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W„H. MASSACHUSETTS



Imprimi potest:

FRANCIS P. CRANE, M.S.

Provincial Superior

Nihil obsat:

HUGH F. BLUNT, LL.D.

Censor Librorum

Imprimatur:

*RICHARD J. CUSHING, D.D

Archbishop of Boston

May 31, 1948

Feast of Our Lady

Mediatrix of All Graces

National Shrine of

Our Lady of LaSalette

Ipswich, Mass.



‘Come near
y
my children

,
do not be afraidy

Iam here to tellyon great news.
”



THE APPARITION OF

OUR LADY OF LA SALETTE

On September 19, 1846, the Mother of

God appeared high in the Alps of France,

near the village of LaSalette. The wit-

nesses of the event were Maximin Giraud

and Melanie Mathieu, eleven and four-

teen years of age respectively. The

children first noticed ’the “Beautiful

Lady” as she was seated on a stone,

weeping. An intense light surrounded

her. She arose and came toward the

children, saying:; “Come near, my chil-

dren, do not be afraid. I am here to tell

you great news ” They ran to meet her.

Then, she went on: ! ..

,

“If mf people will not submit, I shall

be forced to let go the hand of my Son.

It is so strong, so heavy, that I can no

longer withhold it. How long a time do I

suffer for you! If I would not have my

Son abandon you, I am compelled to pray

to Him without ceasing. And, as to you,

you take no heed of it. However much

you pray, however much you do, you will

never recompense the pains I have taken

for you.

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“Six days have I given you to labor,

the seventh I have kept for myself; but

it is not given to me. This is what makes

the hand of my Son so heavy. Those who

drive the carts cannot swear without in-

troducing the name of my Son. These

are the two things which make the hand

of my Son so heavy If the harvest is

spoiled, it is all on your account. I gave

you warning last year in the potatoes, but

you did not heed it. On the contrary,

when you found the potatoes spoiled, you

swore, you took the name of my Son in

vain. They will continue to decay, so that

by Christmas there will be none left.

“If you have wheat, it is useless to sow

it; all that you sow, the insects will eat.

What comes up will fall into dust when

you thresh it.

“There will come a great famine.

Before the famine comes, the children

under seven years of age will be seized

with trembling and will die in the hands

of those who hold them; and others will

do penance by the famine. The walnuts

will become worm-eaten, the grapes will

rot. If people are converted, the stones

and the rocks will be changed into heaps

of wheat and the potatoes will be self-

sown.



“Do you say your prayers well, my

children ?” she asked. They had to reply:
4

‘Oh, no, Madame, not very well.” “Now,

my children,” she went on, “you must be
sure to say them well, morning and

evening; when you cannot do better, say

at least an Our Father and a Hail Mary.

But when you have time, say more.

“There are none who go to Mass but a

few aged women; the rest work on Sunday

all summer, and in the winter, when they

do not know what to do, they go to Mass

just to mock at religion. During Lent,

they go to the market like dogs.

“Have you ever seen wheat that is

spoiled, my children ?” Maximin replied:

“No, Madame, I have never seen any.”

“But, my child,” she continued, “you

must surely have seen some once, with

your father, near Coin. The master of

the field told your father to go and see his

ruined wheat. You were both together.

You took two or three of the ears into

your hands and rubbed them and they

just fell into dust; and then you returned

home. When you were still half an hour’s

distance from Corps, your father gave

you a piece of bread and said to you;

‘Here, my child, eat some bread this year

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at least; I don’t know who will eat any

next year, if the wheat goes on like that’.”

Maximin replied: ‘‘Oh, yes, Madame, I

remember now, just this moment; I did

not recall.”

Having shown through this incident

her maternal solicitude for us even in the

details of our daily life, Our Blessed

Mother concluded her visit with these

words: ‘‘Now, my children, you will make

this known to all my people.” As she

turned and walked a short distance, she

repeated these final words. Then she

stopped, ascended about a yaj*d in the

air and disappeared.

That evening, when the children re-

turned home, they told what had hap-

pened. The first visitors to the scene

remarked that a spring had arisen where

Our Weeping Mother’s feet had rested.

