St. Mother Teresa Parish Invites You to Pray Rosary With Us

Dear Parishioners and Friends of St Mother Teresa Parish, hope this note finds you well and healthy!

As we continue the journey of Easter Season, the month of May invites us to offer our Heavenly Mother, Mary, special devotions and honor, and to turn to her for intercessions and protections. Amid the COVID-19, Pope Francis calls us to pray rosary and the U.S. Bishops has announced that we will re-consecrate our nation to the care of our Blessed Mother (please see the invitations below).

In honor of Mary and in solidarity until the universal Church, our parish invites you to join us in the following dates to pray rosary together in ZOOM.

1. Friday May 1 • Rosary in English at 3pm (led by Fr. Francis Li)
   Join Zoom Meeting:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83850932408?pwd:RnU1 NTUrbDFpTFJ6Mnc3VXNzeUhgQT09
   Meeting ID: 838 5093 2408 Password: 154208 (please call 312-842-6777 ff you need assis1ance.)
2. Weekly Tuesday Rosary in Mandarin at 2:30pm (Led by HanFen Gong and Jing Zhang)
3. Weekly Wednesday Rosary in English at 3pm (Led by RoseMarie Cen1ofanti and Jing Zhang)

The weekly Tuesday and Wednesday rosary has been going on for the last few weeks and the groups welcome newcomers. lf you would like to join our parish's Rosary Prayer as stated in above 2. and 3, for security reasons, we ask you to please send your name and email address to Jing at Jzhang@st.motherteresaparish.org, after she received your email, she will send you the Zoom link.

Mary, Mother of All Nations, pray for us!

1. lnvitation from Pope Francis
The month of May is approaching, a time when the People of God express with panicular intensity their love and devotion for the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is traditional in this month to pray the Rosary at home within the family. The restrictions of the pandemic have made us come to appreciate all the more this "family" aspect, also from a spiritual point of view."

2. Invitation from United States Confere-nc.e of Catholic Bishops
"As the world continues to face the ongoing effects of the global pandemic of the coronavirus, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles and president of the USCCB has announced that the U.S. bishops will Join the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on May 1 in renewing the consecrations of the two nations to the care of our Blessed Mother."

"Through a collective dedication or entrustment of a nation to Mary, an act of oonsecralion is meanl to be a reminder to the faithful of the Blessed Mother's witness to the Gospel and to ask for her effective intercession before her Son on behalf of those in need: Click here for more information