Offering this prayer every Sunday for our children. Click on the prayer to read about the Mothers of Lu.
Our Patroness
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, pray for us!
Our Priestly Patron - The Cure of Ars
“You show me the way to Ars and I'll show you the way to heaven."
Our Religious Patroness - St Therese of Lisieux
"Let us convert souls; this year, we must form many priests who love Jesus and who handle Him with the same tenderness with which Mary handled Him in His cradle."
Our single laywoman patroness - St Gemma Galgani
"Jesus is the owner of my heart, and belonging to Him I find that I can smile even in the midst of tears."
Our Wife and Mother Patroness - Blessed Anna Maria Taigi
"The practices of mortification should be moderated by prudence and the advice of a wise director because it often happens that the devil urges a soul to excessive penances to tire her and render her unfit for the service of God and the fulfillment of her duties."
Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the Weekly Priests in Focus.
We are encouraging ladies to offer an Avefor the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an Ave for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.
Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.
This week's priests are:
Friar John Derrick Yap OFM, Friar William Lee OFM, Friar Just Lim OFM
The first anniversary for these Francisan Friars has just recently passed on the 28th of May. May God bless them!
A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.
If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please email us and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.
Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!
Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the Weekly Priests in Focus.
We are encouraging ladies to offer an Avefor the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an Ave for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.
Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.
This week's priests are:
Fr Michael Cassabon, Fr James Middeldorp, Fr John Corapi
A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.
If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please email us and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.
Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!
Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the Weekly Priests in Focus.
We are encouraging ladies to offer an Avefor the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an Ave for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.
Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.
This week's priests are:
Fr Hector, Fr Anthony DeCandia, Fr Chris Feeney (from the Diocese of Norwich)
A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.
If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please email us and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.
Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!
Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the Weekly Priests in Focus.
We are encouraging ladies to offer an Avefor the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an Ave for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.
Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.
This week's priests are:
Fr Michael McCarthy, Fr Peter McCarthy, Fr Peter McCartin
A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.
If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please email us and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.
Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!
I would like to apologise for the general quietness at Spiritual Motherhood for Priests.
Zeliemum has placed a few important posts up, asking for prayers for particular bishops and priests during a very busy period for her personally with her big family.
Unfortunately I had let go the Priests in Focus due to a long period of ill health, among many other things.
Things are finally settling for the two of us and we will be resuming our weekly Thursday posting, "Priests in Focus" where we share the name of three priests and ask for prayers for them to strengthen them in their holy vocation.
We also hope to resume a weekly or fortnightly posting of one or two seminarians, asking for prayers for Gods Will in regard to their vocation and that they always be faithful to God's Will. This we hope do this on Tuesdays.
We will resume our first Sunday of the month posting, sharing the Mother's of Lu prayer, praying for priests within our family, or for those who have no children, praying for vocations within their diocese.
If there is any lady who would like to have their name added to our adoration list (an hour's adoration for priests a month) please email us.
We have many wonderful stories, prayers and ideas to share in this new year, I hope you enjoy them and join with us in praying for the holy priesthood.
~oOo~
Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the Weekly Priests in Focus.
We are encouraging ladies to offer an Avefor the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an Ave for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.
Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.
This week's priests are:
Fr Steve Hartley, Fr Tom Euteneuer, Fr N Maurice
A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.
If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please email us and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.
Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!
I'm sure all our American readers have become aware of the plight of Philip Johnson a young seminarian from the Diocese of Raleigh who in October 2008 discovered he had a mass growing on his brain. In January the following year he was diagnosed with cancer.
"Bishop Burbidge stated that, Philip is a powerful example of the faith and the trust we need to share in the sufferings of Christ"
Here is a link to Philips original story, please read it and share it with many others so we can unite our prayers for him and storm heaven for a miracle .
We are a little late bringing to your attention the beginning of the novena being said in honour of the Immaculate Conception, whom is the patroness of the Raleigh diocese. It is being offered for Philips illness, treatment and full recovery if the is the Holy Will of God. However any spiritual efforts offered for Philip through Our Lady's intercession will bless this heroic young seminarian, who has already touched the hearts of many through his example & courage.
