May—Month of Mary

May is Dedicated to the Mother Mary

You can honor the Mother Mary by:

  • Attending the Immaculate Mary Novena on Mondays after Daily Mass
  • Attending The Hidden Life of Mary Series on 5 Tuesdays
  • Praying the Rosary as a Family
  • Placing a statue of Mary in your home
  • Talking to your kids about the Holy Family

Congratulations!!

Prayerful best wishes and congratulations on receiving your First Holy Communion:

Giuseppe Alfieri 
Emilia Giunta
Isabel Archer
Judith Godfrey
Ryan Brennan
Yaritza Gonzalez
Valentina Caputo 
Mila Mahoney
Aubrey Carhart 
Thomas Morgan
Marcus Egrie
Joao Rosa
Scarlett Fairfield
Lucas Walters
Yeardley Boatwright

 

 PREP Updates:

PREP Registration 2024-25

PREP Times are changing for 2024-2025:
Classes will be held 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm. 
The year will run September 9th – May 12th. 

Homeschooling is not an option when students are preparing for a Sacrament (Levels 3 + 7).

Registration will begin May 6th. 
Forms will be available on St. Gabriel’s website and in the Narthex.  There will be no online registration through the Parish Giving website.

 

The Hidden Life of Mary

Adult Continuing Education Series
April 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28

Join us in the hall Tuesdays after daily Mass, approximately 9:45am – 11:00am, for discussion

 

The Knights of Columbus Presents a Scriptural Rosary for the Family

Sundays April 7th through May 5th | 9:30 am
St. Gabriel Chapel

The Knights of Columbus will host “Praying the Rosary” before 10:00 am Sunday Mass during Easter Season.

We will provide prayer guides and finger rosaries. Bring your own five decade rosaries to fully participate. We will be following the standard format with scripture reading between decades. We will start right at 9:30 am to ensure we finish 10 minutes before 10:00 Mass.

We look forward to praying with you!

 

Level 6 PREP—Camp Caritas

June 17-21, 2024 | 8:30 am—3:00 pm
Bishop Shanahan High School

Middle schoolers attending Camp Caritas require Parish authorization. Please email Mrs. Riofski when you register so that she can notify Bishop Shanahan staff your child has permission to attend in June.

This documented step will ensure your child does not need to attend a year-long PREP next year.

Registration for Confirmation is still required for 5 meetings. The cost is $50.00 and a $40.00 Sacrament fee.

Any questions? Please contact the Church Office.

 

Children’s Liturgy of the Word

Each Sunday | 10:00 am Mass 

Children in preschool through fourth grade are invited to participate in the Children’s Liturgy. We kindly request one or two parents come back each week for assistance with bathrooms, etc.

Mass Intentions

The new calendar for 2025 Mass Cards will be available for scheduling May 6th.

 

Candle Intentions

Although the Mass Calendar is full for 2024, dedication candles are available for many days within 2024. 

 

Prayer to One’s Guardian Angel for a Happy Hour of Death 
By: St. Charles Borromeo
 
My good Angel, I know not when or how I shall die. It is possible I may be carried off suddenly and that, before my last sigh, I may be deprived of all intelligence. Yet, how many things I would wish to say to God on the threshold of Eternity. In the full freedom of my will today, I come to charge you to speak for me at that fearful moment. You will say to Him, then, O my good Angel:
 
That I wish to die in the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church in which all the Saints since Jesus Christ have died, and out of which there is no salvation.
 
That I ask the grace of sharing in the infinite merits of my Redeemer and that I desire to die in pressing to my lips the Cross that was bathed in His Blood.
 
That I detest my sins because they displease Him and I ask pardon through the love of Him, for all my enemies as I wish myself to be pardoned. That I die willingly because He orders it and I throw myself with confidence into His adorable Heart, awaiting all His Mercy. That in my inexpressible desire to go to Heaven, I am disposed to suffer everything it may please His Sovereign Justice to inflict on me.
 
That I love Him before all things, above call things and for His own sake; that I wish and hope to love Him with the Elect, His Angels and the Blessed Mother during all Eternity.
 
Do not refuse, O my Angel Guardian, to be my interpreter with GOD and to protest to Him that these are my sentiments and my will.
 
Amen