10/12/17: A Boston, Massachusettses mall chapel will house the relics of 3 saints
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/a-boston-mall-chapel-will-house-the-relics-of-three-saints-64586
The relic of St. Maximilian Kolbe which will be venerated at the St. Francis Chapel in Boston's Prudential Center Mall.
Relics of St. Faustina Kowalska, St. Maximilian Kolbe, & St. John
Paul II will be coming to a Boston mall’s Catholic chapel, & a local
priest hopes they'll help mall patrons encounter the reality of
Christian love.
“Our hope is that these relics will be a source of spiritual wealth
for the Church of Boston,” Father James Doran, O.M.V., told CNA. “We
hope that all the faithful who live & work in Boston & all those who
travel there will know that right in the heart of the city they have
access to the 2 greatest treasures the Church possesses: the
Sacraments & relics of the saints.”
Father Doran is director of the St. Francis Chapel
at Boston’s Prudential Center mall. The mall, located in Boston’s Back
Bay neighborhood, hosts more than 75 shops & restaurants.
Father Doran reflected on the character of the saints whose relics the chapel will house.
“These 3 saints in particular encountered modernity with the full
force of Christian love, sometimes in confrontation but also in
invitation,” he said. “The mall is a place where encounter & exchange
happens, not just of material goods but personal goods even more
importantly.”
“With the relics of these saints here we hope the faithful will find a
place for contemplative refreshment, gospel formation & the challenge
to take up in full freedom the responsibility & privilege of finding
God in all things & living by the movements of the Holy Spirit & His
gifts & not by blind market forces,” the priest continued.
St. Maximillian Kolbe had served as a missionary priest in Japan &
ran a printing press in the face of Nazi occupation. In August 1941, he
volunteered to take the place of an innocent husband & father about to
be executed at a concentration camp.
The Polish nun St. Faustina Kowalska saw apparitions of Christ & brought the devotion of the Divine Mercy to the world.
The pontificate of St. John Paul II, the first Polish Pope, included
the collapse of the Soviet Union & the effort to evangelize around the
world.
“What we learn from these great saints is especially relevant for our
modern times, that is, to not be afraid,” Dolan commented. “Clearly,
that was a theme of St. John Paul’s entire pontificate but manifested
also in the lives of Faustina & Maximilian. Fear is the result of the
absence of love.”
The relic of St. Maximillian Kolbe, hair from his beard, was obtained
from his monastery in Poland. The relic of St. John Paul II is also a
piece of hair, obtained by an Oblate priest in Rome, the Boston Pilot
reports.
The third relic, a chip of bone from St. Faustina, came to the
oblates as a surprise. They had been trying to obtain a relic of the
saint, but couldn't meet the requirements of her convent.
A woman who was a frequent attendee at the chapel came forward with a
relic of the nun she'd obtained when St. Faustina was beatified. She
said she felt God wanted her to donate it.
The Prudential Center chapel was founded in 1969. Staffed by the
Oblates of the Virgin Mary since the early 1980s, it offers daily Mass,
Confession, & Eucharistic Adoration.
“The chapel is known as an oasis of prayer, silence & mercy in the heart of the city,” Doran said.
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Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Sunday, December 10, 2017
First Class Relic of Saint Faustina at Crosslake, Minnesota Church
First Class Relic of Saint Faustina at Crosslake, Minnesota Church
http://www.pineandlakes.com/news/4277198-crosslake-church-home-st-faustina-relic
Fr.
Ryan Moravitz, pastor at Immaculate Heart Church in Crosslake, displays
a bone fragment of St. Faustina that now resides in the church.
The bone is considered a first-class relic, meaning it's a physical piece of a saint's body. Not just anyone can possess one, though, which is why the relic's journey to Immaculate Heart is so unusual.
"The unique thing about St. Faustina's relics," Moravitz said, "is that they're a little tougher to get."
The saint's body lies in her homeland of Poland with a convent of nuns who distribute the relics throughout the world.
"You have to write to them, & they'll grant you one if you're a church with the name of Divine Mercy or St. Faustina or you have a uniquely special devotion to Divine Mercy," Moravitz said.
