The NHA Rosary Convocation 2009

Posted on October 17, 2009 by vicki

“There shall be an holy convocation”

– Ex. 12:16

Nazareth House Apostolate offers “A Holy Rosary Convocation” each year on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday nearest to the Feast of the Holy Rosary (7th October).

Thursday: Teaching
Friday: Rosary Street Retreat
Saturday: Rosary Pilgrimage

Using the Nazareth Bede Rosary, where the emphasis is praying the Life of Christ, pilgrims gather for the Annual Rosary Pilgrimage…
which is held on the Saturday of the Convocation week.


Nazareth House Apostolate Passports are stamped at each stop on the Pilgrimage journey.

Prior to the Convocation, booklets were handed out with October Intentions (prayer intentions for each day of the month of October).

The Convocations Intentions for October

The following intentions, based on the teachings of the Apostolate’s “Thousand Day Nazareth”, are suggested, one for each day of the month.
  1. May I be obedient, doing exactly what God says, immediately, with the right heart attitude. Acts 5:29; Rom. 1:5; Heb. 5:9
  2. May I continue to grow through deepening The Prayer. Psalm 42:7; 64:6
  3. May I have stability in place and vocation. Ps.16:8; ICor. 7:20
  4. May I relinquish doubt and embrace faith. Rom.4:20-25; 14:23.
  5. May I relinquish certitude and embrace paradox. Rom.8:28,29.
  6. May I relinquish apathy and embrace fidelity. Jms. 4:17; 2Cor. 5:15
  7. May I relinquish power and embrace vulnerability. Lk 18:9; Prov. 3:5,6. Ps. 78:7
  8. May I relinquish prestige and embrace humility. Prov.6:16, 17; Jms 4:6
  9. May I relinquish possessions and embrace poverty. Mt.5:3; Lk.1:53
  10. May I relinquish the old self and embrace the new self. Eph. 4:22-24; Col. 3:9-10.
  11. May I be salt in a savorless world. Mt.5:13
  12. May I be light in a darkened world. Mt. 5:14; Jn 1:5
  13. May I be leaven in a flattened world. Mt.13:33
  14. May I be branch in a barren world. Jn 15:5
  15. May I be pulled from my comfort zones to suffer the world’s sufferings. Col. 1:24; 1Cor12:26; Heb 11:25; 13:3.
  16. May I walk the path I pray and pray the path I walk. Lk. 18:1; 1Tim2:8; Mt.4:19
  17. May I become a World Christian by ceasing to be a worldly one. Mk 16:15; Acts1:8; 1Jn 2:15
  18. May I bear my cross, realizing it is made up of all the crosses that are refused to be carried, mine and theirs. Mk 10:21
  19. May I come to realize and experience that God is perfectly hidden and perfectly revealed in each moment. Mt. 28:10b, 20b.
  20. May I be flung out to the furthest places by a centrifugal Love. Mk 16:15
  21. May I be pulled into the center by his centripetal Love. Lk 17:21; Acts 17:28; Mt. 11:28.
  22. May Jesus be revealed in and through my life. Mt.5:16.
  23. May I seek not so much to be stimulated as to trust the ordinariness of the present moment. Mt. 6:19-21; Phil. 3:8.
  24. May I trust my life, surrendered to Him, to be enough for God to do what He desires. 2Cor. 10:12,13.
  25. May I embrace that for which there is no substitute. Lk. 10:38-42; Acts 4:12; Ps. 84:3a
  26. May I find that being deprived of prayer is more painful than being deprived of the answer to prayer. Jer.33:3
  27. May I let go, let God and let be.Prov. 3:5,6.
  28. May I understand fully the question that makes Jesus the answer. Phil. 2:5
  29. May I be more for Jesus than I am against something. Mt. 6:33
  30. May He increase and I decrease. Jn 3:30
  31. May I love everybody; love without limits. Jn 13:34,35; Jn 3:16; Mt 5:43-46.

