Prayer & Spirituality Ministries

Staff Liaison:  Father Mike Mayer; fr.mike.mayer@dor.org ; 585-334-3815

Spiritual Friends/Evangelization        

Contact: Jeanne Leonardi  reginal@rochester.rr.com  585-533-9386

The goal of this ministry is a commitment to help each other live a Christ - Centered life growing in holiness. The main elements of the ministry are achieving a sense of welcoming, belonging, community and gaining confidence in living out the call to discipleship.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament   

Contact: Sue Waterstraat  comeadorehim@gmail.com  585-261-5676 or

Contact: Lou Ann Owens  laowens@rochester.rr.com  585-350-8945

Adoration is presently being offered Monday through Friday in Room 3 at Guardian Angels. Typically, a person signs up to pray in the Chapel for a 1-hour time frame on the same day each week. These people are called committed adorers.  If one cannot commit to a specific time each week, we also have a list of people, who are willing to be substitutes. Substitutes cover for committed adorer who cannot make it to their weekly hour for whatever reason.

Both committed adorers and substitutes are essential to ensure that he Blessed Sacrament is never left alone on the alter and the Chapel can remain open for visitors.  For more information, please contact Sue or Lou Ann. You may also ask to be added to our weekly newsletter which goes out every Sunday via e-mail and details available hours for the following week.

 

Divine Mercy Novena

Contact: Harriet Beiter  585-334-2912

As Jesus requested in St. Faustina’s Diary (#1210-1230) the novena is to be prayed beginning on Good Friday through the Saturday before Divine Mercy Sunday (the 1st Sunday after Easter). It includes the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and special prayers which Jesus prepared for each day of the novena.

When St. Pope John Paul canonized Sr. Faustina (making her St. Faustina), he also, on the same day, surprised the entire world by establishing Divine Mercy Sunday (the feast day associated with the message) as a feast day for the entire Church. The feast day falls on the Second Sunday of the Easter season. On that day, John Paul II declared, "This is the happiest day of my life."  For more information: https://www.thedivinemercy.org/

Group Prayer with Adoration

Contact: Sue Waterstraat  comeadorehim@gmail.com  585-261-5676 or

Contact: Lou Ann Owens  laowens@rochester.rr.com  585-350-8945

Every Friday from 2:30 - 3:30 pm, parishioners meet in the Adoration Chapel, located in Room 3 at Guardian Angels, for group prayer and adoration. They pray The Rosary, The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary and The Divine Mercy Chaplet in addition to other prayers. 

On the first Friday of every month, Exposition and Benediction of the Holy Eucharist is also included.  

 

Staff Liaison:  Sister Sheila Stevenson; sheila.stevenson@dor.org ; 585-334-3815

Our Lady of Guadalupe Novena

Contact: Harriet Beiter  585-334-2912

The Our Lady of Guadalupe Novena has been prayed every Monday for 40 years. Opening song and prayers are followed by the Rosary, the Litany of Our Lady and Divine Mercy Chaplet from 6:30 to 7:15 every Monday in Room 3 of the Guardian Angel site. We enjoy a social hour every 3rd Monday after the novena.

Rosary & Altar Society

Contact: Michele Pelleschi  585-510-8979 

Ann Iten  anniten@frontiernet.net  585-334-8144

Fosters a sense of community among parishioners through devotion to Mary in the recitation of the Holy Rosary. The Rosary and Altar Society support parish functions, provide financial aid for parish projects, and offer programs for spiritual growth and camaraderie.