"You have to put documentation together & explain why you should have a first-class relic ... If they grant the request, you have to go to Poland to get it."
But a trip to Europe wasn't necessary for Moravitz, who still doesn't know exactly how he ended up with the relic. He said a couple called the church one day & told him they had a piece of St. Faustina they'd like to donate to Immaculate Heart. After careful observation & a letter to the Polish convent, Moravitz found the relic to be authentic.
"It was one that was sent to Rome to this convent to be able to give to parish communities," he said. "It was given to an individual for some reason, & the nuns in Poland said the nuns in Rome shouldn't have done that."
Nevertheless, Moravitz was granted permission to keep the bone fragment. And the timing couldn't have been better.
"(Moravitz) had been speaking about Faustina & about Divine Mercy ... a few weeks prior to this happening," Liturgy Coordinator Jeanne Keiffer said.
"It wasn't coincidental; it was God's hand saying, 'This is more for you to be able to pray with & learn with & grow with as a church community.'"
Keiffer & Moravitz both believe having the physical presence of St. Faustina in the church will impact the parish in a big way.
"Our goal & aspiration is to become saints," Keiffer
said. "So to be able to go to St. Faustina, who's here in our church, & ask for her intercession on my behalf, for my weaknesses & things
that I need to do to become more like her, just fosters that in a bigger
way because it's here. ... It's a wonderful opportunity for anyone, no
matter what level you're at, to be able to be in front of her as a gift
from Him."
Moravitz equated the relic's presence & significance to visiting the grave of a loved one.
"There's a sacredness to the body. And so there's always an honoring of the body, even in death," he said. "People go to the grave because there's still a connection. That body still means something because it did something."
Not only does the bone fragment connect parishioners to St. Faustina, but Moravitz said it humanizes her, as many people tend to think of saints as "mythical figures of the past."
"They're people," he said. "We get it in our heads that they're something other than that, & they're not."
Above all, Moravitz is grateful for the opportunity to house such a special religious token in Crosslake.
"I'm just excited for this community to have been chosen in a special way," he said "To be a place of pilgrimage in many ways for people in the area to be able to come & to pray here in a unique way with this very unique relic."
http://www.pineandlakes.com/news/4277198-crosslake-church-home-st-faustina-relic
Fr.
Ryan Moravitz, pastor at Immaculate Heart Church in Crosslake, displays
a bone fragment of St. Faustina that now resides in the church.
A piece of a saint resides at Immaculate Heart Catholic Church in Crosslake.
St.
Faustina Kowalska - a 20th century nun who became a saint in 2000 - is
perhaps best known for her mystical experiences that led to the Divine
Mercy devotion.
During one of her experiences in the 1930s, she produced a painting under the instruction of Jesus, who told her His mercy would be given to the world through the image, which has become iconic in the Catholic faith.
Despite its rarity, a
bone fragment from St. Faustina's body has made its way into the hands
of Father Ryan Moravitz at Immaculate Heart.During one of her experiences in the 1930s, she produced a painting under the instruction of Jesus, who told her His mercy would be given to the world through the image, which has become iconic in the Catholic faith.
The bone is considered a first-class relic, meaning it's a physical piece of a saint's body. Not just anyone can possess one, though, which is why the relic's journey to Immaculate Heart is so unusual.
"The unique thing about St. Faustina's relics," Moravitz said, "is that they're a little tougher to get."
The saint's body lies in her homeland of Poland with a convent of nuns who distribute the relics throughout the world.
"You have to write to them, & they'll grant you one if you're a church with the name of Divine Mercy or St. Faustina or you have a uniquely special devotion to Divine Mercy," Moravitz said.
"You have to put documentation together & explain why you should have a first-class relic ... If they grant the request, you have to go to Poland to get it."
But a trip to Europe wasn't necessary for Moravitz, who still doesn't know exactly how he ended up with the relic. He said a couple called the church one day & told him they had a piece of St. Faustina they'd like to donate to Immaculate Heart. After careful observation & a letter to the Polish convent, Moravitz found the relic to be authentic.