The Rosary Pilgrimage takes us on a journey though wooded lands, country roads, …
we travel to say each set of mysteries of the Rosary at a different specific destination.

The Autumn air, the turning of the Fall leaves, it is a beautiful route to the area shrines.

Beginning at the Ohio River, we say the Introduction to the Rosary…

Journeying on, we stop at Leopold, IN to say the first set of mysteries at St. Augustine Church. Then its on to our favorite little chapel of Our Lady of Monte Cassino. Where we say a set of mysteries and then have lunch
.
The picnic grounds of Monte Cassino are perfect.
After Lunch we travel on to St. Meinrad Archabbey of St. Meinrad, Indiana. We say the final set of mysteries there. A quick visit to the gift shop and we journey back home. A day spent in prayer and fellowship. Perfect!

This year “the Sixth Decade” was given: (i.e.) an additional decade prayed on the rosary for a special intention using an appropriate episode from the Life of Christ.

For example: We are in prayer for a little 2 year old girl with leukemia named Chloe. We use the mystery of the Lady with the blood disorder (since Leukemia is a blood disorder). This story is also known as the “Woman with the Issue of blood” –Pushing through the crowd to touch His garment to receive healing.

Click on the following link to see photos and videos of the Rosary Pilgrimage. The slide show option is the better form of viewing.



Unfortunately this year, we were unable due to flooding to make our stop at the St. Joseph Shrine as we have in the past. Maybe next year… we missed not saying a set of mysteries here…

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The NHA Rosary Convocation 2009

Posted on October 17, 2009 by vicki

“There shall be an holy convocation”

– Ex. 12:16

Nazareth House Apostolate offers “A Holy Rosary Convocation” each year on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday nearest to the Feast of the Holy Rosary (7th October).

Thursday: Teaching
Friday: Rosary Street Retreat
Saturday: Rosary Pilgrimage

Using the Nazareth Bede Rosary, where the emphasis is praying the Life of Christ, pilgrims gather for the Annual Rosary Pilgrimage…
which is held on the Saturday of the Convocation week.


Nazareth House Apostolate Passports are stamped at each stop on the Pilgrimage journey.

Prior to the Convocation, booklets were handed out with October Intentions (prayer intentions for each day of the month of October).

The Convocations Intentions for October

The following intentions, based on the teachings of the Apostolate’s “Thousand Day Nazareth”, are suggested, one for each day of the month.
  1. May I be obedient, doing exactly what God says, immediately, with the right heart attitude. Acts 5:29; Rom. 1:5; Heb. 5:9
  2. May I continue to grow through deepening The Prayer. Psalm 42:7; 64:6
  3. May I have stability in place and vocation. Ps.16:8; ICor. 7:20
  4. May I relinquish doubt and embrace faith. Rom.4:20-25; 14:23.
  5. May I relinquish certitude and embrace paradox. Rom.8:28,29.
  6. May I relinquish apathy and embrace fidelity. Jms. 4:17; 2Cor. 5:15
  7. May I relinquish power and embrace vulnerability. Lk 18:9; Prov. 3:5,6. Ps. 78:7
  8. May I relinquish prestige and embrace humility. Prov.6:16, 17; Jms 4:6
  9. May I relinquish possessions and embrace poverty. Mt.5:3; Lk.1:53
  10. May I relinquish the old self and embrace the new self. Eph. 4:22-24; Col. 3:9-10.
  11. May I be salt in a savorless world. Mt.5:13
  12. May I be light in a darkened world. Mt. 5:14; Jn 1:5
  13. May I be leaven in a flattened world. Mt.13:33
  14. May I be branch in a barren world. Jn 15:5
  15. May I be pulled from my comfort zones to suffer the world’s sufferings. Col. 1:24; 1Cor12:26; Heb 11:25; 13:3.
  16. May I walk the path I pray and pray the path I walk. Lk. 18:1; 1Tim2:8; Mt.4:19
  17. May I become a World Christian by ceasing to be a worldly one. Mk 16:15; Acts1:8; 1Jn 2:15
  18. May I bear my cross, realizing it is made up of all the crosses that are refused to be carried, mine and theirs. Mk 10:21
  19. May I come to realize and experience that God is perfectly hidden and perfectly revealed in each moment. Mt. 28:10b, 20b.
  20. May I be flung out to the furthest places by a centrifugal Love. Mk 16:15
  21. May I be pulled into the center by his centripetal Love. Lk 17:21; Acts 17:28; Mt. 11:28.
  22. May Jesus be revealed in and through my life. Mt.5:16.
  23. May I seek not so much to be stimulated as to trust the ordinariness of the present moment. Mt. 6:19-21; Phil. 3:8.
  24. May I trust my life, surrendered to Him, to be enough for God to do what He desires. 2Cor. 10:12,13.
  25. May I embrace that for which there is no substitute. Lk. 10:38-42; Acts 4:12; Ps. 84:3a
  26. May I find that being deprived of prayer is more painful than being deprived of the answer to prayer. Jer.33:3
  27. May I let go, let God and let be.Prov. 3:5,6.
  28. May I understand fully the question that makes Jesus the answer. Phil. 2:5
  29. May I be more for Jesus than I am against something. Mt. 6:33
  30. May He increase and I decrease. Jn 3:30
  31. May I love everybody; love without limits. Jn 13:34,35; Jn 3:16; Mt 5:43-46.

