Month Work of Mercy Calendar Connection Suggested Activities Our Plan May Instruct the Ignorant Easter and Ordinary Time Pray for our priests during their May 5 Prayer Vigil for those in annual retreat, May 9-13 – need of consolation Attend the Priesthood May 8 Mother’s Day Ordination Mass at the – May 15 Pentecost Cathedral, May 21 at 10 a.m. – May 22 Trinity Sunday Celebrate the wisdom of – May 29 Jubilee for Deacons Mothers passed on through the – and Corpus Christi generations Remember graduates and those who are completing courses of study June, July Feed the hungry and June 3 Jubilee for Priests Celebrate Fathers and the many – and August give drink to the June 19 Father’s Day ways they show their love and – thirsty July 4 Independence Day care of their families – July 31 Jubilee for Young Remember the food banks that – People run low in the summer Aug 6 Anniversary of the out closets and share good – bombing of Hiroshima quality clothes with those who Aug 9 Anniversary of the are in need – bombing of Nagaski Bless young people headed to Aug 15 Assumption of the World Youth Day – Blessed Virgin Mary (not a holy Pray for an end to war and the day of obligation this year) elimination of nuclear weapons Pray with students beginning a new school year Join a team in your parish that promotes Life, Dignity and Social Justice Spend time helping at a homeless shelter
Month Work of Mercy Calendar Connection Suggested Activities Our Plan May Instruct the Ignorant Easter and Ordinary Time May 5 – Prayer Vigil for those in need of consolation May 8 – Mother’s Day May 15 – Pentecost May 22 – Trinity Sunday May 29 – Jubilee for Deacons and Corpus Christi Pray for our priests during their annual retreat, May 9-13 Attend the Priesthood Ordination Mass at the Cathedral, May 21 at 10 a.m. Celebrate the wisdom of Mothers passed on through the generations Remember graduates and those who are completing courses of study June, July and August Feed the hungry and give drink to the thirsty June 3 – Jubilee for Priests June 19 – Father’s Day July 4 – Independence Day July 31 – Jubilee for Young People Aug 6 – Anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima Aug 9 – Anniversary of the bombing of Nagaski Aug 15 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (not a holy day of obligation this year) Celebrate Fathers and the many ways they show their love and care of their families Remember the food banks that run low in the summer out closets and share good quality clothes with those who are in need Bless young people headed to World Youth Day Pray for an end to war and the elimination of nuclear weapons Pray with students beginning a new school year Join a team in your parish that promotes Life, Dignity and Social Justice Spend time helping at a homeless shelter
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