Thank you to those who attended the vespers service this evening! It was wonderful to see so many folks. We hope to see you again next week at 4:00pm.
Author: Bryan Boyle
Advent Vespers
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The celebration of vespers or solemn evening prayer is taken from the Liturgy of the Hours. Outside of the holy sacrifice of the Mass, the Divine Office is the official prayer of the church. Join us today at 4:00pm as we celebrate Solemn Advent Vespers in the shrine.
Advent 2021
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The new liturgical year of 2021 begins with the Vigil Masses this evening. Our readings for the next year will be taken from Cycle B of our 3-year reading cycle, from the Gospels of St. John.
Advent is a time of preparation that is meant to direct our hearts and minds to Christ’s second coming at the end of time and prepare us for the anniversary of our Lord’s birth on Christmas Day.
We invite you to enter more deeply into the Advent season and visit St. Anne Shrine sometime during the coming weeks.
Immaculate Conception Gift Shop Open
We’d like to invite your attention to our expanded Gift Shop open in the Shrine main entrance; we’re the only Catholic Gift and Book Store open in Fall River!
We’re still stocking up, but, please feel free to stop by and browse our selection of religious articles, statuary, rosaries, prayer cards, novena booklets…and if we don’t have it, our suppliers certainly will, and we’d be happy to take your order and obtain it for you. We are planning on expanding our selection in the coming months, so please feel free to check back or stop in often.
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Giving Tuesday
Attention all Catholics! Please read how you can have Facebook support our Catholic Apostolate.
As you may know, Tuesday, December 1, 2020 is #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving celebrated the Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States.
What makes this so special is that Facebook is matching donations that Tuesday. This means for every dollar we raise, Facebook will give us a dollar!
St. Anne Shrine Preservation Society, Inc. will also benefit 100% of your generosity because Facebook will cover all processing fees for donations made.
Therefore this is a fantastic opportunity for us to make significant progress to fulfill our mission which is to beautifully restore this historic shrine church, located in Fall River, Massachusetts, for future generations.
Before you scroll to another post, I want to ask you one important question. Would you be willing to support our work?
Please mark your calendar — TUESDAY DECEMBER 1, 2020 — and support our work. We will be sending reminders over the coming days. Facebook will MATCH your contribution to help us make an impact, whether you donate $5 or $500.