The Rosary Pilgrimage takes us on a journey though wooded lands, country roads, …
we travel to say each set of mysteries of the Rosary at a different specific destination.

The Autumn air, the turning of the Fall leaves, it is a beautiful route to the area shrines.

Beginning at the Ohio River, we say the Introduction to the Rosary…

Journeying on, we stop at Leopold, IN to say the first set of mysteries at St. Augustine Church. Then its on to our favorite little chapel of Our Lady of Monte Cassino. Where we say a set of mysteries and then have lunch
.
The picnic grounds of Monte Cassino are perfect.
After Lunch we travel on to St. Meinrad Archabbey of St. Meinrad, Indiana. We say the final set of mysteries there. A quick visit to the gift shop and we journey back home. A day spent in prayer and fellowship. Perfect!

This year “the Sixth Decade” was given: (i.e.) an additional decade prayed on the rosary for a special intention using an appropriate episode from the Life of Christ.

For example: We are in prayer for a little 2 year old girl with leukemia named Chloe. We use the mystery of the Lady with the blood disorder (since Leukemia is a blood disorder). This story is also known as the “Woman with the Issue of blood” –Pushing through the crowd to touch His garment to receive healing.

Click on the following link to see photos and videos of the Rosary Pilgrimage. The slide show option is the better form of viewing.



Unfortunately this year, we were unable due to flooding to make our stop at the St. Joseph Shrine as we have in the past. Maybe next year… we missed not saying a set of mysteries here…

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The NHA Rosary Convocation 2009

Posted on October 17, 2009 by vicki

“There shall be an holy convocation”

– Ex. 12:16

Nazareth House Apostolate offers “A Holy Rosary Convocation” each year on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday nearest to the Feast of the Holy Rosary (7th October).

Thursday: Teaching
Friday: Rosary Street Retreat
Saturday: Rosary Pilgrimage

Using the Nazareth Bede Rosary, where the emphasis is praying the Life of Christ, pilgrims gather for the Annual Rosary Pilgrimage…
which is held on the Saturday of the Convocation week.


Nazareth House Apostolate Passports are stamped at each stop on the Pilgrimage journey.

Prior to the Convocation, booklets were handed out with October Intentions (prayer intentions for each day of the month of October).

