Pray Crown Rosary on Good Friday
(Our brother, Dave Kozemchak, OFS from St. Thomas More Fraternity in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is requesting our Franciscan Family, nationwide, for prayers to end short and long-term abortions. Thanks to Bob Longo, OFS of the St. Margaret of Cortona Region for passing this on to us.)
My Sister and Brother Franciscans,
May the love of God, and the Blessings of our Seraphic Father Francis be with you. I write to you today to ask for prayers. Jesus has called us to be the salt of the earth. St. Francis has said, “I have done what is mine to do; May Christ teach you what is yours to do!” Abortion has been legal in the United States since 1973. Recently, legislation has been enacted and/or proposed to ease the restrictions on late-term abortion, and/or even allowing the infant to die after birth. We Franciscans are called to be instruments of peace, love, pardon, faith, hope, light, and joy.
I thought, how powerful would it be if all the members of my Fraternity in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania all said the Crown Rosary on the same day to combat the evil of abortion spreading in our country. Further, how powerful would it be if all the Secular Franciscans in the St.Margaret of Cortona region joined us. And how so much more powerful would it be if all the thousands of Secular Franciscans in the United States also joined us.
So, my fellow Franciscans, what say we “storm heaven” this Good Friday by saying the Crown Rosary to help all of our fellow brothers and sisters in this country who are caught up in this evil, and to help save lives, and souls. We can pray individually, or in communion with other Franciscans, either privately or publicly. What say we make our Seraphic Father proud!
Your in the peace of Christ,
Pax et Bonum
Dave Kozemchak, OFS
St. Thomas More Fraternity
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Good Friday Collection for the Holy Land
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
May the peace of Christ be with you!
The Holy Land Friars have contacted me with a special request. They are begging the help of all Secular Franciscans in promoting the Pontifical Good Friday Collection for the Holy Land.
The needs are many. Please do what you can to help. To learn more, see below, or spend some time on their website myfranciscan.org.
Remind others of this special collection, and thank you for your own prayers and financial support.
May the Holy Spirit continue to guide us as we journey together this Lent – and let’s make it a good one!
Peace and Lenten Joy,
Jan
The Holy Land Friars:
- Provide ongoing emergency funds
- Support 29 Catholic parishes, 4 homes for orphans and 3 academic institutions
- Operate 16 schools for more than 10,000 pre-K through grade 12 students that are open to all faiths and currently serve Muslims and Jews in addition to the Christians in the Holy Land.
- Provide university scholarships
- Relocate and provide homes to Christian families
- Rehabilitate destroyed homes for Christians families
- Provide senior care facilities in Bethlehem and Nazareth
- Create jobs for Christians in the Holy Land
- Preserve 74 sanctuaries and shrines from the life of Jesus and the prophets
- Support more than 100 men preparing to be priests or brothers
- Assist Syrian and Iraqi refugee families in Jordan and Lebanon by helping to pay for rent, food, heat, schooling and transportation.
The Holy Land friars need your help. Syria has been devastated by a conflict that has displaced half of the country’s population. The friars refuse to abandon the Christians and others in need.
Help us raise awareness, prayers and financial support for the friars in Syria, who continue to celebrate Mass, provide pastoral care and offer humanitarian aid – water, medicine, food and more – in the midst of this devastating conflict.