Please keep Philip Johnson in your prayers all through this Advent season.
St Peregrine is the Patron Saint of Cancer sufferers, may he intercede for Philip and all those afflicted by the disease of cancer.
St. Peregrine Story
He was born in Forli, Italy around 1265. At the time, Forli was governed by the Pope as part of the Papal States. Peregrine grew up in a family which was actively involved in the opposition or anti-papal party. Forli was a stronghold of anti-papal party activism. Because of this anti-papal political activity, the city was under the church penalty of interdict. This meant that Mass and the Sacraments could not be celebrated in the city. St. Philip Benizi, the Prior General of the Servants of Mary was sent to Forli to preach the reconciliation of the city and the removal of the penalty. Young Peregrine was so intense in his political fervor that he heckled Philip during the preaching and at one point Peregrine struck St. Philip.
The moment of striking St. Philip seemed to drastically change Peregrine. He began to channel his energies into good works and eventually he joined the Servants of Mary and pronounced his vows in the Servite Priory in Siena, Italy. He was about 30 years old. Peregrine then returned to Forli, where he spent the rest of his life. The best information indicates that he was not a priest, but a choir brother, who undertook an apostolate among the people of Forli. He especially dedicated himself to the sick, the poor and the fringe people of society. He also imposed a special penance on himself-to stand whenever it was not necessary to sit. This led to varicose veins. The varicose veins deteriorated into an open, running sore on his leg. The open, running sore was diagnosed as cancer. The wound became so obvious, odorous and painful that the local surgeon scheduled surgery to amputate the leg.
Suddenly Peregrine was confronted with the ugliness and suffering of his own life. He had given himself to people in similar situations and then found he must lean on his own faith in the goodness of God. The night before the operation he prayed before the image of the crucified Christ in the priory chapter room. At the age of 60 he was challenged to carry a new and more difficult cross. His prayer led him into a deep trance-like sleep during which he envisioned the crucified Christ leaving the cross and touching his cancerous leg. When Peregrine awakened from the trance of prayer, he discovered the wound healed and the leg saved.
St. Peregrine lived 20 more years. He died on May 1, 1345 at the age of 80. He was canonized on December 27, 1726. He has been named the Patron Saint for those who suffer from cancer. The people of Forli chose him to be the Patron Saint of their city. His feast day is celebrated on May 4.
St. Peregrine Prayer
GLORIOUS WONDER-WORKER, St. Peregrine, You answered the divine call With a ready spirit, And forsook all the comforts of the world To dedicate yourself to God In the Order of His Most Holy Mother.
You laboured manfully For the salvation of souls; And in union with Jesus Crucified You endured the most painful sufferings
With such patience As to deserve to be Healed miraculously Of an incurable cancer In your leg by a touch Of his divine hand.
Obtain for me The grace to answer
Every call of God And to fulfill His Will In all the events of life.
Enkindle in my heart A consuming zeal For the salvation of souls; Deliver me from the infirmities that afflict my body
(name your petition)
To cure Philip Johnson
from brain cancer, if that be God's Divine will.
Obtain for me
Perfect resignation to the sufferings It may please God to send me, So that, imitating our Crucified Savior And His Sorrowful Mother, I may merit eternal glory in heaven.
Amen.
St. Peregrine, pray for me And for all who invoke your aid. (3 times) Amen
Starting a new approach to the Priests in Focus from now on. We have decided to post 6 priests names each fortnight (every second week) still on the Thursday.
There are two main reasons. It enables us to actually post it here, as well as the sidebar, by posting it allows the ladies who only follow our site via google reader to receive the new list without having to click over to check out our sidebar.
Secondly it enables ladies to make a novena if they wish for these priests, giving us 14days to accomplish a nine day novena (maybe the extra days will be handy as well in case a day is missed here or there) ~ it also gives more time to reflect upon and pray for these priests a bit longer than previously.