The Convocations Intentions for October

The following intentions, based on the teachings of the Apostolate’s “Thousand Day Nazareth”, are suggested, one for each day of the month.
  1. May I be obedient, doing exactly what God says, immediately, with the right heart attitude. Acts 5:29; Rom. 1:5; Heb. 5:9
  2. May I continue to grow through deepening The Prayer. Psalm 42:7; 64:6
  3. May I have stability in place and vocation. Ps.16:8; ICor. 7:20
  4. May I relinquish doubt and embrace faith. Rom.4:20-25; 14:23.
  5. May I relinquish certitude and embrace paradox. Rom.8:28,29.
  6. May I relinquish apathy and embrace fidelity. Jms. 4:17; 2Cor. 5:15
  7. May I relinquish power and embrace vulnerability. Lk 18:9; Prov. 3:5,6. Ps. 78:7
  8. May I relinquish prestige and embrace humility. Prov.6:16, 17; Jms 4:6
  9. May I relinquish possessions and embrace poverty. Mt.5:3; Lk.1:53
  10. May I relinquish the old self and embrace the new self. Eph. 4:22-24; Col. 3:9-10.
  11. May I be salt in a savorless world. Mt.5:13
  12. May I be light in a darkened world. Mt. 5:14; Jn 1:5
  13. May I be leaven in a flattened world. Mt.13:33
  14. May I be branch in a barren world. Jn 15:5
  15. May I be pulled from my comfort zones to suffer the world’s sufferings. Col. 1:24; 1Cor12:26; Heb 11:25; 13:3.
  16. May I walk the path I pray and pray the path I walk. Lk. 18:1; 1Tim2:8; Mt.4:19
  17. May I become a World Christian by ceasing to be a worldly one. Mk 16:15; Acts1:8; 1Jn 2:15
  18. May I bear my cross, realizing it is made up of all the crosses that are refused to be carried, mine and theirs. Mk 10:21
  19. May I come to realize and experience that God is perfectly hidden and perfectly revealed in each moment. Mt. 28:10b, 20b.
  20. May I be flung out to the furthest places by a centrifugal Love. Mk 16:15
  21. May I be pulled into the center by his centripetal Love. Lk 17:21; Acts 17:28; Mt. 11:28.
  22. May Jesus be revealed in and through my life. Mt.5:16.
  23. May I seek not so much to be stimulated as to trust the ordinariness of the present moment. Mt. 6:19-21; Phil. 3:8.
  24. May I trust my life, surrendered to Him, to be enough for God to do what He desires. 2Cor. 10:12,13.
  25. May I embrace that for which there is no substitute. Lk. 10:38-42; Acts 4:12; Ps. 84:3a
  26. May I find that being deprived of prayer is more painful than being deprived of the answer to prayer. Jer.33:3
  27. May I let go, let God and let be.Prov. 3:5,6.
  28. May I understand fully the question that makes Jesus the answer. Phil. 2:5
  29. May I be more for Jesus than I am against something. Mt. 6:33
  30. May He increase and I decrease. Jn 3:30
  31. May I love everybody; love without limits. Jn 13:34,35; Jn 3:16; Mt 5:43-46.

The Rosary Pilgrimage takes us on a journey though wooded lands, country roads, …
we travel to say each set of mysteries of the Rosary at a different specific destination.

The Autumn air, the turning of the Fall leaves, it is a beautiful route to the area shrines.

Beginning at the Ohio River, we say the Introduction to the Rosary…

Journeying on, we stop at Leopold, IN to say the first set of mysteries at St. Augustine Church. Then its on to our favorite little chapel of Our Lady of Monte Cassino. Where we say a set of mysteries and then have lunch
.
The picnic grounds of Monte Cassino are perfect.
After Lunch we travel on to St. Meinrad Archabbey of St. Meinrad, Indiana. We say the final set of mysteries there. A quick visit to the gift shop and we journey back home. A day spent in prayer and fellowship. Perfect!

This year “the Sixth Decade” was given: (i.e.) an additional decade prayed on the rosary for a special intention using an appropriate episode from the Life of Christ.

For example: We are in prayer for a little 2 year old girl with leukemia named Chloe. We use the mystery of the Lady with the blood disorder (since Leukemia is a blood disorder). This story is also known as the “Woman with the Issue of blood” –Pushing through the crowd to touch His garment to receive healing.

