THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF ST. THE SOCIETY OF PIUS X September 22nd, 2019 A.D. – XV Sunday after Pentecost Welcome Visitors! The National Shrine of St. Philomena is part of the apostolate of The Society of Saint Pius X. The Shrine is maintained by an Association of Catholics known as “The Friends of St. Philo- mena, Inc.” (Code of Canon Law, N. 215). We teach the full Christian Faith and Morality. We adhere to the Traditional Roman Rites and follow the 1962 Roman Missal. The National Shrine of St. Philomena was founded in 1988 by Father Timothy Hopkins, R.I.P. He was a priest of the Diocese of Marsi, Italy, ordained by Mgr. Biaggio Terrinoni, O.F.M. (Cap.), R.I.P, on December 8th, 1984. Father Hopkins was privileged to have been Gregorian Latin liturgy associated with the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X for more than 23 years. Until 1969, the various Catholic liturgies were While obedient to the One True Church, and all of apostolic origin. The Gregorian Latin acknowledging and praying at each Mass for liturgy, celebrated in this church, follows the His Holiness Pope Francis, and the Most Rever- tradition of , the first Pope, and has end Thomas Wenski, Archbishop of Miami, the never undergone any essential change till the Shrine is not affiliated with the Archdiocese of present time. Every gesture, every word has Miami and receives no financial or other sup- been weighed and measured with the assis- port from it. tance of the Holy Ghost for the greatest glory of God and the salvation of souls. 1621 SW 6th St. Miami, FL 33135 - (305) 758-7724 Websites: shrineofstphilomena.com E-mail: [email protected] Founder: The Reverend Father Timothy Hopkins, R.I.P. Prior: The Reverend Father Marc Vernoy, F.S.S.P.X. Chaplain: The Reverend Father Samuel Fabula, F.S.S.P.X. Mailing Addr: P.O. Box 530157, Miami Shores, FL 33153-0157 News and Announcements The month of September is dedicated to the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Devotion to the sorrows of the Virgin Mary dates from the twelfth century, when it made its appearance in monastic circles under the influence of St. Anselm and St. Bernard. The Cistercians and then the Servites undertook to propagate it. It became widespread in the fourteenth and especially the fifteenth centuries, particularly in the Rhineland and Flanders, where Confraternities of the Sorrowful Mother sprang up. It was in this context that the first liturgical formularies in her honor were composed. **** Today’s second collection will be taken up for the new shrine of St. Philomena. The second collection on September 29th will be taken up for the Priest Training Program. The purpose of the collection is to support the Priest Training Program in Kansas City and the continuing education/formation meetings and courses of our priests. **** In 1218 Our Lady of Ransom appeared to Saint Raymond, to King James I of Aragon, and to St. Peter Nolasco in three separate apparitions, making known to all three that she desired each of them to contribute to establishing an order for redeeming captives. In 1235 Pope Gregory IX formally recognized the Order inspired by Our Lady of Ransom, which at one point was renowned for having rescued 70,000 Christian souls. It is estimated that 2,700 were rescued during the lifetime of St. Peter Nolasco, who died in the year 1258. One of the vows of the members of the Celestial and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of the Captives is that they will take the place of captives, and even die for any Christian who was in danger of losing his Catholic faith. **** The Minor Exorcism of Leo XIII will be given after Mass on Sunday, October 6th. Let us pray that St. may guard us against the deceits of the devil in all their forms, and let us make use of those weapons the Church has given us to resist his machinations. **** St. John de Brébeuf was a French Jesuit who went to Canada at the age of 32 and labored there for 24 years. He went back to France when the English captured in 1629 and expelled the Jesuits, but returned to his missions four years later. Although medicine men blamed the Jesuits for a smallpox epidemic among the Hurons, John remained with them. He composed catechisms and a dictionary in Huron, and saw 7,000 converted before his death in 1649. Having been captured by the Iroquois at Sainte Marie, near Georgian Bay, Canada, Father Brébeuf died after four hours of extreme torture. He was canonized together with St. Isaac Jogues and six other Jesuit missionaries by Pope Pius XI on June 29th, 1930. Their feast day is September 26th. “The LORD is in his Holy Temple; let all the earth keep silence before Him.” (Hab. 2, 20) St. Ambrose: Concerning repentance (Number 2) What can show more pride than this, since the Scripture says: "No one is free from sin, not even an infant of a day old;" and David cries out: "Cleanse me from my sin." Are they more holy than David, of whose family Christ vouchsafed to be born in the mystery of the Incarna- tion, whose descendant is that heavenly Hall which received the world's Redeemer in her virgin womb? For what is harsher than to inflict a penance which they do not relax, and by refusing pardon to take away the incentive to penance and repentance? Now no one can re- pent to good purpose unless he hopes for mercy. But they say that those who have fallen into denial of the faith should not be restored to com- munion. If they made the crime of sacrilege the only exception to receiving forgiveness, they would be acting harshly indeed, and, as it would seem, would be in opposition to the divine utterances only, while consistent with their own assertions. For when the Lord forgave all sins, He made an exception of none. But since, as it were after the fashion of the Stoics, they think that all sins are equal in gravity, and assert that he who has stolen a common fowl, as they say, no less than he who has smothered his father, should be forever excluded from the divine mysteries, how can they select those guilty of one special offence, since even they themselves cannot deny that it is most unjust that the penalty of one should extend to many?

