The message and devotion to Jesus as The Divine Mercy is based on the writings of Saint Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun from the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy. In obedience to her spiritual director, Saint Faustina wrote a diary of about 600 pages recording the revelations she received about God’s mercy. On Good Friday, 1937, Christ appeared to Saint Faustina and asked her to recite this chaplet for nine days, starting on Good Friday and ending on the Octave of Easter (the Sunday after Easter Sunday). Even before her death in 1938, the devotion to The Divine Mercy had begun to spread.

Devotion to The Devine Mercy was actively promoted by Saint John Paul II during his papacy and Saint Faustina was Canonized on the Octave of Easter (the Sunday after Easter) in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000 which, at that time, became known as Divine Mercy Sunday.

At St. Charles Borromeo Parish, parishioners meet at 3 p.m. each Friday to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.

For more information, please contact Kathy Lamb at 765-473-7527

The Cursillo movement is a program to find, form, sustain, and link lay leadership for Christ and His Church. The word “Cursillo” is Spanish meaning “little” or “short course.” Therefore a Cursillo retreat consists of an extended weekend designed to bring you into an encounter with Christ. During the three days of the retreat, the participants listen to talks given by priests and laity on topics including the Sacraments, Christian community, Christian Life, Grace, Faith and Evangelization in your environment. Each talk is followed by a discussion period. After attending a Cursillo weekend smaller groups of Cursillistas meet on a regular basis to encourage one another in spiritual improvement and the Christian apostolate.

The Cursillo Movement is focused on helping each of us fulfill our baptismal responsibility: to go forth as apostles and proclaim the Gospel. It also assists us in developing a deeper understanding of what it means to be fully Catholic and gives us the tools to make Christian community possible in neighborhoods, parishes, work situations and other places where people live the greater part of their lives.

“Today we have no time to remain still; the task of evangelization is urgent,” he added.  “The Ecclesial Movements and New Communities are a timely answer of the Holy Spirit to the challenges that the world poses to the Church of our time,” the cardinal said.  “That is why the Church looks to you with great hope and counts on you.”

Cardinal Rylko pointed out that the Movement of Cursillos of Christianity is present in 63 countries worldwide and that all the communities are an integral part of the life of the Church.  “You are a gift of the Holy Spirit, an indispensable instrument of the evangelizing mission, the expression of the Church’s vitality in our days,”  he said.

Referring to all lay associations and ecclesial movements, the cardinal highlighted three tasks they face:  “To be schools of holiness, mission and communion.”  Related to this, he explained that the world needs real, holy Christians, and to that end the various movements and associations must be missionary and evangelizing, as well as true schools of communion.  The celebration began with the words of Bishop Demetrio Fernandez of Cordoba, who said that “today is a day of celebration in the Diocese of Cordoba because, through the Movement of the Cursillos of Christianity, thousands upon thousands of people have encountered Jesus Christ in His Holy Church.”

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20

Mission of Mary is a prayer group that accepts our Lady’s love and passes it on to others. The Mission of Mary meets weekly to pray the Rosary, share their faith, and pray for those who are in need of prayer and for the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and our World. All are welcome to join the Mission of Mary in prayer, fun and fellowship each Tuesday evening in the Parish Office from 7–9 p.m.

For more information, please contact Bob or Rosemary Rhodes at 765-473-7841.

The rosary is one of the most cherished prayers of our Catholic Church. Introduced by the Apostle’s Creed, the Our Father, the Hail Mary three times and the Doxology (“Glory Be”), and concluded with the Salve Regina (Hail Holy Queen), the rosary involves the recitation of five decades consisting of the Our Father, 10 Hail Marys and the Doxology. During this recitation, the individual meditates on the saving mysteries of our Lord’s life and the faithful witness of our Blessed Mother. How to Pray the Rosary.

Painting “Our Lady of the Rosary” depicts the Blessed Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus and giving the Rosary brother and sister St. Dominic and St. Scholastica

Journeying through the Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and Luminous* mysteries of the rosary, the individual brings to mind our Lord’s incarnation, His passion and death and His resurrection from the dead. In so doing, the rosary assists us in growing in a deeper appreciation of these mysteries, in uniting our life more closely to our Lord and in imploring His graced assistance to live the faith. We also ask for the prayers of our Blessed Mother, who leads all believers to her Son. Read more about the history of the Rosary

*The Luminous Mysteries were added by Saint John Paul II during his papacy and invite us to meditate on Christ’s ministry.

We have two Rosary prayer groups (adult and children’s) at St. Charles Borromeo in addition to the Altar and Rosary Society. The Children’s Rosary is prayed on the first Saturday of each month at approximately 9:30 or 9:40 a.m. after morning Mass. Adults are welcome and encouraged to come pray with the children as a witness to the power Our Lady has to intercede for us

All prayer requests are received by the church office staff. Someone from the church will contact those who are on the prayer network. If you are on the electronic prayer line, the church office will forward one e-mail to everyone on the list.

The reason the individual is being prayed for is not important. We pray for the whole person as a fellow member of the Body of Christ.  To be added to the Electronic Prayer Line, e-mail Kelley Douglass. If you would like to be a part of the phone prayer line, please contact the Parish office at 765-473-5543. This is a very special and vital ministry which keeps the spiritual health of our Faith Family alive.

Perpetual Novena to St. Monica

All:     We beseech you, St. Monica – hear our prayer

Exemplary Mother of the Great Augustine, you perseveringly pursued your wayward son not with wild threats but with prayerful cries to heaven. 
        We beseech you, St. Monica – hear our prayer

Intercede for all mothers in our day so that they may learn to draw their children to God. 
        We beseech you, St. Monica – hear our prayer

Teach them how to remain close to their children, even the prodigal sons and daughters who have sadly gone astray. 
        We beseech you, St. Monica – hear our prayer

Dear St. Monica, troubled wife and mother, many sorrows pierced your heart during your lifetime.  Yet you never despaired or lost faith.  With confidence, persistence, and profound faith, you prayed daily for the conversion of your beloved husband, Patricius, and your beloved son, Augustine. 
​​​​​​​        We beseech you, St. Monica – hear our prayer

Grant us that same fortitude, patience, and trust in the Lord.  Intercede for us, dear St. Monica, that God may favorably hear our pleas. 
​​​​​​​        We beseech you, St. Monica – hear our prayer

And grant us the grace to accept His will in all things, and to faithfully persevere in prayer for the conversion of loved ones. 
​​​​​​​        We beseech you, St. Monica – hear our prayer

Let us pray:  O God, who console the sorrowful and who mercifully accepted the motherly tears of Saint Monica for the conversion of her son Augustine, grant us, through the intercession of them both, that we may bitterly regret our sins and find the grace of your pardon.  Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen.
 

Perpetual Novena to St. Monica