FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTION BEGINS APRIL 5TH

Our Parish invites you to offer this Devotion to our Blessed Mother, each First Saturday of the year with the intention of making reparation for the offenses and blasphemies committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

What is the First Saturday Devotion?  
This devotion originated from the 1917 apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal. During these apparitions, Our Lady asked for acts of reparation to be made on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, with the intention of atoning for the sins committed against her Immaculate Heart.
Our Lady promises her assistance and graces especially at the hour of death, as well as peace and consolation in families and eventual salvation for those who faithfully practice this devotion. 

How do we offer this particular devotion?

• We begin with the Rosary before the 8 AM Mass in the church. 
• We celebrate Mass and receive Holy Communion.
• After Mass, we will make the Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary; recite the Litany of the Immaculate Heart of Mary; and end with the Act of Reparation.

(Devotional aids will be available.)