"It was one that was sent to Rome to this convent to be able to give to parish communities," he said. "It was given to an individual for some reason, & the nuns in Poland said the nuns in Rome shouldn't have done that."
Nevertheless, Moravitz was granted permission to keep the bone fragment. And the timing couldn't have been better.
"(Moravitz) had been speaking about Faustina & about Divine Mercy ... a few weeks prior to this happening," Liturgy Coordinator Jeanne Keiffer said.
"It wasn't coincidental; it was God's hand saying, 'This is more for you to be able to pray with & learn with & grow with as a church community.'"
Keiffer & Moravitz both believe having the physical presence of St. Faustina in the church will impact the parish in a big way.
Moravitz equated the relic's presence & significance to visiting the grave of a loved one.
"There's a sacredness to the body. And so there's always an honoring of the body, even in death," he said. "People go to the grave because there's still a connection. That body still means something because it did something."
Not only does the bone fragment connect parishioners to St. Faustina, but Moravitz said it humanizes her, as many people tend to think of saints as "mythical figures of the past."
"They're people," he said. "We get it in our heads that they're something other than that, & they're not."
Above all, Moravitz is grateful for the opportunity to house such a special religious token in Crosslake.
"I'm just excited for this community to have been chosen in a special way," he said "To be a place of pilgrimage in many ways for people in the area to be able to come & to pray here in a unique way with this very unique relic."
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Relic of St. Faustina - Church in Grovetown, Georgia
St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church
4921 Columbia Rd.
Grovetown, GA 30813
Ph: (706) 863-4956
Columbia County, Georgia
It is in a reliquary on the wall beside the image of The Divine Mercy.
4921 Columbia Rd.
Grovetown, GA 30813
Ph: (706) 863-4956
Columbia County, Georgia
Relic of St. Faustina
The Day Chapel at the church has a first class relic of St. Faustina in our Day Chapel?It is in a reliquary on the wall beside the image of The Divine Mercy.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
2013 Relic Exposition - Saint Faustina - Divine Mercy & Healing Ministry
Not all relics travel or circulate for exposition. Some stay where the keeper of the relic is located.
However, I will post new items in this blog about such relics within the United States, for people that want to make a pilgrimage to venerate these relics.
The New Jersey Center of Divine Mercy located in Newark, New Jersey is the keeper of a First Class Relic of Saint Faustina. The Relic is displayed for veneration during all of their celebrations.
Here is a link to the Center of Divine Mercy's website:
www.centerofdivinemercy.com
And here is a link to information on their website about this First Class Relic:
http://www.centerofdivinemercy.com/Our-1st-Class-Relic.html
Additionally the Center has a healing ministry where healings are offered during their prayer services. They also have healing services during their celebrations. Below is a link to the Center's Healing Ministry:
http://www.healingministryofdivinemercy.com
On this Healing Ministry website, two (2) upcoming Expositions of the Saint Faustina First Class Relic are listed along with Healing Services:
However, I will post new items in this blog about such relics within the United States, for people that want to make a pilgrimage to venerate these relics.
The New Jersey Center of Divine Mercy located in Newark, New Jersey is the keeper of a First Class Relic of Saint Faustina. The Relic is displayed for veneration during all of their celebrations.
Here is a link to the Center of Divine Mercy's website:
www.centerofdivinemercy.com
And here is a link to information on their website about this First Class Relic:
http://www.centerofdivinemercy.com/Our-1st-Class-Relic.html
Additionally the Center has a healing ministry where healings are offered during their prayer services. They also have healing services during their celebrations. Below is a link to the Center's Healing Ministry:
http://www.healingministryofdivinemercy.com
On this Healing Ministry website, two (2) upcoming Expositions of the Saint Faustina First Class Relic are listed along with Healing Services:
Saturday, November 9 at 2:45 PM Eastern Time
Exposition, Benediction, Divine Mercy and Healing Service
New Jersey Center of Divine Mercy
212 Hunterdon Street
Newark, NJ 07103
Saturday, December 14 at 2:45 PM Eastern Time
Exposition, Benediction, Divine Mercy and Healing Service
New Jersey Center of Divine Mercy
212 Hunterdon Street
Newark, NJ 07103
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