First class relics of bone fragments of St. Faustina will be on tour in the Archdiocese of New York from April 2 to April 10, 2016. Each stop in the tour will allow pilgrims to venerate the relic and the opportunity to participate in the recitation of the Divine Mercy Chaplet and to attend Mass.
St. Maria Faustina Kowalska was born in Poland in 1905, the third of ten children. In 1925 she joined the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy. She is most known for bringing forward the image of the Divine Mercy of Jesus and the Divine Mercy Chaplet through revelations she received from Jesus and recorded in her diary, now published as a book called Divine Mercy in My Soul, at the request of Jesus and her confessors. She died of tuberculosis in 1938 and was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000. On the same day he established Divine Mercy Sunday, to be the second Sunday of the Easter season, as a feast day associated with the message of Divine Mercy that Jesus gave to St. Faustina.
Relic Tour Schedule:
April 2-3, 2016
Basilica of Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 263 Mulberry St., Manhattan on Saturday, April 2, for the 5:30 p.m. Vigil Mass. The entrance procession will include the relics, and there will be all-night veneration of the relics; and Sunday, April 3, for the following Masses: 9:15 a.m. in English, 10:15 a.m. in Chinese, 11:30 a.m. in Spanish, 12:45 a.m. in English and 7 p.m. in English. There will be prayers and songs throughout the afternoon.
April 4, 2016
Holy Family Church, 366 Watchogue Road, Staten Island, on Monday, April 4. There will be a welcoming procession for the relics at 2:45 p.m.; Chaplet of Divine Mercy, 3-4 p.m.; Veneration and Confession, 4-6 p.m.; recitation of the Rosary at 6 p.m., reflection at 6:30 p.m. and a Mass at 7 p.m.
April 5, 2016
St. Elizabeth’s Church, 268 Wadsworth Ave., Washington Heights, on Tuesday, April 5. There will be a welcoming procession for the relics at 2:45 p.m.; Chaplet of Divine Mercy in Spanish, 3-4 p.m.; Veneration and Confession, 4-6 p.m.; recitation of the Rosary in Spanish at 6 p.m.; reflection at 6:30 p.m. and a Spanish Healing Mass at 7 p.m.
April 6, 2016
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Fifth Avenue and 51st Street, Manhattan on Wednesday, April 6. There will be a welcoming procession for the relics at 2:45 p.m., Veneration of the relics, 3-6:30 p.m., and a Mass with young adults at 7:30 p.m.
April 7, 2016
Assumption Church, 131 Union Ave., Peekskill, on Thursday, April 7. All events will be bilingual in English and Spanish. There will be a welcoming procession for the relics at 2:45 p.m.; Chaplet of Divine Mercy, 3-4 p.m,; Veneration and Confession, 4-6 p.m.; recitation of the Rosary at 6 p.m., reflection at 6:30 p.m. and the celebration of Mass at 7 p.m.
April 8, 2016
St. Barnabas Church, 409 E. 241st St., the Bronx, on Friday, April 8. There will be a welcoming procession for the relics at 2:45 p.m.; Chaplet of Divine Mercy, 3-4 p.m.; Veneration and Confession, 4-6 p.m.; recitation of the Rosary at 6 p.m.; reflection at 6:30 p.m. and a Mass at 7 p.m.
April 9, 2016
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine, 70 Carmelite Drive, Middletown, on Saturday, April 9. There will be a welcoming procession for the relics at 2:45 p.m.; Chaplet of Divine Mercy, 3-4 p.m.; Veneration and Confession, 4-6 p.m.; recitation of the Rosary at 6 p.m.; reflection at 6:30 p.m. and a Mass at 7 p.m.
April 10, 2016
St. Columba’s Church, 835 Route 82, Hopewell Junction, on Sunday April 10. There will be veneration of the relics at 1 p.m., the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 3 p.m. and departure of the relics at 4 p.m.
Learn more about St. Faustina and the message of Divine Mercy.
For other relics on tour and available for veneration visit our Relics & Events page.
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