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WROTE ARCHBISHOP CUSHING
... on the occasion of the Centenary of the Apparition:—

‘‘On September 19, 1846, at about

three o'clock in the afternoon and in full

sunlight, two children, wandering in the

mountains near LaSalette - Fallavaux,

France, beheld a “beautiful lady" whom
they later declared with conviction to

have been the Blessed Mother of God.

The children were peasants, unlettered

and unknown, the one a shepherdess of

fifteen, the other a shepherdboy of about

eleven. Certain details of their story were

long the objects of bitter controversy, but

their own bishop came to. share their con-

victions after careful investigation and

the faithful ever since have confirmed his

decision by their pilgrimages to the

favored shrine and by their devotion to

Our Lady of LaSalette.

“Two things have always impressed me

about the apparitions of Our Blessed

Mother, whether at Lourdes, at Fatima,

at LaSalette, or elsewhere. The first is

that the Queen of Heaven seems almost

invariably, at least in our times, to choose

little children as the emissaries who bear

messages to men. ... It seems strange

that in a generation that trusts so much

in diplomats, in generals and in those wise

in the ways of the worlds, it should be from

among little children that the Mother of

God shouldchoose,asit were,herconfidants.

Yet, this appears to be the repeated fact.

“The other point to be noted about

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these apparitions of the Blessed Mother,

so widely apart in time and in place, is the

emphasis in all of them on the necessity of

penance as a prelude to peace. Christians

were warned at LaSalette that dreadful

chastisements would befall them if they

persevered in the evils so flagrant among

men and nations at the time: they were

promised the Divine Mercy if they would

amend. Other counsels prevailed: free-

thinkers mocked the message of the

children and endorsed the ‘liberal’ and

‘revolutionary’ formulas of the hour.

The harvest is all too familiar. Christians

were warned again at Lourdes and again,

this time even more specifically, at

Fatima. The results of the persistent

repudiation of the messages from heaven

are still in the fearful making. The mes-

sage is always essentially the same: the

roots of the evils in the world are moral.

They cannot be cured by scheming or

science or shallow social reforms; there is

needed penance, and penance must be

followed by the utter remaking of our

souls. Christ alone can accomplish the

reformations of our lives and even He
cannot work His Will unless we cooperate.

His Mother is our Advocate so long as we

repent : She is the prophetess of our doom

if we remain hard of heart and unheeding.

“So I am glad to bless the work of the
missionaries and friends of LaSalette. . . .

Their spirit of prayer and sacrifice is that

whichpervaded the revelations of LaSalette

itself; they keep alive the merciful warn-

ing of our Blessed Lady to our society. May
She guide themand guard them always.”

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QUOTES FROM ALL THE POPES
SINCE THE APPARITION

“The Shrine of LaSalette is of great authen-

ticity and is destined to have a future. I love

this devotion and shall be glad to see it spread.”

Pope Pius IX

“With all my heart, I bless LaSalette and
everything that pertains to LaSalette.”

Pope Leo XIII

Pope Pius X gave to LaSalette and its bene-

factors his most copious blessings.

“The devotion of Our Lady of LaSalette ought

to spread, for it is a devotion that goes straight

to the heart.” Pope Benedict XV

“Our Lady of LaSalette is to you a kind

Providence.” — Pope Pius XI.

Our present Holy Father has written: “It can

be easily understood that your Religious Family

should particularly take to heart the Centenary

celebration of the blessed afternoon, the 19th

of September, 1846, when the Madonna in

Tears came to adjure her children to enter reso-

lutely the path of conversion to her Divine Son,

and of reparation for so many sins that offend

the August and Eternal Majesty.

“Very willingly do we direct our desires and

encouragement to the dear Missionaries of Our

Lady of LaSalette, in the easy confidence that

the Most Holy Virgin will, in return, be glad

to obtain for them a great abundance of graces

and consolation for the fruitfulness of their

ministry, now so varied and reaching to the most

distant fields of the Apostolate.” Pope Pius XII

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PROGRAM FOR PILGRIMAGES

HYMN: O MARY, QUEEN OF

LA SALETTE

0, Mary, Queen of LaSalette

Draw close my heart to thee,

That, near to God for evermore,

I may thy beauty see.

(Chorus)

I long to dry thy tears,

And make thy message known,

Of penance, prayer and zeal,

Until God calls me home

O ! tearful Virgin of the Alps,

Why are you weeping so?

I would that I had never sinned,

And made those tears to flow.

