Each Monday Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is available throughout the day in the Chapel of St. Louise de Marillac. Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament begins  following the 8:00am Mass. A Holy Hour is prayed in Chapel beginning at 7:00pm and Benediction is at 8:00pm. All are invited to spend time with the Lord in both personal and public prayer for one another, for our parish and for our Church.

During the months of May and October, Mary’s months, the Holy Hour includes the celebration of Night Prayer. Also called Compline, this final daily prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours consists of a hymn, a psalm, a reading, a meditation and the singing of the Gospel Canticle, and the Salve Regina.

Stations of the Cross are prayed on Fridays during Lent beginning at 7:00pm.

Our Parish 40 Hours Devotions is scheduled every year, generally around the Feast Day of Saint Vincent de Paul, which is September 27th.

This season of lent is dedicated to acts of penance. The Bishops of the United States prescribe, as a minimal obligation:

• All who are fourteen years of age and older are bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays of Lent and Good Friday;
• All eighteen years of age and older, up to and including their fifty-ninth birthday, are bound to fast by limiting themselves to a single full meal on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, while the other two meals are to be light.

All are encouraged to participate in Mass and to receive the Eucharist daily, to celebrate the Sacrament of Penance frequently, to undertake spiritual reading, especially the study of Sacred Scripture, and to participate in parish Lenten devotions and educational programs — adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is especially recommended.

Stations of the Cross are prayed on Friday evenings at 7:00 P.M.

Through CRS Rice Bowl, we share the journey with members of our human family around the world, and commit our Lenten prayers, fasting and almsgiving to deepening our faith and serving those in need. Materials are available at the beginning of Lent to assist families in coming to know people in need throughout the world. The Rice Bowls prompt donations from the entire family throughout lent to be turned in at Easter to help the poor throughout the world.

Join your parish family in honoring Mary by participating in special devotions throughout the year. The rosary is prayed daily after the 9 A.M. Mass.

During May and October, Night Prayer (Compline) concludes the 7:00 to 8:00pm Holy Hour each Monday in the Chapel of St. Louise de Marillac. This final daily prayer of the Liturgy of Hours consists of a hymn, a psalm, a reading, a meditation, and the singing of the Gospel Canticle. For the Salve Regina sung in honor of Mary, the Church is darkened so that only the Blessed Virgin’s stained glass window is illuminated. The celebrant then moves to the head of the main aisle, and, in imitation of ancient Benedictine practice, all participants proceed toward the celebrant single-file to receive a blessing with holy water before leaving Church. All who have shared this devotion have been moved by it.

May processions are conducted by both the Pre-School and the Religious Education Program, and the entire parish is invited to each ceremony. See the May calendar and the Parish Newsletter for the dates and times.

The Medal of the Immaculate Conception, popularly known as the Miraculous Medal, was manifested to St. Catherine Laboure’ by our Lady on November 27, 1830 in the motherhouse of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac, on Rue du Bac in Paris. Mary told Catherine: “Have a medal struck upon this model. Those who wear it will receive great graces, especially if they wear it around the neck.”

Our parish joins the Daughters of Charity, the Vincentians, and many other parishes throughout the world in the Perpetual Novena in honor of Our Lady of The Miraculous Medal. The novena prayers are recited immediately after the 8 A.M. Mass each Saturday.

The primary purpose of the Pilgrim Virgin Statue home family visitation is to aid families in responding to the requests made by the Blessed Mary during her apparitions at Fatima. The essence of her requests is threefold: Return to God; Make reparation for sins; Pray the Rosary for Peace.

A Pilgrim Virgin statue travels around our parish all twelve months of the year. Parishioners may request to have the statue in their house for a period of one week, provided that they promise to have their family and friends say the rosary and other prayers in front of the statue. Parishioners who have welcomed the statue into their homes have expressed that their spirituality has been wonderfully enhanced by this experience.

If you are interested, please call Barbara Golaszewski at 215-355-0209.

St. Monica pleaded with God through prayers and tears for the conversion for her son, St. Augustine, for 17 years. A priest once told her, “it is impossible that the son of so many tears should perish.” Inspired by her example we invite all parents to join our prayer group in the Chapel of St. Louise de Marillac on Tuesday afternoons at 4:30 P.M.

Our mission is to pray for our children and support one another in prayer. We meet for just 20 minutes. If you cannot be with us physically, please join us spiritually as we pray for our children and grandchildren.