Divine Mercy Project in Chicago

I’d like to tell you about an amazing outreach that was started by a friend of mine. It is meant to spread the Divine Mercy devotion in the public square in Chicago.

If you are in the Chicago area, you should go! Here’s the event Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/295081740562901/

Even if you’re not in Chicago, you can learn more and maybe bring something similar to your town http://thedivinemercyproject.org/

You can download the flyer here.

And, here are some details about last year’s event from Catholic News Agency:

Chicago, Ill., Apr 27, 2011 / 06:08 am (CNA).- One of the fastest-growing devotions in the Catholic Church is reaching the heart of downtown Chicago through the work of the Heralds of Divine Mercy. The organization is publicly displaying a large image of Christ during a nine-day campaign of 24-hour prayer and evangelism.

“The Divine Mercy Project is really about having an opportunity to witness to the culture, in environments we’re normally pushed out of,” said Michael C.X. Sullivan, a 40-year-old lawyer who developed the idea earlier this year. “It’s specifically for the conversion of Chicago, America, and the world.”

The prayer vigil is taking place in Daly Plaza, a crowded area that features a number of civil administrative buildings. There, the Heralds of Divine Mercy are displaying a large cross along with a ten-foot-tall image of Christ based on the visions of St. Faustina Kowalska. While some participants remain in prayer, others take their turn distributing cards that promote the message of God’s mercy.

Sullivan said his five-year-old son had become an enthusiastic evangelist, along with the many other participants who have manned the image in shifts all day and night. “He shoots out across Daly Plaza,” Sullivan said, “running right up to people and giving them the card.”

“Most people receive it, and look at it, and you see their countenance shift – there’s a kind of a brightening. However, you also see a real darkness in some people, a hardness in them. So we say a prayer for them, if they don’t want to receive this gift.”

Divine Mercy Novena 2012

The Divine Mercy Novena begins on Good Friday!

This is an amazingly powerful novena that was given to St. Faustina in a private revelation from Jesus.

“Jesus I Trust in You” was the core of the message.

We must trust fully in His Mercy and Love!

So, please click here to join more than 10,000 faithful people in praying this novena! Joining the novena will ensure that the proper prayers are delivered to your email inbox each day.

Once you have joined the novena, please take a few moments to help us spread the word.

You see, we would like to get 20,000 people to join in praying this important novena. We can’t do it without your help. So, please take a few moments to think about who you know who might want to join us in prayer and then…

–> To EMAIL your friends, family and fellow parishioners, Click Here!
–> To POST about it on your website or blog, Click Here!
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Thank you so much for joining us in prayer!
You can also find the Divine Mercy Novena prayers here.

Another Novena for Religious Freedom

My friend Eric Scheidler is organizing a nation-wide protest for religious freedom.

Leading up to that protest he is asking everyone to pray a novena for it’s success.

If you’d like to pray the novena its on day 6 right now. (Sorry, I’m a little late!) Go here for more information: http://standupforreligiousfreedom.com/

Also, if you’d like to participate in the local rally go here: http://standupforreligiousfreedom.com/locations/

Novena for Religious Freedom – 2012

Novena for Religious FreedomWith threats to the freedom of the Church cropping up in the US and around the world, I’ve decided to make our next novena a prayer for religious freedom.

Please help me reach more people to pray for these grave matters!

—> Click here to invite your friends to pray with us by email!

—> Click here to share it on Facebook!

—> Click here to get a sample blog post for your website!

Thank you for helping me spread the word and bring people together to pray for our freedom to worship!

A Free iPad2 for PrayMoreNovenas?

novena ipadYou can help me spread the Gospel just like the Pope!

If I get the most ‘likes’ on this Valentine’s Day status I wrote for my fiance, I will win a free iPad2 (worth about $500)!

Now, you’re probably wondering why PrayMoreNovenas.com needs an iPad…

Well, what does the Pope need an iPad for? – Spreading the Gospel, of course!

It is not just because I like high-tech gadgets! An iPad would really help me with a few new things I’d like to try for this website to reach even more people!

Here’s what I need you to do (it will take about 3 seconds):

Step 1: Be sure you’re logged into facebook.

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Step 3: Click ‘like’ under my valentines day status.

Step 4 (optional): Ask some friends to like it too :)

Thanks!

I’ll let you know if I win!