(Repeat Chorus)

HYMN: MOTHER DEAR, O PRAY FOR ME

Mother dear, O pray for me!

Whilst far from heav’n and thee

—

I wander in a fragile bark

O’er life’s tempestuous sea,

—

O Virgin Mother, from thy throne,

So bright in bliss above,

—

Protect thy child and cheer my path

With thy sweet smile of love.

(Chorus)

Mother dear, remember me,

And never cease thy care,

’Till in heaven eternally,

Thy love and bliss I share.

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HYMN: MOTHER DEAREST, MOTHER
FAIREST

Mother dearest, Mother fairest,

Help of all who call on thee,

Virgin purest, brightest, earnest,

Help us, help, we cry to thee.

(Chorus)

Mary, help us, help we pray,

Mary, help us, help we pray,

Help us in all care and sorrow:

Mary, help us, help we pray.

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NOVENA PRAYERS

FIRST DAY

In casting myself at thy feet, O loving
Mother, to ask thee: (here mention your

request), I cannot help remembering that

thou earnest on the mountain of LaSalette,

first of all, to remind me of my Christian
duties. Therefore, there is no surer way

for me to have my petition granted, than
to return to the friendship of Jesus, by a

sincere confession, and to endeavor, with

my whole strength, to overcome my
besetting sin. O Virgin Reconciler of
sinners, obtain for me this most precious
of all graces, for, with it all the rest shall

be added unto me. The numberless

miracles obtained by those who invoke

thee under the title of Our Lady of

LaSalette, fill my heart with hope that my
petition shall prove as fortunate as those

addressed to thee, by so many other sup-
pliants. Vouchsafe, O Mother, during
each day of my novena, to instill into my
heart some of the teaching of thy merciful

Apparition.

Practice: Consecrate yourself to Our

Lady of LaSalette (See Page 24).

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SECOND DAY

O sorrowful Mother, why those tears
shed in the wild solitude, on the rock

which thou madest for a while thy earthly

throne?

My child, happy would I be, if my grief
should inspire you with a heart-felt sor-

row for your sins, and with a firm resolu-

tion to lead a better life! The land of your

heart, as the Prophet says, is made

desolate, because of your love for the

world and its empty pleasures, because of

your forgetfulness to meditate upon the

most important truths of faith, i.e., your

last end, together with the dreadful con-

sequences, both here and hereafter, of

your thoughtlessness. Retire into solitude

and there my Son will speak to your

heart, and will breathe into your soul the

proper means of securing* your salvation.

O Mother, the motives that urge me to
mingle my tears with thine are innumer-

able. I will not resist Jesus’ call any

longer. Henceforth, with thy powerful

aid, my thoughts, words and actions shall

correspond to the wishes of the Divine

Heart of Jesus.

Practice: Recite ten Hail Marys and

ten invocations to Our Lady of LaSalette

to ask for a deep hatred of sin.

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THIRD DAY

What, O Mother, is the meaning of the
bright cross which shines upon thy breast?

Why this stream of tears trickling down
thy heavenly face and rolling over the

golden cross on which they are burnt

away as on a fire of love?

My child,was your soul never defiled by
a mortal sin? Did you never scoff at my
Son, thus crucifying anew your Saviour

and your God? Is not the cross, that

sacred emblem of salvation, scornfully

banished from all the places where it used

once to stand in honor? Such iniquities

should be washed away by tears of blood!

Strive, therefore, to appease my Son’s
wrath and to mitigate His vengeance.

Stand in fear that the Sacred Blood which

once flowed on Calvary, should now fall

revengefully upon your head, and the

heads of those you hold dearest in this

world! Dread that you should be deserted

by God! Contemplate Jesus on His Cross.

Humbly adore Him and pour forth your
most heart-felt thanks at His feet. Re-

member that, with Him, there is a remedy

for every evil. There is no virtue but finds

in Him a perfect model. Bear His cross on
your breast, but chiefly in your heart. And

in return, heaven shall be your reward.

Practice: Kneel before a crucifix and

say an act of contrition for your sins.

