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Divine Mercy Sunday

By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Apr 15, 2023 / 06:00 am What do a certain Polish nun and a certain Polish pope have in common? They both became saints and they were both instrumental in the institution of Divine Mercy Sunday, which offers many graces to the faithful. Be sure to …

The Corpus Christi procession concluded with Benediction at the Chapel of St. Gregory the Great (CT Photo/Greg Hartman)
Below is a select list of area parishes and institutions with Divine Mercy Sunday celebrations. St. Augustine, Minster 2:00 p.m. Service will begin with video on Divine Mercy, followed by prayer service, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Veneration of Divine Mercy Image, and Benediction. Confessions will be available at 2:00 pm …

by Alejandro Bermudez Denver Newsroom, Apr 24, 2022 / 12:00 pm While Catholics around the world are familiar with St. Faustina Kowalska and her connection to Divine Mercy, many may not know about the way in which Jesus talked to her about her calling, Hell, and her mission to proclaim the …

by Rebecca Sontag Easter is everything. Easter is God’s ultimate gift of love, mercy and sacrifice. It is how we are reconciled, where we find forgiveness and hope. It is where death is overcome by life everlasting. But in the rush for the next season or the next holiday, we …

by CNA Staff Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 15, 2022 / 07:26 am Pope Francis has called God’s mercy “an abyss beyond our comprehension.” “God’s mercy can make even the driest land become a garden, can restore life to dry bones ( Ez 37:1-14),” the pope said in his very first …

11:00 a.m. Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains, Cincinnati Ohio 11:00 a.m. St. Helen & Immaculate Conception Parish, Dayton Ohio 11:45 p.m. The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. 2:15 p.m. Misa del Domingo de Pascua , Basilica of the National Shrine of …

CNA Staff, Apr 16, 2020 / 02:45 pm MT (CNA).- On April 30, 2000, the Church officially declared the Sunday after Easter to be “Divine Mercy Sunday,” an annual celebration of the mercy of God. The celebration usually centers around the image of Divine Mercy painted by St. Faustina Kowalska, …

by Courtney Mares Vatican City, Apr 8, 2021 / 08:00 am America/Denver (CNA). On Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis will offer Mass in a church containing the relics of both St. Faustina Kowalska and St. John Paul II. This will be the second year that the pope has chosen to …

CNA Staff, Apr 1, 2021 / 12:00 am MT (CNA).- The Divine Mercy Novena begins tomorrow, Good Friday. Our Blessed Lord gave Sr. Faustina (for herself only initially) a Novena to His Mercy. She was to start it on Good Friday, that wonderful day when Christ first revealed how merciful …

Eucharistic procession on Divine Mercy Sunday from Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian Catholic Church on Capitol Hill. Credit: Robin Fennelly
by Christine Rousselle Washington D.C., Apr 20, 2020 / 03:10 pm MT (CNA).- Catholics around the world marked Divine Mercy Sunday at home, as public liturgies remain cancelled in many dioceses due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But one parish in Washington, D.C., found a way to bring the Lord …