Our Patron Saint’s feast day is on Friday October 4th, that whole weekend will be packed with celebrations for our parish!

Come and help us kick off the celebrations with prayer thanksgiving: a holy hour followed by sung vespers. In the Catholic Church, Vespers is a solemn evening prayer that is part of the Liturgy of the Hours, also known as the Divine Office. It is one of the oldest and most important traditional liturgies of the hours.

“In the Liturgy of the Hours, the Church fulfills Jesus' command to "pray always" (Luke 18:1; see also 1 Thessalonians 5:17). Through this prayer, the people of God sanctify the day by continual praise of God and prayers of intercession for the needs of the world…The Liturgy of the Hours includes several specified times of prayer. The most important times, called the "hinge hours," are Morning Prayer (which takes place upon rising) and Evening Prayer (which takes place as dusk begins to fall). Bishops, priests, deacons, and many men and women in consecrated life pray the Liturgy of the Hours each day. Their work is organized around this prayer, keeping God always at the center of their days. Lay people are encouraged to pray the Liturgy of the Hours as well, especially Morning and Evening Prayer…Evening Prayer gives thanks for the day just past and makes an evening sacrifice of praise to God.” (USCCB)

Isaac Johnson (organist at 8am Mass), Cole Robins (cantor at 10am Mass), and Deacon Blaise will be leading the chants.