DON BOSCO COLUMBIETTES, AUXILIARY #7784

WELCOME TO THE DON BOSCO COLUMBIETTES AUXILIARY #7784 WEBSITE!

2022-2023
MEETING DATES
Zoom Portal Opens at 6:25 p.m.

September 6, 2022—Tuesday
Installation of Officers
at 6:30 p.m. in Chapel at Sacred Heart Retreat Center
Zoom Portal opens at 7:30 p.m. (9/6/22 only)
October 3, 2022
November 7, 2022
December 5, 2022
January—No Meeting
February 6, 2023
March 6, 2023
April 3, 2023
May 1, 2023
June 5, 2023

Meetings will be held in-person and via Zoom. Log-on invitations will be sent via e-mail and virtual attendance may be connected using a computer or phone. All meetings will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Sacred Heart Retreat Center.

CAN TABS

Please continue to save can tabs. These can be brought to any Columbiette meeting and will be saved for the 2022 state convention. We did an excellent job last year and want to do better this time. The tabs are given to the Ronald McDonald House Program to help support accommodations for family members whose children are in the hospital. A Ronald McDonald House is that “home-away-from-home” for families so they can stay close by their hospitalized child at little or no cost.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR PREVIOUS DONATIONS!

BACKPACK AND TOILETRY BAGS FOR 2023

Voluntary contributions of backpacks for needy school children and toiletry bags for the homeless shelters will be collected at our June 2023 meeting. See the links below for suggestions to fill backpacks and/or toiletry bags. Now is a good time to watch for sales!

Click here to see suggestions for backpacks.
Click here to see suggestions for toiletry bags (shoebox ministry).

FOR THE TROOPS

We are collecting unused all occasion cards, notepads and pens (without logos) to send to the troops in order for them to mail notes/greetings back to family and loved ones. If you can, please help us with this project.

All donations may be brought to any Columbiette meeting throughout the year.

DIVINE MERCY

For more information on the Divine Mercy, please click here.

To pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet online, please click here.

For information on the Divine Mercy Novena, please click here.

For daily Mass at the Shrine of Divine Mercy, please click here.

LOVE AND MERCY: FAUSTINA MOVIE DVD

Click here to view trailer.

Click here to purchase DVD.

PRAYER OF PETITION TO SAINT JUDE

O holy apostle, Saint Jude, great in grace, rich in miracles, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your patronage in times of need, I come to you, seeking your special aid before the throne of Almighty God.

I turn to you, for you are known to be a mighty helper in overcoming seemingly impossible difficulties. Help me in my present and urgent petition. (Here state your requests . . . . )

In gratitude, I promise to make your name known, so that others may invoke your heavenly assistance, to the glory of God and for the good of souls. Amen.

Please remember our health care workers, police, fire fighters, EMTs, military, clergy and all other service workers in your prayers during this difficult time. God bless them all for their compassion and courage.

Please pray for our president and government leaders to make the right decisions in regulating the pandemic and national/world affairs.

SQUIRETTE INFO--Circlette of Mary's Angels

Download these forms for information on our newest opportunity for young women:

Recruitment Flyer click here

Squirette Application click here

Website click here

GREAT NEWS! The age requirement for joining the Squirettes has been lowered to age 8 to allow those have recently received First Holy Communion the opportunity to join.

Links to Local Churches with
Online Masses

Good Shepherd in Andover:
www.goodshepherdrc.org

Our Lady Queen of Peace in Branchville: www.olqpbranchville.org

For information on not being able to go to confession or receive communion during the pandemic, click here.

HAIL MARY CAMPAIGN
PEACE OF CHRIST

Our new one-year Hail Mary Campaign will be designated for the Peace of Christ—that peace which only the Lord can give! This theme covers a broad spectrum of petitions such as peace in the world, serenity for yourself or others, forgiveness of our transgressions, etc. Your interpretation will be part of your intentions. It is now more important than ever to beseech our Blessed Mother’s intercession with Jesus, her son, through the powerful prayers of the Rosary. Please support this endeavor to collectively say more than ONE MILLION HAIL MARYS by praying and reporting the amount of Hail Marys you have recited. This campaign will run from June 1, 2022 until May 31, 2023. A dedicated e-mail address has been set up at: hailmarysforthePOC@gmail.com to receive tallies from anyone at anytime. Please ask family members, friends, neighbors, church groups, etc. to pray Hail Marys to help in obtaining this goal. Thank you for your assistance.

TALLY = 420,705

PRAY THE ROSARY FREQUENTLY!

"Say the Rosary every day . . . Pray, pray a lot and offer sacrifices for sinners . . . I'm Our Lady of the Rosary. Only I will be able to help you. . . . In the end My Immaculate Heart will triumph."
~~Our Lady at Fatima

Click here for instructions on how to pray the Rosary.

Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with you!
Love God and love your neighbor.

Bring God back into our country!
Pray! Pray! Pray!

NOVENA PRAYER TO THE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy,
by the holy will of your Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ, you are our Mother in Heaven.
I am comforted in knowing your heart is ever open
to those who ask for your help.
Your Immaculate Heart is full of
tenderness and compassion
for sinners like me.
I ask that you intercede for me today for . . .

---(mention your prayer intentions)---

I trust in your intercession before the throne of God
for my needs.
Please pray also that if my requests
are not in accord with the will of God,
I may be, like you,
conformed to His will and not my own.
To obtain this previous gift,
I honor your loving mercy by praying:

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

PRAYER FOR THE HELPLESS UNBORN

Gracious God, in Your infinite love, protect those helpless unborn little ones whose lives are threatened by abortion. Touch with overflowing compassion the hearts of pregnant women who are desperate, fearful, anxious, frantic or who may feel they are incapable of carrying this child who now lives within them. Help them understand that this baby is made in Your image and likeness--as well as their own--and that You have given this child a soul and You desire its life and health.

Inspire young mothers to move beyond fear and selfishness. Place within their hearts the strength and courage only You can give. Grant them great love to bring this child to birth, and to provide all the nurturing and care that only a mother can offer. Amen.

PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO HAD AN ABORTION

Heavenly Father, hear the cries of our hearts. Look with kindness and compassion upon those who have ended a pregnancy, assisted another in some way, or performed an abortion. Heal their wounds and forgive their sins. Let the healing rays of Your Blood and Water pour forth from the Heart of Your Son upon them and fill them with Your love. Help them not to despair of Your mercy and grant them the grace to turn with trust to our Savior Jesus Christ. Heal their minds, bodies, souls, and their memories. Help them to expose the wounds of their heart to Christ in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and allow His healing mercy to reach every hurt and hidden pain. Grant them the grace to receive Your forgiveness and to forgive themselves. Transform their pain by the Cross of Jesus and the swords that pierced Mary’s Heart so that it might become redemptive in Your sight. Help to open their hearts to receive Your love and mercy. Grant them an outpouring of Your Holy Spirit so that they might become witnesses to Your mercy for souls and the dignity and sacredness of human life from conception through its natural end. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

REMINDERS

~The traveling statue of Mary will be available each month for one member to take home.
~We are still collecting can tabs to assist the Ronald McDonald House.
~Please bring loose change to the meetings for the Heaven Cents jar to
help support seminarians and postulants.
~Start buying for your donation backpack now (due in June).
~Start buying/collecting for your shoebox ministry now (due in June).

PRAYER DURING AN EPIDEMIC

Lord Jesus, hear our pleas, our good shepherd and divine physician. We implore Your mercy in the wake of an outbreak of serious illness and disease. Guide our efforts to prevent contagion and make preparations to care for those most vulnerable. Assist all professionals and volunteers who work to eradicate the epidemic now spreading. May our actions be marked by Your steadfast love and selfless service and never by panic or fear.

Bestow Your comfort and healing to the sick, sustain and strengthen them by Your grace. May they know Your closeness as they carry the cross of illness. And may all You have called from this life come to worship You eternally with all the saints as You grant consolation and peace to their mourners. Amen.

Holy Mary, Health of the sick, pray for us.
St. Joseph, Hope of the sick, pray for us.
St. Rocco, protector against epidemics, pray for us.

(mention your particular concerns and prayers now)

Jesus, I trust in You.
Jesus, I trust in You.
Jesus, I trust in You.

Amen.

2022-2023 VOLUNTARY MEETING DONATIONS

If you are unable to attend any meetings, donations may be left at the Father Michael J. Burke Thrift Store during store hours on Thursday-Saturday or the St. Joseph Parish Center from Monday-Friday during office hours. Thank you.

September: Shop-Rite/Weis gift cards for Mt. Carmel Food Pantry
October: Paper towels, toothpaste, soap, toilet paper, dish/laundry detergents, powdered milk or cash to buy turkeys for Good Shepherd Food Pantry
November: Items for children's lunches (juice boxes, snacks, etc.—no peanut products) for Saint Mother Teresa's Food Pantry
December: Men's/Women's white socks for residents in local nursing homes
January: No Meeting—no donation
February: Children's character band-aids for children's ward in local hospital
March: Shop-Rite/Weis gift cards for Manna House
April: Non-perishable items for Queen of Peace Food Pantry
May: Baby items for Birth Haven
June: Backpacks for needy school children, toiletry bags for homeless shelters, can tabs for Ronald McDonald House Program

Note: November is Retention Month! Please try to attend our meeting. This is important for the State Columbiette Retention Award. Thank you for your support!