We hope you also like this new idea and please continue to email us with the names of any priests you would love to have added to this fortnightly list.
I hope to design a special image to head this fortnightly post, but I'm adjusting to a new Mac at present and haven't learnt yet how to put together a new image. So hopefully soon, that will come.
So here are the names of the six priests:
Fr Andrew James.
Fr Simon Kitimbo
Fr John Ssemaganda
Fr Charles DiMascola,
Fr Ross (recently deceased)
Fr. Louis Madey
A list of the priests we have previously prayed for, are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.
If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please email us and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.
Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!
Dear ladies, Sorry for the stillness of the blog these days. Life has been so busy for both Anne and I. She has just had months of rehearsals in a stage play and has had major computer difficulties over the last six months. I have been very busy with my husband who is fighting on the forefront of the pro-life movement here in Australia, who always needs my support and with our 7 children, six of whom have just started a new study programme; time has become very scarce.
God has called us to be wives and mothers, to focus on our duties in our own domestic churches where we are working toward heaven being the hearts of the home. Here, where our prayers for our own families and being spiritual mothers' of priests unite. As I go through my day I am always offering little things for all those who have asked for or need prayer. Consequently even though this blog may have slowed I know as I am doing, so are many other women who go throughout their day in a mode of contemplation suitable to their circumstances, are doing too; praying for others but especially for our priests.
This week-end here in Australia we are about to under go one of the most crucial elections ever. Christian values, life issues, morality issues, freedom of religion and many of our vital values will be under threat if the current government returns to power. There will be a big possibility that we could be living under a gradual regime of socialism that will be unprecedented in this country and could alter our way of life forever. This party currently has momentum and is ahead in all the polls however these are secular media polls who have a strong bias toward this Labor government. We hope and pray they do not get back into government.
Please pray for our country! Australian Catholics have been sharing around a request to pray the Nine Hour Novena to The Infant of Prague; a very efficacious prayer, the one prayer that we are trying to encourage everyone to say. In the hope of uniting our hands, hearts, souls and minds toward heaven to save our country from a Fabian form of Obama style government which Ms. Julia Gillard would decisively implement. Join us here on the blog or here on the Facebook page.
For any Australians looking to educate themselves on the candidates for your electorate and how to help you cast your vote consistent with your Christian values, Family Life International has put together a very helpful comprehenive Pro-Life voting guide.
Ladies I hope you don't mind if I deviate a little from the spirit of this blog to ask you all to please pray for our country this week. This week I have intervened on the PIF list to add these two principal men of the Church here in Australia;
His Eminence George Cardinal Pell - Catholic Archbishop of Sydney and
Most Reverend Bishop Geoffery Jarrett - Bishop of the Diocese of Lismore
who have both spoken about this coming federal election. It's times like these that we pray for the hierarchy of the Church to be courageous over the pulpit and over the media.
As July is the month dedicated to thePrecious Bloodof Jesus it may be a lovely offering to offer all our Masses for our clergy who bring us His precious blood when ever we go to recieve Him at Mass.
The Devotion of the Precious Blood
“The Devotion of the Precious Blood exists from the beginning of ages, since it was the first imparted to fallen man. We must thence infer that it ought to be a devotion widespread as the world. Is not everybody redeemed by the Precious Blood? Is it not to this Precious Blood that each of us owe our salvation? And if, hereafter, an everlasting crown rests upon our brow, will it not be the purchase of this Divine Blood?....The Sacred Heart has indeed loved us with a love of surpassing tenderness; and to that love we owe Its long suffering with us; and yet, neither the Sacred Heart nor the gaping wounds of Jesus have been our Redemption; that which has redeemed us – freed us from hell – is the Most Precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Since, therefore, our salvation is the fruit of that Blood, since to It we are indebted for Heaven, with its unfading joys, is it not just that we should, each and all, embrace Devotion to the Precious Blood, render It special worship, even daily homage? Because of the needs of the ‘people of God,’ there has been a surge of devotion to the Most Precious Blood. This devotion has become universal, and is often spoken of as the “Devotion of the Elect,” so fitting a title that seldom is a dissenting voice raised against it.”