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FOURTH DAY

The witnesses of thy Apparition, O

sweet Mother, vie with each other in

telling me of the extreme simplicity of thy

dress, and the modesty of thy looks. What

a lesson for my pride and vanity, to

behold thee clothed with a common gown,

a simple neckerchief, a humble apron,

and a cap completely covering thy ears

and thy hair. Who could but admire thy

carefulness in concealing thy angelic face

from the eyes of the small boy? No,

sorrowful Mother, thou couldst not more

forcibly reprove pride, luxuriousness and

sensuality, the allurements of which make

numberless victims, both in this world

and in the next. Help me, O Mother, to

fly from the world and its distractions
;
to

lead an interior life in order to become

like Saint Paul, “the good odor of Christ

unto God.” Help me to understand better

that, to keep my heart pure, I must en-

deavor to be humble, to love mortification

and to shun the sinful pleasures of the

world.

Practice: Recite the Litany of Our

Lady of LaSalette (See Page 20).

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FIFTH DAY

The flood of thy tegr§ at LaSalette, O

sorrowful Mother, ceased only with thy

words, as the little shepherdess said. And

it was also noticed that thou didst weep

more abundantly, while speaking of our

greatest sins, i.e., blasphemy, profanation

of the Lord- s day, ^violation 6£<the laWs of

fast and abstinence, rebellion: against

God arid 'His Church,'-indifferencein* re-

gard to thy super-naturhl warrfingS, and

in^atjW#e
J

for thy gifts Und'tHy love.. Lei‘

thy tear-bedewed face alwaiys'W tiejtercf,

my eyes, that it may soften my heart, and

,

impart to it the grace of a true repentance!

And. to prove that I am heartily sorry for

my sins, I will, from this day, spare no

effort to combat the great crimes with

which thou didst reproach us in thy

Apparition.

Practice: Make a sacrifice in reparation

for the sins of mankind.

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SIXTH DAY

Do you pray well, my child? . . . You

should pray well morning and evening.

You know what my Son says about prayer

in His Gospel: “We ought always to pray,

and not to faint,” i.e., not to be faint-

hearted in prayer. “For without me,”

that is, without my grace, “you can do

nothing” meritorious for heaven. Re-

member that grace is granted only

through prayer. “But,” says my Son,

“if you ask the Father anything in My

name, He will give it to you.” Ask, there-

fore, with a pure and righteous heart,

confidently, submissively, perseveringly,

“and you shall receive.” Prayer is the

key of the heavenly treasures. The cry

of your misery goes up to God, and mercy

descends forthwith. If, then, you wish to

be a saint, be a lover of prayer. I myself

pray incessantly for you in heaven.

—

0 sweet Mother, help me to understand

the deep meaning of these few words!

1 will never forget that prayer is a neces-

sity for the human heart, and the happi-

ness of life.

Practice: Examine yourself to see how

you say your daily prayers.

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SEVENTH DAY

Who would imagine, O loving Mother,

that man is so wicked and so careless

about his own welfare, as to turn into a

deadly poison for his soul what God, in

His infinite mercy, intended for his sal-

vation, and for his greatest happiness.

And yet, this is exactly what we learn

from one of thy maternal reproaches:

“They go to Mass,” sayest thou, “only

to scoff at religion!”

Alas! how many Catholics are there,

who keep entirely away from the church?

And if they do go, their evil dispositions

make them all the more guilty. How many
poor sinners are there, who, instead of

going to the sacred fountains of the Sacra-

ments to quench the fire of their unruly

passions, scornfully disdain these divine

gifts and sacrilegiously profane them!

Would to God that, with thy all powerful

help, I should never defile my soul with

a sacrilege. My confessions shall always
be as sincere as I would have them when

my last day comes. Henceforth my
respectful behavior in assisting at Mass,

will prove my tender love and my pro-

found esteem for His holy Sacrifice.

Practice: Attend Holy Mass and re-

ceive Holy Communion.

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EIGHTH DAY

O loving Mother, how vividly real do
the secrets of thy maternal heart appear

in thy merciful Apparition! How greatly
they increase and strengthen my confi-
dence in thee! O amiable Mother, 'how
mercifully thou bearest the rebukes en-

countered in thy endeavors to bring back

to God the hearts of the erring children.

