The fullness of God’s design for the Family transforms a husband and wife into a Mother and Father. While Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are commercial holidays, the Mother’s through Father’s Day Novena is a spiritual way of remembering our Mothers and Fathers. Who can be remembered in the Mother’s through Father’s Day Novena?
- Your Mother and Father (living or deceased) - Your Grandparents (living or deceased) - Your Siblings who are also Parents - Your own Children who are now Parents - An Adoptive Couple or Foster Parents - … your inspired intention!
The Missionaries of the Holy Family will celebrate Mass on nine consecutive Sundays beginning the Sunday before Mother’s Day and concluding the Sunday after Father’s Day. Click here to join the Novena.
The 2011 Mother’s through Father’s Day Novena begins May 1 and can be joined at any time:
1st
Sunday
May 1
Expectant & New Parents
Divine Mercy Sunday
2nd
Sunday
May 8
Mothers
Mother’s Day
3rd
Sunday
May 15
Single Parents
4th Sunday of Easter
4th
Sunday
May 22
Estranged Parents
5th Sunday of Easter
5th
Sunday
May 29
Parents whose children have died or were lost before birth
6th Sunday of Easter
6th
Sunday
June 5
Parents of chronically ill or injured children
Ascension Sunday
7th
Sunday
June 12
Adoptive Parents, Foster Parents and those desiring to be Parents
Pentecost Sunday
8th
Sunday
June 19
Fathers
Father’s Day
9th
Sunday
June 26
Deceased Parents
Corpus Christi Sunday
You are invited to join the Novena each Sunday by offering your personal Sunday Mass Intention for the Novena Intention for that Sunday, reflecting upon the Novena Intention, and reciting theBlessing of Parents Prayer. When you join the Novena, you will receive the beautiful Mother's and Father's Day Novena Card (see below) to send to those you have enrolled in the Novena, or you may keep the card.
Requesting a Novena Intention is easy.
Join By Mail: Please print the Novena Intention Request Form. Then mail the Novena Intention Request Form, along with your Novena Offering (see form for details), to the Missionaries of the Holy Family, 3014 Oregon Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri 63118-1412.
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Join Online: If you are planning to offer a gift of $10 or more with your Novena Intention, you can provide an OnlineNovena Intention. Additionally, we can send a Novena Prayer Card to your address or an alternate address that you request.
(The cost of processing gifts through the internet is $1.00 or more, so it is responsible stewardship to accept offerings of $9 or less via the postal mail, while offerings of $10 can be accepted online.)
Your donation to the Missionaries of the Holy Family benefits the work of our priests and brothers who emphasize the Holy Family as the role model for all families. The Missionaries of the Holy Family is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, and your gift is tax deductible. Your privacy is important to us, so we do not sell, share, or trade your personal information.
The Mother's and Father's Day Novena Card (2011)
Did you know that Novena Prayer (novena is Latin for nine) began with the Apostles after the Ascension of Our Lord? When Christ ascended from earth, the Apostles felt alone, uncertain, and afraid, so they gathered back in the Upper Room and prayed. They prayed for nine days. On the ninth day, the Holy Spirit came down and anointed each Apostle, and this enabled them to proclaim the Good News – we know this as Pentecost. It is from the example of the Apostles that we have Novena Prayer. God bless you.
High school biology is good – but not sufficient for the more important medical decisions we make in life. Learning Natural Family Planning as a couple can update and deepen your knowledge of how the female body works. Information is always helpful.
“They brought to [Jesus] all who were ill.” (Mk 1:32) How do you like to be treated when you are ill? Do you want to be left alone or fussed over? What about your spouse? Don’t assume that what you like is what your beloved would like. Ask.
Mother's & Father's Day Novena (May)
