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UPDATES! – Bishop Rhoades’s Mass July 15, 2023 @ 11:00 AM

June 14, 2023
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UPDATES

Vigil Service:

Friday, July 14, at 7:00, we will offer a Rosary on Holy Family Hill and proceed to the Oratory of the Holy Family for a Vigil Service to venerate the relic of St Agnes, Virgin, and Martyr.

RSVP, Please:

Please feel free to RSVP if you are planning to attend.  It is beneficial for us to make sure you have seating and to make sure you receive lunch after the Mass.  But, even if you don’t RSVP, please come to the Mass  RSVP Here

Activities are in full swing as we prepare for your arrival.

We can’t wait to welcome you to the Holy Mass offered here on July 15, 2023.

We are preparing for Bishop Rhoades’ visit to the Our Lady, Patroness of America Center to consecrate our new altar and celebrate Holy Mass in the Oratory of the Holy Family.  Afterward, we will have an afternoon celebrating this extraordinary gift with a cookout and music.  Bring the family.

It is a great honor to have Bishop Rhoades back again at the Center.  You may remember that last August, he came to consecrate a new Altar, consecrate the chapel and rename it the Oratory of the Holy Family.  Just the day before the Mass, an accident destroyed the top while the marble altar was installed.  Bishop Rhoades was most gracious in accomplishing what he could and promising to return to finish the task! 

Renaming the chapel as the Oratory of The Holy Family has been a great blessing for pilgrims.  His act is recognition that imitation of the Holy Family is a sure path in obtaining the gift of purity which Our Lady, the Immaculate Virgin, Patroness of America, wants for us.

The Holy Family is the perfect example of the life that Our Lady wants for us.  She calls us to imitate the familial life in their little home in Nazareth, wherein Divinity and Humanity lived in perfect harmony, peace, and purity. Renaming the chapel is another example of Bishop Rhoades’s deep understanding of this devotion and Our Lady’s hope for us, her children.  

Help Make the Day Better for Everyone - RSVP

We need to know how many are attending to make this day the best for you.   Please help us out by completing the RSVP form.   We know that there will be more pilgrims than the chapel can seat so we will have overflow in the conference room and a large outdoor tent with live streaming of the Mass in all overflow locations.  Last year 850 people attended.  We expect more this year.  Your RSVP does not get you a reserved seat but will help us be better prepared so that all will have a seat.  

But how well we do depends on you letting us know.  However, if you forget to RSVP, still feel free to attend.

Clergy: If you would like to concelebrate at this Mass, please call the office at 1-260-303-4990.

Special Needs

If you have special needs during your visit, please let us know.  We will do our best to accommodate.  Please call the office at 260-303-4990 for assistance.

Streaming

If you are unable to attend in person, but would like to participate remotely you may STREAM LIVE HERE

What to pack

Please wear Liturgy and weather-appropriate clothing. If you  are staying for the afternoon, be sure to pack:

  • Favorite beverage (Coolers are welcome)
  • Snacks
  • Sunblock / Sun hats
  • Bug spray – the post-Mass events will be outside
  • Lawn Chair

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Be a Part of History; Volunteer at the Center!

June 14, 2023
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Volunteer at Bishop's Mass - Sign Up!

Nearly one thousand pilgrims from all across the nation are expected to participate in this historic event. Bishop Rhoades will consecrate our new Altar of Sacrifice and deposit the relics of Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr, and Saint Gallicanus, Martyr.  And then, as the day’s pinnacle, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered. 

Without a doubt, this is an historic event.  Only in time will we understand the nature and magnitude of its meaning as Our Lady unfolds her plan to bring Peace and Healing to her children.  I can’t wait to see it become manifest.  

We are most grateful to Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades for his pastoral care of this apostolate and, therefore, his pastoral care of our pilgrims.  Let us give thanks and praise to the Divine Holy Trinity for this Providence!

For more details about the day, visit Bishop’s Mass.

We need your help!

With so many pilgrims attending, we will need many volunteers to make this day the best for our pilgrims.  We hope to remove the distractions and give them time to experience the day.  

We would appreciate your help.  Please sign-up on our volunteer page.  It would be a great help!

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Corpus Christi Procession Joins Together Pilgrims Throughout the World

June 13, 2023
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United with pilgrims the world over

Sunday June 11, 2023-Rome City, Indiana: United with pilgrims from all over the world, we had our own Eucharistic procession right here in Rome City to celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi on June 11th following the 10 a.m. Mass. We followed our Eucharistic Lord from Saint Gaspar Catholic Church to the Oratory of the Holy Family along State Road 9. The procession was led by pastor and chaplain Father Louis Fowoyo, assisted by Deacon Ray Krouse. After Benediction in the Oratory of the Holy Family, pilgrims returned to Saint Gaspar to enjoy brunch and fellowship together.
“O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine, all praise and all thanksgiving, be every moment thine.”

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St Agnes, Virgin and Martyr

June 12, 2023
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Bishop Rhoades Will Deposit Saints' Relics in Altar.

Through the incredible generosity of an FSSP priest serving the Diocese of Fort Wayne – South Bend, the Oratory of the Holy Family has been graced with a first-class relic of St. Agnes of Rome, Virgin, and Martyr.  This early saint is mentioned in the Litany of Saints and has been recognized by the Church as an outstanding example of faith.

It is fitting that we will have as our intercessor a saint who pursued purity to perfection, not only in her pursuit of chastity but as an even greater desire to do only the will of God. Her pursuit of chastity kept her pure; it was her pursuit of God’s love that called her to martyrdom.  

The Oratory of the Holy Family is graced to have her be a part of our Mission.  We pray for her to intercede for us, our pilgrims, and all who seek Our Lady’s healing.

Joining the relics of Saint Agnes will be those of  Saint Gallicanus, Martyr.  The lives of the two early martyrs probably overlapped in the early 4th  century.  St. Gallicanus was a Roman warrior, convert, and martyr.  His statue graces the Colonnade of St. Peters Basilica in Rome. 

Rosary and Vigil Service to venerate the relics.

Friday, July 14, 2023, At 7:00 PM, we will join together to offer a Rosary on Holy Family Hill and then return to the Oratory of the Holy Family for a short vigil service seeking the intercession of Our Lady, Patroness of America for Bishop Rhoades and our Pilgrims.   

Please join us for this solemn preparation for Bishop’s Mass.

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