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The St. Michael Center for the BLESSED VIRGIN MARY ("SMC")
is a non-profit Catholic lay apostolate, loyal to the Holy Father
and to the teachings of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church.
The SMC’s mission is to work in unity with all Catholics for
the strengthening of our Roman Catholic Faith through all of which
we hope to:
- teach the Truth about the Catholic Faith
- promote family unity
- promote vocations
- evangelize to all Catholics, especially those who left the Church.
- encourage service to the Church through corporal and spiritual
works of mercy.
- encourage Catholics to practice their faith more actively through
prayer and action, and spread the Catholic Faith more actively
among family members and friends, both believers and non-believers.
network with Catholic individuals and prayer groups in the U.S.A.
and internationally.
- establish relationships with other Catholic organizations in
order to support their evangelization efforts with the aim of
bringing many Catholics back to the Church.
- foster loyalty to the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI and the
Magisterium of the Catholic Church.
The St. Michael Center is also a prayer center in service of Jesus
and Mary in silence, obedience and humility, and as such it encourages
Catholics and non-Catholics to practice the virtues of humility,
mercy and obedience, and the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.
Most importantly, the St. Michael Center encourages prayer for that
which unites, not what divides us (Vis unita fortior); prayer for
what leads everyone to God, not what misleads us; and prayer for
a generous surrender of all souls to God.
In our efforts to re-instill Catholics with the fundamental Truths
of their Faith we have a distribution center which makes available:
- Prayer-booklets
- Pamphlets
- Books
- Video tapes
- Audio tapes
- Computer Software
- Catholic sacramentals
- Catholic magazines
Website Ministry Mission Statement
Encouraged by our Holy Father's homily to Catholic journalists on
World Communications Day 2002, St. Michael Center seeks to bring
the Gospel to the modern world via the Internet; to be a light in
the darkness; to call all of God's people back to Him; to promote
love and service to our Holy Father and the Catholic Church. As
Pope John Paul II challenges all of us, "for the Church, the
new world of cyberspace is a summons to the great adventure of using
its potential to proclaim the Gospel message."
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| LIVES
OF THE SAINTS |
May
12
ST. NEREUS, ST. ACHILLEUS AND ST. PANCRAS
Sts. Nereus and Achilleus were Roman soldiers who died around
304. They were probably Praetorian guards under Emperor Trajan.
We know little else about them.
May
13
ST. ANDREW FOURNET
St. Andrew Fournet was born on December 6, 1752.
He was from Maille, a little town near Poitiers, in France.
Andrew's parents were religious people. Mrs. Fournet had her
heart set on Andrew becoming a priest.
May
14
ST. MATTHIAS
St. Matthias was one of Our Lord's seventy-two disciples.
He had been a follower of Jesus during his public life. St.
Peter asked the 120 people gathered in prayer to choose an
apostle to replace Judas.
May
15
ST.
ISIDORE THE FARMER
Saint Isidore was born in 1070, in Madrid, Spain. His parents
were deeply religious. They named their son after the great
St. Isidore, archbishop of Seville, Spain.
May
16
ST. UBALD
St. Ubald lived in twelfth-century Italy. He was
an orphan raised by his uncle, a bishop. Ubald was given a
good education. When he finished his schooling, he had the
chance to marry. But he became a priest instead. Eventually,
the pope made him bishop of Gubbio, the city of his birth.
May
17
ST. PASCHAL
BAYLON
St. Paschal, a Spanish saint, was born in 1540. From
the time he was seven, he worked as a shepherd. He never had
the opportunity to go to school. Yet he taught himself to
read and write.
May
18
ST. JOHN
I
St. John I was a priest of Rome. He became pope after
the death of Pope St. Hormisdas in 523. At that time, Italy's
ruler, Theodoric the Goth, was an Arian. (The Arians did not
believe that Jesus is God.) Theodoric let Catholics alone
at the beginning of his reign. Later, however, he changed
and became arrogant and suspicious of everyone.
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PHOTO OF THE MONTH |
Tour
of the Relics of the Passion
(International Center
for Holy Relics)
www.HolyRelics.org
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| REFLECTIONS |
 “Jesus’
Baptism”
Why did Jesus, the sinless one sent from the Father in heaven,
submit himself to John’s baptism? John preached a
baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins (Luke
3:3). In this humble submission we see a foreshadowing of
the “baptism” of Jesus bloody death upon the
cross. Jesus’ baptism is the acceptance and the beginning
of his mission as God’s suffering Servant (Isaiah
52:13-15; 53:1-12). He allowed himself to be numbered among
sinners. Jesus submitted himself entirely to his Father’s
will. Out of love he consented to this baptism of death
for the remission of our sins. Do you know the joy of trust
and submission to God?
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