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"Let us live for souls, let us be apostles, let us save above all the souls of priests. Let us pray and suffer for them and on the last day Jesus will be grateful."
- St. Therese
 
 

After our daily Mass, we will be remembering certain intentions related to the Year for Priests in our prayers. Below is a listing of each day's intentions:

SUNDAY:
Pope Benedict XVI

MONDAY:
Bishop Thomas Olmsted

TUESDAY:
Priests of the
Dioces of Phoenix

WEDNESDAY:
Missionary Priests and
Religious Order Priests

THURSDAY:
Wayward Priests

FRIDAY:
Seminarians

SATURDAY:
Vocations to the Priesthood

If you would like to download a PDF booklet of the prayers that we are using on each of these days,
please click here
(note: to make the booklet, simply print on the front and back of a single page,then fold!)

fr james moore, op

Fr. James Moore, OP, during one of his visits from the Newman Center in U of A
 
 


LET US JOIN IN FERVENT PRAYER
FOR OUR PRIESTS

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

fr sullivan
Let us pray for our Fr. Paul Sullivan, the new Director of Vocations for the Dioces of Phoenix (above) and his associate director, Fr. Matt Lowry (below)fr lowry
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fr menegay
Let us pray for Fr. Greg Menegay and St. Mary Magdalen Parish who will begin construction on their new Church
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pope benedict xvi

Pope Benedict XVI
Photograph taken by
Sr. Augustine Marie
at World Youth Day 2008
 
     
 
A priest is a lover of God. A priest is a lover of men. A priest is a holy man. A priest understands all things. A priest forgives all things. A priest encompasses all things. The heart of a priest is pierced, like Christ's, with the lance of love. The heart of a priest is open, like Christ's, for the whole world to walk through. The heart of a priest is a vessel of compassion. The heart of a priest is a chalice of love. The heart of a priest is the trysting place of human and divine love. A priest is a man whose goal is to be another Christ; a priest is a man who lives to serve. A priest is a man who has crucified himself so that he too may be lifted up and draw all things to Christ. A priest is a man in love with God. A priest is the gift of God to man and of man to God. A priest is the symbol of the Word made flesh. A priest is the naked sword of God's justice. A priest is the hand of God's mercy. A priest is the reflection of God's love. Nothing can be greater in this world than a priest, nothing but God himself. - Servant of God Catherine Doherty