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Corpus Christi Novena Prayer Request Form You Are In Our Prayers Before Our Lord We welcome all prayer requests and bring each request before Our Lord exposed in the Monstrance. During our Corpus Christi Novena, May 29th through June 6th, 2021, we will place all your prayer requests under the High Altar.
Christmas Novena Prayer Request Form You Are In Our Prayers Before Our Lord We welcome all prayer requests and bring each request before Our Lord exposed in the Monstrance.
Handmaids of the Precious Blood answer real questions about our life… What drew you to the Handmaids? “The Servant of God Father John A. Hardon, S.J.” “Their charism of giving their lives to Christ to sanctify priests and doing it through Adoration hand in hand with the Mother of God.” What are you most grateful for regarding your Founder, Father …
Becoming A Cloistered Nun… Rome wasn’t built in a day and nuns are not made overnight. The process takes 9 to 12 years before a lifelong commitment is made to be Christ’s bride in vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience as a Handmaid “For Christ in His Priest”. Inquirer This consists of initial contact and the beginning of asking questions …
Why Do The Handmaids Have To Be Contemplative and Cloistered? “Why not help priests directly?” “Wouldn’t it be better if you had a ministry of helping them concretely?” “Can’t you assist priests more than by just praying?” “How does living in papal enclosure make this kind of prayer for priests more efficacious?” These are natural questions people have about our …
“The Priesthood is God’s greatest gift to man, its faithful fulfillment is man’s greatest gift to God.” – Father Gerald Fitzgerald, sP, Founder This was the conviction of our founder, Father Gerald Fitzgerald, s.P. He would write: “I believe I am justified in saying that the priesthood is God’s greatest to man because it gives us Christ in the world …
Work and Recreation Handmaid style “So the joy I am preaching to you…is the ideal of living so much in love with Jesus Christ that when He crucifies you, you will be happy! To do this, you have to make good that definition of joy: Jesus Only You… ….When you have real spiritual joy, God is supreme in your life …
What does the Prayer Life of a Handmaid look like? It takes many forms and we share this small photo gallery to capture just a few aspects of our daily life lived in union with Christ for his priests.
Come, Bride of Christ A Closer Look at the Ceremony of Profession of Vows It takes a long time to make a nun…at least nine years, but no more than twelve, for a Handmaid of the Precious Blood. Much longer than your pre-Cana course for couples wanting to wed in the Catholic Church. In that time, the candidate is tested …
A Chalice Returned It was a present from a priest we briefly knew for a time. His was not the usual priestly career. He was a joyfully radiant priest, thrilled to say Mass and be with us. But he himself shared his true story. He had a humility born of deep suffering in his priesthood. He had traveled from the …
A Snapshot of our Vocation for Priests We are dedicated to the sanctification of priests and live an intense life of prayer centered around the Eucharist. Visit Number in Community: 13 Professed Foundation: May 25th, 1947 (Pentecost Sunday) by Father Gerald M.C. Fitzgerald, s.P. Represented in US Diocese: Knoxville, TN with our motherhouse located in New Market, TN. Mission Statement/Description: The Handmaids …
Thank You, We Are Grateful Every day we pray, “Providence did provide, Providence can provide, Providence will provide.” We rely on the Providence of the Father, which comes to us through the hands of his people. Please use the form below to make a one-time or recurring financial donation using your credit / debit card or PayPal account. All donations are …