Novena in preparation for the Feast of St. Francis de Sales
Here's an announcement for an upcoming event at our parish, St. Margaret Mary Church in Oakland, CA:
Novena in Preparation of the Feast of St. Francis de Sales with Bishop VigneronOn January 29th, 2008 the Church celebrates the feast of St. Francis de Sales, Doctor of the Universal Church, Bishop, founder of the Visitation Order (of which St. Margaret Mary was a member), patron of Journalists, co-patron of the Diocese of Oakland and of the Institute of Christ the King. In preparation for this joyful event we will pray a novena, starting on the 20th of January and ending on January 28th, after the Mass celebrated in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite. During the Masses we will receive guest homilists who will teach us about the "Doctor of Charity", who led so many souls to sanctity, so that we may be well prepared for this beautiful feast of our patron. We are especially grateful and honored that His Excellency, Bishop Vigneron, will be with us during Mass on the 23rd of January 2008 at 6:00 pm to preach about “St. Francis de Sales as co-patron of the Diocese of Oakland”. Other priests who will talk in the homilies about St. Francis during this important novena are Fr. R. Schenk O.P., Fr. A. Ramelow O.P. , Fr. L. Goode, Fr. W. Young and the Vice-Provincial of the Institute of Christ the King in the United States, Fr. K. Lenhardt. Please come and pray with us to our beloved patron!
Thanks to Fr. Michael Wiener, Episcopal Delegate for the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite in the Diocese of Oakland, for passing this info along.