This Thursday, May 8, 2025

This Thursday, Rosary & Adoration at 7PM in the Chapel of Sacred Heart.

We meet weekly at Sacred Heart Church Chapel of the Divine Mercy Parish

As the Conclave has begun, let us all pause & pray that the Holy Spirit will guide the cardinals to choose a successor for Peter, who will guide our church forward with faith, hope and love.

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Calling on the Holy Spirit and all the saints, cardinals begin conclave

The "extra omnes" -- everybody out -- was proclaimed and the doors to the Sistine Chapel were closed with a thud just before 5:45 p.m. Rome time. The cardinals may cast a ballot their first evening in the conclave, but first they listen to a spiritual reflection on the responsibility facing them.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- By Cindy Wooden

Jesus said to the crowds,

"I am the bread of life;

whoever comes to me will never hunger,

and whoever believes in me will never thirst.

But I told you that although you have seen me,

you do not believe.

Everything that the Father gives me will come to me,

and I will not reject anyone who comes to me,

because I came down from heaven not to do my own will

but the will of the one who sent me.

And this is the will of the one who sent me,

that I should not lose anything of what he gave me,

but that I should raise it on the last day.

For this is the will of my Father,

that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him

may have eternal life,

and I shall raise him on the last day."

Men of Divine Mercy Calendar

May/June 2025

Every weekday, the Men of Divine Mercy posts the new Saint of the Day from

Franciscan Media on our website.

Today's Saint of the Day

Memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church

May 7, 2025

Franciscan Media

Image: Saint Rose Venerini (when she was a Blessed) | Unknown

Saint Rose Venerini

Saint of the Day for May 7

(February 9, 1656 – May 7, 1728)

Saint Rose Venerini’s Story

Rose was born at Viterbo in Italy, the daughter of a doctor. Following the death of her fiancé she entered a convent, but soon returned home to care for her newly widowed mother. Meanwhile, Rose invited the women of the neighborhood to recite the rosary in her home, forming a sort of sodality with them.

As she looked to her future under the spiritual guidance of a Jesuit priest, Rose became convinced that she was called to become a teacher in the world rather than a contemplative nun in a convent. Clearly, she made the right choice: She was a born teacher, and the free school for girls she opened in 1685 was well received.

Soon the cardinal invited her to oversee the training of teachers and the administration of schools in his diocese of Montefiascone. As Rose’s reputation grew, she was called upon to organize schools in many parts of Italy, including Rome. Her disposition was right for the task as well, for Rose often met considerable opposition but was never deterred.

She died in Rome in 1728, where a number of miracles were attributed to her. She was beatified in 1952 and canonized in 2006. The sodality, or group of women she had invited to prayer, was ultimately given the rank of a religious congregation. Today, the so-called Venerini Sisters can be found in the United States and elsewhere, working among Italian immigrants.