One' may remain deaf to the call of thy

love and engaging goodness
;
but he will

yield to thy tears. For the tears of a

mother go straight to the fiearf £nd melt

it. Biff, as regards those whose hbrdeiretf

hearts despise even thy tears, thou hast

awful threats and terrible chastisements

in store for them. Yet, even then, how

much like those of a mother are thjr re*

proofs and punishments! With one hand

thou strikest, while With the othef thou

upholdest. Even when we go astray, thy

watchful and maternal eyes follow us in

the minutest details of life, to detect the

slightest good sentiments of our hearts, in

order to reward them. Who would not

strive to inflame every heart with love

and respect for thee?

Practice : Speak to one of your friends

or acquaintances of Our Lady of LaSalette.

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NINTH DAY

The days of my novena have come to an
end, and I have hardly begun to meditate

upon the teachings of thy Apparition.

How solacing for our wearied hearts to
contemplate thee and to pour forth our

humble prayers at thy feet! Hours spent

with thee are but as instants which pass

with a flight as rapid as that of the

lightning flash. But, as thou didst once

say to the shepherds enraptured by thy

sight: “Well, my children, you will make
this known to all my people”; so now thou
addressest me with the same warning:
Well, my child, you will make my teach-
ings known to all my people. Love re-
joices to express itself by sacrifices and

devotedness. Teach, then, all those about

you the necessity of serving God. Make
known to them the religious observances,

and the delight found in the service of

God. And, to fulfill this sacred duty,

meditate upon the teachings of my
Apparition. O my child, let your heart be
inflamed like that of your Mother with

the fire of holy zeal for God’s glory!

Remember that by edifying your fellow-

creatures, and procuring their salvation,

you secure your own. Yes! heaven is

the prize!

Practice: Make the Stations of the
Gross for the souls in Purgatory.

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LITANY OF

OUR LADY OF LA SALETTE

Our Lady of LaSalette, Mother of God,

pray for us.

Our Lady of LaSalette, Queen and

Mother of men, pray for us.

Our Lady of LaSalette, Messenger of

Divine Mercy, pray for us.

Our Lady of LaSalette, all-powerful

suppliant, pray for us.

Thou who restrainest the arm of the

Lord angered against us, pray for us.

Thou who sheddest so many tears on
account of our sins and misfortunes, pray

for us.

Thou who carest so much for us, in

spite of all our ingratitude, pray for us.

Thou who dost so lovingly invite us to

have recourse to thee, pray for us.

Thou who dost reproach us with our

violation of Sunday and with blasphemy,

pray for us.

Thou who dost complain so sorrowfully

of the profanation of holy things, pray for

us.

Thou who dost so strongly recommend

prayer, and especially morning and

evening prayer, pray for us.

Thou who dost condemn so severely our

lusts and the shameful pleasures of the

world, pray for us.

Thou who dost remind us so touchingly

of the Passion of Jesus, pray for us.

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Thou whose apparition is a source of

salvation for poor sinners, pray for us.

Thou who dost invite so pressingly the

just to redouble their fervor, pray for us.

Thou whose prophetic menaces have so

justly alarmed the world, pray for us.

Thou who dost promise so many bless-
ings if we become converted, pray for us.

Thou who didst cause to spring up at

thy feet a fountain of miraculous water,

pray for us.

Thou who, after the example of Jesus,

dost heal every infirmity, pray for us.

Thou who dost desire to be honored and

invoked throughout the world, pray for us.

Thou who didst cause so many works of

reparation to be undertaken and to

prosper, pray for us.

Our Lady of LaSalette, living example

of charity, pray for us.

Victim of penance and expiation, pray

for us.

Model of modesty and simplicity, pray

for us.

Standard of obedience and submission,

pray for us.

Source of burning zeal and of the apos-

tleship, pray for us.

Loving Mother of the poor and of

children, pray for us.

Light of the blind and of the ignorant,

pray for us.

Consolation of the sick and of the af-

flicted, pray for us.

Hope of the despairing, pray for us.

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Help of the Church militant, pray for

us.

Advocate of the Church suffering, pray

for us.

Glory of the Church triumphant, pray

for us.

By thy bitter complaints of men’s
sinfulness, render us docile to the law of

thy Divine Son, 0 Mary!
By thy abundant tears, obtain for us

the grace to weep over our sins, O Mary!
By thy motherly sufferings, obtain for

us resignation in all our trials, O Mary

!

By thy apparitions and thy miracles,
revive the faith of thy people, 0 Mary!
By thy mysterious looks towards Rome,

make us more and more devoted to the

Holy See, O Mary!
By thy incomparable tenderness make

us love thee more and more, O Mary!
By thy ravishing beauty, make us sigh

after heaven, O Mary!

