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This prayer book is a collection of many prayers and devotions arising from and connected with the Apparition of Our Lady of La Salette. It is designed to be used by individuals or groups in praying to the Weeping Mother and those who are accustomed to devotional prayer. Other common or occasional prayers and hymns are also included. All prayers and hymns are numbered 1–34 for easy reference.

At La Salette, Our Blessed Lady asked: “Do you pray well, my children?” to which they answered, “Not very well, Madame.” Please use these pages to reflect on and speak to God, through the intercession of Mary, Reconciler of Sinners. And remember to “pray well.”
Where were you born and raised?

I was born in northern Italy in the Province of Trento, in Boccaldo, a little village of only 66 people, nestled in the mountains.

My family were very simple peasant farmers – my father and mother, my three brothers and one sister. My parents, now deceased, were both from the same region. My father was born in our village, then under the previous Austrian empire until our liberation in 1918. My mother was born in a nearby village.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti —More than two years after the devastating earthquake that ravaged major portions of Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, progress is slowly but surely being made to rebuild schools, clinics and churches in the poverty-stricken country.

“There is progress going on in Port-au-Prince,” said Father Bernard Baris, M.S., pastor of Our Lady of the Cape Parish in Brewster. “Much of the mess has been cleaned up from the earthquake and they are rebuilding. There are some professional buildings going up; but of course 800,000 people are still living in tents and in abominable situations without heat, water and other facilities.”

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“Without a vision, the people perish.” These words from the Book of Proverbs (29:8) express well the common need of all persons to see where they are going, their purpose in life.

So it is with the La Salette Missionaries. Every six years they gather in a General Chapter meeting. The purposes of this chapter are:

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WASHINGTON—As Congress began working on the 2013 Federal Budget and spending bills this week, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) wrote several letters that repeated and reinforced the bishops’ ongoing call to create a “circle of protection” around poor and vulnerable people and programs that meet their basic needs and protect their lives and dignity. The bishops’ message calls on Congress and the Administration to protect essential help for poor families and vulnerable children and to put the poor first in budget priorities. The bishops’ letters oppose measures that reduce resources for essential safety net programs.

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We mourn the loss of Father John “Mike” Blumm, M.S., who died in January of 2009 in Sulphur, LA. He was born in Buffalo, NY in 1919. While still young his father, seeking employment, moved the family to Detroit, MI. The family moved into the Parish of Our Lady of La Salette in Berkley on the outskirts of Detroit. Here John learned the significance of his birth date – he was born on the feast of Our Lady of La Salette, and it was easy to remember the date – 9/19/1919. read more......
Since 1946, the La Salette Missionaries have been ministering in Angola. Civil war broke out in 1961 and has been raging for over 40 years. Initially several independent factions fought the Portuguese colonial government for freedom. When autonomous government was attained, it was not accepted by all the factions and 27 years of civil war followed, with the UNITA (guerilla) faction warring against the local MPLA led government. read more.......
The mission post of Ankavandra was, is and will ever be the most difficult parish in the diocese to visit. After countless unfortunate experiences, I continue to persist in my determination to spend some time in that mission post each year. This year was to be all the more memorable because, at 75, I should know better. Even though Air Madagascar has a scheduled weekly flight from Tsiroanomandidy, once you arrive at the Ankavandra airstrip you still have a 90-minute trek into town. read more.......

Ghana's first Catholic Cardinal,
Peter Appiah Turkson

On March 30, 2012, Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, presented Vocation of the Business Leader: A Reflection, at the XXIV UNIAPAC World Congress in Lyon, France.

Speaking to 2000 Christian businesspeople, Cardinal Turkson noted the common malady that afflicts many, particularly businesspeople: a tendency to separate one's faith from one's work. This leads to the modern affliction of a divided life. Citing the desire of the Church to help businesspeople live out their professional lives fruitfully for the common good, the Cardinal evoked the Church's social doctrine, with its desire to implement its principles in the concrete.

The 30-page reflection had its beginning at an international seminar of business leaders and scholars in Rome, 24-26 February 2011, entitled, "Caritas in Veritate: The Logic of Gift and the Meaning of Business". In the light of the lively exchanges, participants resolved to write a handbook or guide for business men and women and business educators, to address the important role of vocation for the business leader in today's global economy and the contribution of the Church's social principles for the modern corporation. Vocation of the Business Person...read more...
Rev Luis Cortés_President of Esperanza

As the Supreme Court prepares to take up legal challenges to Arizona’s controversial immigration law (SB-1070), more than 50 prominent Catholic, Protestant and Jewish groups [including CMSM and LCWR] signed on to an amicus curiae brief arguing for suspension of the law.

“People of faith are compelled to oppose unjust laws that fail to uphold the dignity of every human being,” said Lisa Sharon Harper, Director of Mobilizing at Sojourners. “All people are created in the image of God, and the Arizona law is an assault on that moral reality.”

According to the brief, SB-1070 “endangers a large swath of Arizonans” by requiring law enforcement officials to demand that residents provide proof of citizenship. As the brief points out, the law deputizes local police officers as immigration agents, creating a host of legal problems and humanitarian issues. Overturning Anti-Immigrant Law....read more.....
A revered Native American proverb tells us: “Never criticize someone until you’ve walked a mile in his moccasins.”

About fifteen years ago, I was ministering in St. Ann’s Church, a very large Catholic parish in Marietta, GA. As part of our ecumenical outreach ministry, I was asked by some parishioners to organize a visit to the Jewish Synagogue just two miles from our parish. When I called their office, the office manager told me that the Rabbi would certainly be delighted to welcome us and we set a date.

When I arrived with our thirty-five parishioners, we were met by this young Rabbi who gave us the grand tour which concluded in his worship area. We had a brief service during which he explained their weekly worship service and then he read from the Torah. His sharing was particularly interesting since he began by telling us that his best friend who lived next door to him, Tommy, was now a Benedictine monk at St. Meinrad’s Abbey. First, Walk A Mile in His Shoes....read more....