In prayer for the advancement of the culture of life.  Security will be there throughout the night.  Come as early as 5:00 p.m.  Latin Masses at 8:00 p.m. Friday and 3:00 a.m. Saturday.  Adoration ends just before the 7:00 a.m. Saturday Mass.  These prayer vigils will be held every First Friday.  The Cloistered Carmelites will also be praying all night.  You may leave your personal prayer requests with them.  There will be food and drink available in the evening. 

After the February 5, 8:00 PM Mass in Latin, Father Longua, FSSP, will bless bread (St. Agatha Bread) that you bring. It is the feast of St. Agatha. Bread will be blessed in the room where food is eaten, next door to the chapel. If the crowd is large, some will fit in the room, others can stand on the porch.

Keep a small piece in your freezer all year. It is protection against fire, storms, earthquakes.

St. Agatha is patron saint of: Sicily, bellfounders, against breast cancer, bakers, Catania, Sicily, against fire, earthquakes, eruptions of Mount Etna, fire, jewelers, martyrs, natural disasters, nurses, Palermo, Sicily, rape victims, single laywomen, sterility, torture victims, volcanic eruptions, wetnurses, and Zamarramala, Spain
 

Request flyers & directions at carmelitevigil@aol.com or contact Vicki Middleton, 214-542-4823.  Sponsored by the Discalced Carmelite Monastery.

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