By thy new assumption, draw us after

thee, O Mary!

PRAYER
Lord Jesus Christ, who, in Thy infinite

mercy, didst send to us on the mountain of

LaSalette Thy ever glorious Mother in

order to remind us of our Christian duties,

grant that, moved by her tears and docile

to her warnings, we may appease in this

life Thy just anger by a sincere repent-

ance, and that we may merit by our good

works the grace to enjoy Thee eternally

in heaven. Thou who livest and reignest

world without end. Amen.

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MEMORARE TO
OUR LADY OF LA SALETTE

Remember, our Lady of LaSalette, true

Mother of Sorrows, the tears which thou

didst shed for me on Calvary
;
be mirfdful

also of the unceasing care which thou dost

exercise to shield me from the justice of

God; and consider whether thou canst

now abandon thy child, for whom thou

hast done so much. Inspired by this con-

soling thought, I come to cast myself at

thy feet, in spite of my infidelity and in-

gratitude. Reject not my prayer, O

Virgin of reconciliation, convert me, obtain

for me the grace to love Jesus Christ above

all things and to console thee too by living

a holy life, in order that one day I may be

able to see thee in heaven. Amen.

An indulgence of 500 days

Our Lady of LaSalette, Reconciler of

sinners, pray without ceasing for us who

have recourse to thee.

An indulgence of 300 days

(
S.P . Ap., Dec. 12, 1933).

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CONSECRATION TO
OUR LADY OF LA SALETTE

Most holy Mother, Our Lady of

LaSalette, who for love of me, didst shed

such bitter tears in thy merciful appari-

tion, look down with kindness upon me as

I consecrate myself to thee without re-

serve. From this day, my glory shall be

to know that I am thy child. May I so live

as to dry thy tears and console thy

afflicted heart. Beloved Mother, to thee

and to thy blessed charge and sacred

keeping and into the bosom of thy mercy,

for this day and for every day, and for the

hour of my death I commend myself,

body and soul, every hope and every joy,

every trouble and every sorrow, my life

and my life’s end. Deign, O dearest

Mother, to enlighten my understanding,

to direct my steps, to console me by thy

maternal protection, so that exempt from

all error, sheltered from every danger

of sin, strengthened against my enemies,

I may, with ardor and invincible courage,

walk in the paths traced out for me by

thee and Thy Son. Amen.

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HYMN: COME HOLY GHOST

Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest,

And in our hearts take up Thy rest

;

Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid

To fill the hearts which Thou hast made:

To fill the hearts which Thou hast made.

(Sermon)

HYMN: ON THIS DAY, O BEAUTIFUL

MOTHER

(Chorus)

On this day, O beautiful Mother,

On this day, we give thee our love.

Near thee, Madonna, fondly we hover,

Trusting thy gentle care to prove.

On this day we ask to share,

Dearest Mother, thy sweet care;

Aid us ere our feet astray,

Wander from thy guiding way.

(Repeat Chorus)

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BENEDICTION

O salutaris Hostia!

Quae coeli pandis ostium,

Bella premunt hostilia,

Da robur, fer auxilium.

Uni trinoque Domino

Sit sempitema gloria,

Qui vitam sine termino

Nobis donet in patria.

Tanturn ergo Sacramentum

Veneremur cernui,

Et antiquum documentum

Novo cedat ritui;

Praestet tides supplementum

Sensuum defectui.

Genitori Genitoque

Laus et jubilatio,

Salus, honor, virtus quoque

Sit et benedictio,

Procedenti ab utroque

Compar sit laudatio. Amen.

V. Panem de coelo praestitisti eis.

R. Omne delectamentum in se habentem.

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HYMN: HOLY GOD

Holy God, we praise Thy Name!

Lord of all, we bow before Thee!

All on earth Thy sceptre claim,

All in heav’n above adore Thee:

Infinite Thy vast domain,

Everlasting is Thy Reign. (Repeat)

HUMBLY AT THY SHRINE, MARY

Humbly at thy shrine, Mary,

Faithful vows bestowing.

Ev’ry heart is thine, Mary,

Queen of LaSalette.