Click on the following link to see photos and videos of the Rosary Pilgrimage. The slide show option is the better form of viewing.



Unfortunately this year, we were unable due to flooding to make our stop at the St. Joseph Shrine as we have in the past. Maybe next year… we missed not saying a set of mysteries here…

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In Appreciation of SalonePost

Posted on October 16, 2009 by vicki

Nazareth House Apostolate appreciates the timely delivery of our care packages that contain much needed supplies for hospitals and clinics in Sierra Leone.In appreciation, from time to time, we send and will continue to send over-the-counter medications and other helps specifically to the postal workers in Freetown who are working hard to see that our packages get to St. Laurence House.Thanks for your honesty and thanks for making sure those in your country who are in need get the supplies intended for them.
We will remember you, thank you.

Funds came in yesterday, pushing us further to our goal. Friday 16th of October is the final day to receive funds. We must make (and/or break) our goal by midnight. I know we will do it. I feel like Jerry Lewis in one of his MS fund raising shows… rising to the last minute. The Matching Challenge has been met and matched. Thank you.

Give today through paypal donation link of our website:

Nazareth House Apostolate – A Community of the Ordinary
Source: www.nazarethhouseap.org

or if you prefer to mail in a check, don’t worry about the delay in being received for this mission. Go ahead and mail it to us. It will be used towards benefiting the poor in Sierra Leone, no doubt about it. There are so many ongoing needs, you will still be making a difference….so go ahead… mail in your check and know that you are a part of this working Nazareth House Team. NHA 2216 Goldsmith Lane, Louisville, KY 40218

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In Appreciation of SalonePost

Posted on October 16, 2009 by vicki

Nazareth House Apostolate appreciates the timely delivery of our care packages that contain much needed supplies for hospitals and clinics in Sierra Leone.In appreciation, from time to time, we send and will continue to send over-the-counter medications and other helps specifically to the postal workers in Freetown who are working hard to see that our packages get to St. Laurence House.Thanks for your honesty and thanks for making sure those in your country who are in need get the supplies intended for them.
We will remember you, thank you.

Funds came in yesterday, pushing us further to our goal. Friday 16th of October is the final day to receive funds. We must make (and/or break) our goal by midnight. I know we will do it. I feel like Jerry Lewis in one of his MS fund raising shows… rising to the last minute. The Matching Challenge has been met and matched. Thank you.

Give today through paypal donation link of our website:

Nazareth House Apostolate – A Community of the Ordinary
Source: www.nazarethhouseap.org

or if you prefer to mail in a check, don’t worry about the delay in being received for this mission. Go ahead and mail it to us. It will be used towards benefiting the poor in Sierra Leone, no doubt about it. There are so many ongoing needs, you will still be making a difference….so go ahead… mail in your check and know that you are a part of this working Nazareth House Team. NHA 2216 Goldsmith Lane, Louisville, KY 40218

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In Appreciation of SalonePost

Posted on October 15, 2009 by vicki

Nazareth House Apostolate appreciates the timely delivery of our care packages that contain much needed supplies for hospitals and clinics in Sierra Leone.In appreciation, from time to time, we send and will continue to send over-the-counter medications and other helps specifically to the postal workers in Freetown who are working hard to see that our packages get to St. Laurence House.Thanks for your honesty and thanks for making sure those in your country who are in need get the supplies intended for them.
We will remember you, thank you.

Funds came in yesterday, pushing us further to our goal. Friday 16th of October is the final day to receive funds. We must make (and/or break) our goal by midnight. I know we will do it. I feel like Jerry Lewis in one of his MS fund raising shows… rising to the last minute. The Matching Challenge has been met and matched. Thank you.

Give today through paypal donation link of our website:

Nazareth House Apostolate – A Community of the Ordinary
Source: www.nazarethhouseap.org

or if you prefer to mail in a check, don’t worry about the delay in being received for this mission. Go ahead and mail it to us. It will be used towards benefiting the poor in Sierra Leone, no doubt about it. There are so many ongoing needs, you will still be making a difference….so go ahead… mail in your check and know that you are a part of this working Nazareth House Team. NHA 2216 Goldsmith Lane, Louisville, KY 40218

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LAST Minute CHALLENGE TO help us make our goal.

