the 22nd have been CANCELLED, and you will need to GET A NEW RESERVATION, beginning at 9:00 am (or shortly thereafter) on Wednesday, November 18. These changes are obviously beyond our control.

As a result of this, we will have our Zoom schedule on the 22nd of November. You may attend the mass of your choice (live or virtual), then at 12 Noon the Ongoing Formation will have a ZOOM meeting (invites will be sent on Friday), and a 3 pm Initial Formation meeting, also on ZOOM (invites will be sent on Friday).

Thank you for your understanding.

Jackie requests prayers for Danielle, who is having serious complications with her pregnancy. She still has a month to go before the baby is due. Please pray for both mother and baby.

Please Note: This conflicts with our Laity Sunday the 25th, but just in case this is being posted if anyone wants to participate:

From Denise:

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
This coming weekend Fr. Dominic DeMaio, OP and Fr. Serge Propst, OP will be hosting an online retreat (see link below). Fr. Augustine has recommended it for those who can participate. Please note, there is a $100 fee. But, of course, that goes to help the Friars.
Hope you’re all staying well.
God bless you, Denise



Dear Friends, I hope that this note finds you healthy and doing well. Please see the link below for details about an online retreat that another Dominican priest, Fr. Serge Propst, OP and I will be offering Friday, October 23 through Sunday, October 25.   It would be wonderful to have you join us.  Please share this link with other people who may be interested in the retreat. The cost is $100 for each computer connection. Please know that you’re held in my prayers. May God bless you. Take good care. 
https://www.stclaresretreat.org/who-is-jesus-virtual-retreat
In Christ, 
Fr. Dominic DeMaio, OP

——– Message ——–

Subject:	Our Lay Dominican brother has passed away
Date:	Wed, 21 Oct 2020 17:16:54 -0700
From:	Cecelia Hoesly <rosary@rosary-center.org>
Reply-To:	cecelia@rosary-center.org
Organization:	Rosary Center
To:	Cecelia Hoesly <ceceliahoesly@yahoo.com>

Dear Brothers & Sisters,
Our dear brother, John White passed away yesterday morning, 10/20/2020.  John was annointed just a day or two before his death by the pastor of St. John the Baptist parish.  John served the Church as a lector and usher, he was a St. Vincent de Paul representative, CCD Teacher at Holy Rosary Parish and Teacher by profession.  As a Lay Dominican many of you will remember how he served on the council of our chapter as council rep and also for two terms as our Secretary. 

The funeral will be held at St. John The Baptist Church in Milwaukie OR.  I will give you more details as I receive them.

We will miss John’s smiling happy face and pray that even now he is with Our Lord in heaven.

In Our Holy Father St Dominic,
Cecelia

P.S. Here is the link to his obituary.

Archbishop Alexander Sample requests for all the faithful in the Archdiocese to pray the Rosary at 11 am on Saturday, October 17, 2020.

A livestream of the prayer event can be viewed at: facebook.com/archdpdx.

From Denise:

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
On this great feast day we received the wonderful news that our brother Dirk Fulton’s vineyard was saved! He is very grateful for all your prayers. Thanks be to God for this saving grace.

We also received the beautiful email below from our sister Susanna Arkin, who lost her house in the early days of the fire. She is so grateful for all your prayers as well. Susanna’s testimony is a true witness to our faith. Her gratefulness, strength and trust is remarkable. She and her husband are moving forward with rebuilding.
We look forward to rejoicing the day her new house is completed! We thank God for her faithfulness.

Please continue to keep our wonderful brother and sister in your prayers.
God bless you! Denise


From Susanna:
Thank you for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers.  I do believe that prayers work according to God’s divine will.

Here is a picture of what our house looked like after the Holiday Farm fire swept through the west end of Rainbow, Oregon.  The part that you see standing is the garage door, the rest of the garage is gone.  Sadly, the stuff you see on the ground was the house and everything in it.  All gone.  When my husband went back to see the damage he was in tears.  I wasn’t ready to see it physically. 

>  I am a daily communicant and am now attending Mass at St. Alice, in a different town, Springfield.  I poured out our troubles to the Lord and He has consoled us and have touched the hearts of parishioners and Chapter friends who were praying for us.  A married couple from my Chapter had graciously opened their home to us In Springfield for 18 days while they were staying with one of their children in Eugene.  I thank God for everyone’s prayers and kindness.    Our heavenly King seems to like our prayers and prayers matter.  Once heaven was stormed with all the  prayers, suddenly  things started happening. We found a place to stay in Rainbow for a year, friends has helped us find a company that makes manufactured homes, we found a contractor who would build a new garage for us and build  a deck around the house.  I am so grateful and so happy that we have a plan moving forward.  May God bless the plans and the rebuilding of our home and our lives.  I  trust that our loving God will guide and protect us on our journey.  Through the trials the Lord has set before me,  I have learned to lean on Him more and your prayers helps.    Praise be to Jesus, my hope and my salvation.

>  I am thankful for the fire fighters who are working long hours to suppress the fires.  I pray for all the displaced people due to fires.  May our good Lord protect them and provide for their needs.  Thank you again for your prayers and all who are praying for me and all the people who are struggling and  hurting in any way.  Susanna

All chapter members are requested to help in some way with the annual Thanksgiving Basket program.

The Holy Rosary Chapter, with help from Holy Rosary Parish, the older CCD students, and the Knights of Columbus, distributes around 100 baskets of food to the needy in our community and parish. Over half of these go to residents of low income housing near Holy Rosary church. Need is high this year, with unemployment and isolation being factors.

Ways to help include volunteering to do shopping, help in assembling the baskets, and of course monetary donations. To volunteer, contact our Prioress, Cecelia Hoesly, at ceceliahoesly @ yahoo.com, or by phone at 971-506-5117.

Also, since we have not been meeting in person, we have not had a chance since February to ‘pass the basket’. To support our chapter, please send a check to ‘Dominican Laity-Holy Rosary Chapter’ with your donation intention on the memo line, to

• Rosary Center
• Attn: Cecelia Hoesly
• PO Box 3617
• Portland, OR 97208

Thank you!