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Priest In Focus
Here are the new names for our Priest in Focus & Seminarian Spotlight for this week. Please hold these men close to your heart in prayer.
We encourage ladies to offer an Ave for the priests mentioned in the PIFspot when visiting this site. You may wish to offer an Ave for these priests at any time in the week or if you are able to offer up a small sacrifice for them, this would be a wonderful blessing also; what ever you can do would be a appreciated.
We many never see the fruits of our prayers here in this world but we hope and pray that in the next God will reward any good that we have done.
You can also find the names of the priests during the week in the top right-hand side bar.
This weeks priests are:
Fr. S Casey
Fr B Winnett OFM
Fr L Foote OP
Fr B Healy MSC
Fr H Nikel SVD
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Seminarian Spotlight
Also we have new names for the Seminarian Spotlight spot this week they all come from 2nd year at St John Vianney Seminary in Wagga-Wagga NSW Australia:
Peter Haack
Almarvin Badival
Sean Byrnes
Bob Francis Ejekwu
Michael Esteban
Generally we ask for each seminarian an offering of a Glory be... but as above please offer what you can, as any prayers or offerings would be a generous gift for them.
I must apologize for our lack of punctuality posting our usual Thursday Priest in Focus spot. We have both been experiencing computer difficulties in one form or another which has hindered our accessibility to the internet.
Thank you for your patience with us. For now I will post the PIF priest names randomly once a week or once a fortnight; when I can so please keep popping in to catch up on which priests they will be.
We do the best we can as mothers of big families, trying to home school our children, take care of our families and maintain this blog; please keep us in your prayers as well as the priests we offer for you to pray for, as these names come from you.
We are pleased to offer this special place where we can all come to contemplate spiritual matters, pray for the needs of our priests, to share encouragement in this beautiful spiritual motherhood devotion and to pray and do penance for the clergy. Please feel free to contact us at spiritualmotherhoodforpriests@gmail.com if you have any ideas or great stories to share relating to SM.
I will endevour to add a couple more stories from the booklet soon. Aussie Annie will be back on deck around August and we will move forward in the direction that Our Lord and King may takes us.
This week we offer these priests names:
Fr A Robbie
Fr Fabian, OSB
Fr H Nikel SVD
Fr J Berg, FSSP
Fr. Antoine Thomas
Please offer a Hail Mary for them or any other offering you may like to do.
Also I am adding on the other side of the blog new names for our Seminarian Spotlight:
Please offer a Glory Be.. for each of these young men who are on the path to the priesthood, giving their life to God in a pure and selfless way.
Every Thursday we change the priest’s names for the weekly Priests In Focus.
We encourage ladies to offer an Ave for the priests mentioned in the PIF spot when visiting this site. You may wish to offer an Ave for these priests at any time in the week that you may remember. You can find the names of the priests for the week in the top right-hand side bar.
Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests; whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.
This week's priests are:
Fr S Ledinich
Fr P Crotty
Fr G Murray
Fr R Bona
Fr T Stock
Fr D Toups
A list of the individual priests we have prayed for here on the blog, are at the bottom of the right-hand side bar.
If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus, please email us and we would be more than happy to add that priest to our list.
"May priests commit themselves, with prayer and good works, to obtaining from Christ the Eternal High Priest, the grace to shine with Faith, Hope, Charity and the other virtues, and show by their way of life, but also with their external conduct, that they are dedicated without reserve to the spiritual good of the people something that the Church has always had at heart".
Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!
Today's Priests in Focus is a little different, due mainly to the fact that my computer has completely crashed and at this stage we cannot access any files at all. So I am working off my mother's laptop with no Priests in Focus widget or Paint shop pro program to add the priests for the week.
I had in fact, received a special request for prayers for a dedicated and devote young priest whose ordination anniversary falls on the first of the Our Lady of Fatima days for the year ~ the 13th of May. This priest,Fr Dan Doctor is celebrating his 4th anniversary and so I ask for prayers for this fine young priest in this week to come.