Posted on October 15, 2009 by vicki
YOU HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED…

Beginning this morning, Thursday, October 15th, a donor has pledged to match up to $500 for any donation made through paypal on our website on or before October 16th!

Lets get working! If you give $25 right now through the website, that person will give $25 also – your donation will have doubled.
So instead of raising $500 we will have raised $1000.



ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE


GIVE TODAY
click on over to our website and donate through the paypal link…

Nazareth House Apostolate – A Community of the Ordinary
Source: www.nazarethhouseap.org

you will be glad you did, you’ll feel good about the difference you make in the lives of those less fortunate than you!

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LAST Minute CHALLENGE TO help us make our goal.

Posted on October 15, 2009 by vicki
YOU HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED…

Beginning this morning, Thursday, October 15th, a donor has pledged to match up to $500 for any donation made through paypal on our website on or before October 16th!

Lets get working! If you give $25 right now through the website, that person will give $25 also – your donation will have doubled.
So instead of raising $500 we will have raised $1000.



ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE


GIVE TODAY
click on over to our website and donate through the paypal link…

Nazareth House Apostolate – A Community of the Ordinary
Source: www.nazarethhouseap.org

you will be glad you did, you’ll feel good about the difference you make in the lives of those less fortunate than you!

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More supplies arrive in Freetown

Posted on October 15, 2009 by vicki


Written by James Mansaray, Freetown Sierra Leone


Lucky for us today at NHA,

four more boxes of relief supplies and medication for the Kroobay clinic showed up

with some vitamin A for helpless village kids! These kids lack vitamin A and need it for their sight.

This is a good thing these things arrived for the up coming visit of Fr. Seraphim and Mama Vicki.

So much has been asked as we are running out of time to reach our goal.

Please give today and be a part of this great work of yours.

We at St. Laurence House here in Freetown are totally empty! We have no resources to give out to these people in need. We have given all that we have out.

But we rely on you all as you’ve been doing before in the past. I wish I could type down names of all those who had contributed generously all these years, but you know who you are, God knows who you are and that is all that matters – except maybe I also know it matters a big deal to the people who are hungry, sick and in need. Let’s not have them go without.

I don’t want to see mama vicki crying again

when there is nothing left to give and hands still being outstretched. We can prevent this. No way we can fix all the needs, but there is a way we can spread the help to many.

Time is running out, please GIVE TODAY.

NHA, 2216 Goldsmith Lane, Louisville, KY 40218 or via paypal on our website
www.nazarethhouseap.org

thank you and may God bless you always.
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More supplies arrive in Freetown

Posted on October 15, 2009 by vicki


Written by James Mansaray, Freetown Sierra Leone


Lucky for us today at NHA,

four more boxes of relief supplies and medication for the Kroobay clinic showed up

with some vitamin A for helpless village kids! These kids lack vitamin A and need it for their sight.

This is a good thing these things arrived for the up coming visit of Fr. Seraphim and Mama Vicki.

So much has been asked as we are running out of time to reach our goal.

Please give today and be a part of this great work of yours.

We at St. Laurence House here in Freetown are totally empty! We have no resources to give out to these people in need. We have given all that we have out.

But we rely on you all as you’ve been doing before in the past. I wish I could type down names of all those who had contributed generously all these years, but you know who you are, God knows who you are and that is all that matters – except maybe I also know it matters a big deal to the people who are hungry, sick and in need. Let’s not have them go without.

I don’t want to see mama vicki crying again

when there is nothing left to give and hands still being outstretched. We can prevent this. No way we can fix all the needs, but there is a way we can spread the help to many.

Time is running out, please GIVE TODAY.

NHA, 2216 Goldsmith Lane, Louisville, KY 40218 or via paypal on our website
www.nazarethhouseap.org

thank you and may God bless you always.
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