A Busy Divine Mercy Sunday - Let the Graces Flow!

Finally, Br. Ziggy is back so I could get to some more photographs! I'm including photographs from Divine Mercy weekend. We had fantastic weather, and thousands of people came. Many priests came to help with the confessions, which went through the night. Father Jan did a marathon from Saturday 8 a.m. till Sunday 4 a.m. with very few breaks! The first Vigil Mass was at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Many pilgrims came and stayed. We had an all-night vigil of prayer and then a procession with the Divine Mercy Image at 3 a.m., which started outside the shrine. The first dawn Mass was at 4:30 a.m., then Masses followed at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

It is estimated that we had about 25,000 or more pilgrims visiting the shrine throughout the day. The dawn Mass was celebrated by Fr. Jose Cabantan who was new bishop elect. After the Mass we invited the bishop and other priests and nuns to us for breakfast. Father Wal and Fr. Jan are comfortably sitting on vice-rector's knee, Fr. Medz's. It is one big happy family here at DMH!

God bless,
Ela

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Please read the story from the previous day. These photographs are from different areas where babies' milk was being distributed.

God bless,
Ela
Father Dariusz, MIC, the new house superior, together with the Sisters of the Daughters of Divine Love are continuing co-working with the Social Action group which is part of our Archdiocese. Marians, from the funds that they have been receiving, have already sponsored 1,500 school children to get back to school and are systematically providing babies' powder milk for 500 infants up to one-year old as well as helping pregnant women at different locations. Of the 19 centres for the typhoon victims, most are located either on basketball pitches or patches of land where tents have been erected.
On the 4th and 13th of January, the Marian Congregation, together with the Divine Mercy Foundation of Mindanao, organized help for the people affected by the typhoon.

The items given out were: pots and utensils, thermos flasks, 5-gallon water containers, blankets, slippers, as well as rosary beads and pictures of the Divine Mercy.