So due to the unusual circumstances that I find myself in, I have decided to dedicate this week's Priest in Focus to Fr Doctor alone. May God bless him with many fruitful years of priestly ministry.
Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the Weekly Priests in Focus. Though this week, we have done it a little differently, praying for all the monks from Abbaye Sainte-Madeleine, Le Barroux.
We are encouraging ladies to offer an Avefor the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an Ave for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.
Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.
This week's priests are:
Rev Dom Louis-Marie de Geyer d'Orth OSB Abbot
and the monks of Abbaye Sainte-Madeleine, Le Barroux
A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.
If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please email us and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.
Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!
Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the Weekly Priests in Focus. Though this week, we have done it a little differently, praying for all the monks from Abbaye Notre-Dame de Triors.
We are encouraging ladies to offer an Avefor the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an Ave for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.
Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.
This week's priests are:
Rev Dom Herve Courau OSB
Abbot and Monks from the Abbaye Notre-Dame de Triors
A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.
If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please email us and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.
Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!
Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the Weekly Priests in Focus.
We are encouraging ladies to offer an Avefor the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an Ave for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.
Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.
This week's priests are:
Fr C Gardiner OFM, Fr L Hynes , Fr B McGrath
A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.
If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please email us and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.
Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!
Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the Weekly Priests in Focus.
We are encouraging ladies to offer an Avefor the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an Ave for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.
Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.
This week's priests are:
Fr Jordi Rivero, Fr Paul Pecchie , Fr Claudius Mpuya
A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.
If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please email us and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.
Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!
Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the Weekly Priests in Focus.
We are encouraging ladies to offer an Avefor the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an Ave for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.
Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.
This week's priests are:
Fr Brian Walsh, Fr Peter Nicosia OFM Cap, Fr Brian Morgan
A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.
If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please email us and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.
Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!
Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the Weekly Priests in Focus.
We are encouraging ladies to offer an Avefor the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an Ave for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.
Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.
This week's priests are:
Fr Marian Szablewski CR, Fr D Thoroughgood, Fr Minton
A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.
If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please email us and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.
Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!
Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the Weekly Priests in Focus.
We are encouraging ladies to offer an Avefor the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an Ave for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.
Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.
This week's priests are:
Fr Krzysztof Gazdowicz, Fr Peter Austin PP, Fr J Zuhlsdorf
A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.
If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please email us and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.
Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!
Every Thursday we change the three priests names for the Weekly Priests in Focus.
We are encouraging ladies to offer an Avefor the priests mentioned when visiting our site (You will see the above widget in the top righthand sidebar under our header) and also may wish to off an Ave for these priests any other time in the week that you may remember.
Of course you may also want to offer more than the Ave's, you may want to offer other prayers and sacrifices during the week for these particular priests, whatever you feel called to do, is a blessing.
This week's priests are:
Fr Jose Manuel, Fr Mannes Tellis, Fr Brian Stanley
A list of the priests we have prayed for individually here are in the right hand sidebar down the bottom.
If you have any priests you wish to nominate to be added to the Priests in Focus please email us and we would more than happy to add that priest to our list.
Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles, bless us with holy, courageous priests!
Please offer an Ave for these Priests listed below.
Seminarian Spotlight
If you have a priest or seminarian you would specifically like to pray for, a particular seminary or add a link to the SS link list below please contact us. Email us
Venerable "Mamma Margaret" The holy mother of St John Bosco
"When you came into the world I consecrated you to the Blessed Virgin Mary. When you began your studies, I inculcated this devotion in you. Now I want you to belong totally to her. Make your companions those who are devoted to Mary; and if you reach ordination, never cease to inculcate and spread this devotion."
God our Father, we thank you for making Mamma Margaret a strong and wise woman, a heroic mother and a wise educator. Give us the joy of seeing her raised to the honour of the altars so that all may imitate her way of holiness, lived as daily and humble service of her neighbor. Through her intercession grant us the grace we request with a trusting heart. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
