April 29 – May 7 – Parish Novena of Patronage, Veneration of Relics, & Celebrations
Monday, April 29, is the Solemnity of St. Catherine of Siena. There will be a Solemn Mass and Procession at 5:15 PM at St. Catherine’s.
Saturday, May 4, is the Anniversary of the Dedication of the Church of St. Catherine of Siena. There will be a Low Mass at 9 AM at St. Catherine’s.
Monday, May 6, is the transferred Anniversary of Dedication of the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer. There will be a Solemn Dominican Rite Mass at 7 PM at St. Vincent’s. A solemn Te Deum will be sung at the conclusion of the Mass.
Tuesday, May 7, is the transferred Solemnity of St. Vincent Ferrer. There will be a Solemn Mass at 6 PM at St. Vincent’s.
In the intervening days, and starting on Monday, April 29th, the Parish will celebrate a Patronal Novena of Prayer. Relics of our Patrons will be placed in the sepulchre niche at St. Vincent’s. Dominican Friars have been ministering at the Parish since its founding in 1867. The current Parish was established after an archdiocesan merger process in 2015.
Parish Novena Prayer
“Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world, alleliua.” Psalm 19:4
V. The Lord gave the Word.
R. And great was the company of the preachers.
Psalm 68:11, rendered by G.F. Handel
Let us pray.
O God, whose will it is that all should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth, look upon your abundant harvest and be pleased to send workers to gather it, after the pattern of St. Catherine of Siena and St. Vincent Ferrer, that the Gospel may be preached to all creation and that your people, gathered by the word of life and sustained by the power of the Sacraments, may advance in the path of salvation and love.
Through Christ our Lord.
R. Amen