Thine they are to mold, Mary,

While with love they’re glowing,

So thy words to hold, Mary,

Never to forget.

(Refrain)

Humbly at thy shrine, Mary,

Faithful vows bestowing.

Loving hearts and longing, Mary,

Keep us near to thee, evermore.

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>:
THE MISSIONARIES OF

UR LADY^OF~L/T SALETTE

. . . owe their origin to this Apparition of

Our^Cadv ancTThey are mspired~by her

concluding words: "My children, you will

make this known to all my people.”

The Fathers are engaged in preaching

missions and retreats, m doing parish
workTTn laboring m tne mission districts
of^the United States ana also m tne
foreign missions. Lay-brother members

^

TST'theC fulfill duties which

dojnot-demand the priestly office .

The Congregation has foundations in

Switzerland. Madagascar. Northwest

Canada, Italy, Belgium. Poland. Brazil .

England, Argentina, Angola. Burma and

the Philippines.

Here in Ipswich, students of the

American Province ot the Missionaries

spend the final years of their preparation

for the Priesthood.

~~those desirous of being Missionaries

of Our Lady of LaSalette may begin their

training by entering the preparatory

seminary in."Tlarttord
r
Connecticut at

any time after they finish the eighth grade.

Address: Vocational Director, LaSalefite

Seminary, 85 New Park Ave., Hartford 6,
Conn.

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LA SALETTE

SEMINARY AID SOCIETY

You may help ... to support the students here in
Ipswich during the years of their training to be-

come missionary priests by enrolling as members

of the LaSalette Seminary Aid Society. You may
also enroll the departed.

The benefits of the Society are a remembrance

in the daily prayers and good works of the

Community, as well as in the Masses said each

day during May and September and on each
Saturday of the year. Besides this, threeNovenas

of Masses are said each month, from the 11th to

the 19th, just for the members. “Shrine-Lites,”

a paper containing the news of the Shrine in

Ipswich, is sent to the members each month of

the year.

The annual enrollment for a living or departed

person is $1.00, to announce which Spiritual

Bouquet cards will be sent on request.

The Perpetual Enrollment for one person is

$25.00.

The Perpetual Enrollment of an entire family

is $50.00.

October 3, 1945

My dear Father:
I give my fervent blessing and heartfelt ap-

proval to your Seminary Aid Society. Its

objective is the support of the young men called
by God to train for the missionary life at the
LaSalette Seminary, Ipswich, Mass. There is no

greater charity.

Whoever helps to train missionaries has a
share in their apostolic merits and good works.

May God be good to all those who become
identified as friends or benefactors with this

noble work.

Devotedly yours in the Lord,

* R. J. Cushing
Archbishop of Boston

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ARCHCONFRATERNITY OF
OUR LADY OF LA SALETTE

DURING THESE DAYS of uncer-
tainity, with the very definite dread of

dire chastisements from Heaven, as a

result of the sins of men, each of us has a

clear obligation to heed this warning of

Our Lady. It was a realization of the

present situation which prompted Arch-

bishop Cushing to write in his Easter

Message: “I summon all our people to a
crusade of penance and prayer for peace.”

THE PRESENT PILGRIMAGES are
an effort toward a practical response.

They offer an excellent occasion for

penance and prayer.

There is a further opportunity to make

the same spirit a part of our daily life.

It is the Axchconfraternity of Our Lady

of LaSalette— an entirely spiritual or-
ganization to offer penance and prayer to

Our Lady that she may use it to gain an

abundance of Grace for men. The Popes

have granted numerous indulgences to the

association.

AS A MEMBER of our local confra-
ternity, you can sanctify your daily

routine and make it your contribution

“to a crusade of penance and prayer for

peace.” Have your name entered in the

register of the Confraternity! Use the

form on the opposite page.

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Please enroll me in the local Confraternity,

which is affiliated with the Archconfraternity of

Our Lady of LaSalette, as explained on the

opposite page.

Name

Street

City

(Please print and use your own first name.)
No offering requfred.

hi Please include the following intentions among

x those remembered at the Shrine:

u Conversion

.

Thanksgiving

Vocation

Priests and Religious

* Happy Death

< Sick Person

u Those in Service

Souls in Purgatory

Parents

Children

Happy Marriage

World Peace

Holy Father

Personal Intentions

This page may be torn off and placed in intention

or enrollment box.

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