The STM Divine Mercy Sunday Devotional is on Sunday, April 7, 2024, from 2-4 pm in the Church. It will include Eucharistic Adoration, veneration of the Divine Mercy Image, recitation of the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet.  

• On April 30th, 2000, the Second Sunday of Easter, Pope St. John Paul II made a surprise announcement during his homily at mass declaring that from then on throughout the Church, the Second Sunday of Easter would be called Divine Mercy Sunday.
• He stated that the message coming to us from God about the "Easter Mystery of Redemption" not only included the suffering, death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Christ, but also the sending of the Holy Spirit on this Feast of Divine Mercy, the Octave Day of Easter.
• At this same celebration, Pope St. John Paul II canonized Maria Faustina. Born in his mother land of Poland in 1905, St. Faustina was chosen by the Lord as the Apostle and Secretary of His Mercy and instructed to share His urgent message of mercy with a troubled, modern world. She spread this message until her death in 1938.

The STM Virtual Pilgrimage to Poland will be offered on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at 9:00-11:00 am and 6:30-8:30 pm in the Community Center Main Space. A $5.00 goodwill offering will be collected at the time of enrollment or upon entry into the event. On this virtual pilgrimage (illuminating Divine Mercy) we will visit:

• James Church in Warsaw, Poland, where St. Faustina (Helena Kowalska) prayed extensively and entered convent life.
• The Franciscan Monastery founded by St. Maximilian Kolbe, who was arrested by Nazis and died in Auschwitz to save the life of another prisoner. Our virtual visit will also include a brief presentation on the tragedies of Auschwitz.
• The Jasna Gora Monastery holding the beloved icon of the Black Madonna.
• The city of Krakow with its beautiful Market Square, Cathedral, and John Paul II Museum.
• Lagiewniki, the capital of Divine Mercy, with its Shrine of Divine Mercy, relics of St. Faustina, her convent Chapel and tomb.