OF YOUR CHARITY, PLEASE PRAY FOR: Pope Francis, Archbishop Thomas Wenski, Fr. Davide Pagliarani and the Society of St. Pius X, vocations to the priesthood and religious life. The Sick: William Muir, Gordon Pennington, Geraldine Wilson, Lorenzo Valdivia, Nelly Pérez, Melba Pérez, Maura Laguna, Santos Chong, Adilia Varela, Toña Villamizar, Beatriz Contreras, Dulce Mª Soler, Lenore Crewe-Jones, Zoila Arroyo, Ruth Martínez, Néstor & Blanca Seda, María del Carmen Alvarado, Daniel Robles-Smithson, Sheila Tiernan, Deirde Tiernan The Faithful Departed: Fr. Timothy A. Hopkins, Fr. Enrique Rueda, Fr. Sergio Heredia, Fr. Alejandro Roque OMI, Luz Marina López, Marianne Eubanks, Lazaro Gonzalez, Carlos Mario Suárez, Asdrubal Alvarez, Peter Steeger, Ralph Ledesma, Carlos Vázquez, Carlos Valdes, Guillermo Alonso, Orestes Isa, Henry Pérez, Rita Marvez, Nilda Padrón, Ada Velazquez, Eva Velazquez, Nancy Zaldivar, Estela Guilarte, Josefa Leon, Elsa Albuerne, Joe Katz, Arthur Neri, Francisco Pérez, Mariana Lam-Leo, Gladys Marín, Santiago Miranda, Isabel Delgado de Robles Edward Orlowski, Margaret Doswell, Antolín Reyes, Geraldine Graves, Gerardo Guzmán Alvergue, Charles Mauro, Margarita Force, Lucille & Dorothy Tremblay, Joseph H. Tiernan III, Sor Catherine Doyle, Maryrose Dewey, Sue Sorensen, Anne Marie St. Laurent, Maria Altamirano, Gerard Mehr, Pilarcita, Fanny & Luis Baquerizo, Luis Baquerizo Jr., Eladio Armesto-García and all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, especially those with no-one here on earth to pray for them.

“I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship.” Rm 12:1 Out of respect for Our Lord Jesus Christ and for For gentlemen and lads: Neither shorts, T-shirts the edification of our neighbor, we beg all to ap- nor sneakers meet the norms of modesty. pear in Church decent in deportment and modest For ladies and girls: Neither shorts, slacks, in dress. sleeveless, short nor low-cut dresses meet the norms of modesty. However, no one has the right to question others, Furthermore, according to apostolic custom or especially visitors. It belongs to the parish priest Church law, gentlemen are bareheaded in church; alone to instruct the laity when they repeatedly and ladies are requested to cover their heads. dress or deport below expectation. Thank you for your charity.

Mass Times and Feasts from September 22nd to September 30th

Date Time Devotion Chapel Feast Day

7:30 am Holy Mass Davie Sunday, 22nd 10:30 am Holy Mass Miami XV SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 12:30 pm Holy Mass W Palm Bch

St. Linus, Pope & Monday, 23rd ——— ——— ——— St. Thecla, Virgin & martyr (Comm.) FERIA Tuesday, 24th ——— ——— ——— Our Lady of Ransom

Wednesday, 25th ——— ——— ——— FERIA

Sts. John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues & Thursday, 26th ——— ——— ——— companions, Sts. Cyprian & Justina, Martyrs (Comm.)

Friday, 27th 7:00 pm Holy Mass Miami Sts. Cosmas & Damian, Martyrs

Saturday, 28th 10:00 am Holy Mass Miami St. Wenceslaus, Duke, Martyr

7:30 am Holy Mass Davie DEDICATION OF Sunday, 29th 10:30 am Holy Mass Miami ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL 12:30 pm Holy Mass W Palm Bch XVI Sunday after Pentecost

Monday, 30th ——— ——— ——— St. Jerome, Confessor & doctor