WWW.THEFLORIDACATHOLIC.ORG May 1-7, 2020 Volume 81, Number 12
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ORLANDO DIOCESE
Livestreamed Masses can be found at the following: youtube.com/user/ OrlandoDiocese vimeo.com/orlandodiocese facebook.com/ orlandodiocese See page 4 for information on local parishes' livestreamed Masses
PALM BEACH DIOCESE
Televised Catholic Mass
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Sunday Mass is viewed on television: 10:30 a.m. CW34 See page 4 for information on local parishes' livestreamed Masses
VENICE DIOCESE
Livestreamed Mass with Bishop Frank Dewane www.dioceseovenice.org/ tvmass facebook.com/DioceseofVenice Sunday Mass can be viewed on television: 9:30 a.m. on the CW Network, and at 10:30 a.m. on FOX-4. See page 4 for digital resources
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Mary, mother of God, pray for us
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has announced the U.S. bishops will join the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops May 1 in consecrating the two nations to the care of the Blessed Mother under the title "Mary, Mother of the Church." This will give the church the occasion to pray for Our Lady's continued protection of the vulnerable, healing of the unwell and wisdom for those who work to cure this terrible virus," said Archbishop Gomez in a letter to the U.S. bishops. Each year, the church seeks the special intercession of the Mother of God during the month of May. This year, we seek the assistance of Our Lady all the more earnestly as we face together the effects of the global pandemic," he said. This consecration reaffirms the bishops' previous consecrations of the United States to Mary. In 1792, the first bishop of the United States, Bishop John Carroll, consecrated the nation to Mary under the title Immaculate Conception, and in 1846, the bishops unanimously chose Mary under that title as the patroness of the nation. In 1959, Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle of Washington again consecrated the United States to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Archbishop Gomez will lead the prayer of reconsecration May 1 at 3 p.m. (EDT) and has invited the bishops to join in from their respective dioceses and asked them to extend the invitation to the faithful in their dioceses for their participation. This reconsecration follows the Latin American bishops' council who consecrated Latin America and the Caribbean to Our Lady of Guadalupe on Easter.
Bishops of U.S., Canada will consecrate their nations to Mary at 3 p.m., May 1
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