Lenten Mission at Our Lady of Mercy March 5-9 "The Corona19 Virus Pandemic: Curse or Moment of Grace?" The Reverend Monsignor Kieran E. Harrington WILL BE PREACHING AT ALL WEEKEND MASSES ON Confusion: "To Be a Christian and to Live in Sin is a Monstrous Contradiction. A Christian Must Be Holy." -St. John Vianney Monday, March 7, Mission Talk at 7:00pm Silence: "Why Speak at Length? Prayer is God, Who Works All Things in All Men."-Gregory of the Siani Tuesday, March 8, Mission Talk at 7:00PM Resolution: "Love Reaches that Point of Perfection Wherein it Not Only Causes Us To Do Good But To Do it Earnestly, Frequently, and Readily."-St.Francis De Sales March 9, Mission Talk with Eucharistic Adoration at 7:00PM Life of Grace: "Grace responds to the deepest yearnings of human freedom, calls freedom to cooperate with it, and perfects freedom. Sanctifying grace is the gratuitous gift of his life that God makes to us; it is infused by the Holy Spirit into the soul toheal it of sin and to sanctify it." - Catechism of the Catholic Church Mission Confessions at 6:00 pm Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, March 7-9, with four Confessors Monsignor Kieran E. Harrington serves as the National Director of the Pontifical Missions Societies in the United States, having been appointed in April 2021 by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The Pontifical Mission Societies includes the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Holy Childhood Association, the Society of St. Peter Apostle, and the Missionary Union of Priests and Religious. The Societies are under the Direction of Pope Francis and support missionary work, foster prayer and awareness, and combat poverty, disease, and injustice. Monsignor Harrington was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn in 2001. He was appointed Vicar for Communications for the Diocese of Brooklyn in 2006. In that role, he was responsible for overseeing the diocesan public information office, government affairs and public policy office, NET, the Diocese of Brooklyn cable TV station, and the Diocesan newspaper, The Tablet. He was appointed Rector of the Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph in 2008. In 2009, he was named president and chairman of the DeSales Media Group, the communications arm of the Diocese. Monsignor graduated with honors from St. John's University with a degree in philosophy and holds a Master of Divinity degree from the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington, New York and a Master of Business Administration from New York University's Stern School of Business. He is the recipient of the St. Thomas More Award from the Catholic Lawyers Guild and the Father Mychal Judge Award from the Great Irish Fair in Brooklyn. He is a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, a Knight of Columbus, and a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. OUR LADY OF MERCY CHURCH Rev. Bernard A. Healey, Pastor 65 Third Street, East Greenwich, RI 02818 (401) 884-4968 www.olmparish.org Lenten Mission at Our Lady of Mercy March 5-9 "The Corona19 Virus Pandemic: Curse or Moment of Grace?" The Reverend Monsignor Kieran E. Harrington WILL BE PREACHING AT ALL WEEKEND MASSES ON Confusion: "To Be a Christian and to Live in Sin is a Monstrous Contradiction. A Christian Must Be Holy." -St. John Vianney Monday, March 7, Mission Talk at 7:00pm Silence: "Why Speak at Length? Prayer is God, Who Works All Things in All Men."-Gregory of the Siani Tuesday, March 8, Mission Talk at 7:00PM Resolution: "Love Reaches that Point of Perfection Wherein it Not Only Causes Us To Do Good But To Do it Earnestly, Frequently, and Readily."-St.Francis De Sales March 9, Mission Talk with Eucharistic Adoration at 7:00PM Life of Grace: "Grace responds to the deepest yearnings of human freedom, calls freedom to cooperate with it, and perfects freedom. Sanctifying grace is the gratuitous gift of his life that God makes to us; it is infused by the Holy Spirit into the soul toheal it of sin and to sanctify it." - Catechism of the Catholic Church Mission Confessions at 6:00 pm Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, March 7-9, with four Confessors Monsignor Kieran E. Harrington serves as the National Director of the Pontifical Missions Societies in the United States, having been appointed in April 2021 by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The Pontifical Mission Societies includes the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Holy Childhood Association, the Society of St. Peter Apostle, and the Missionary Union of Priests and Religious. The Societies are under the Direction of Pope Francis and support missionary work, foster prayer and awareness, and combat poverty, disease, and injustice. Monsignor Harrington was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn in 2001. He was appointed Vicar for Communications for the Diocese of Brooklyn in 2006. In that role, he was responsible for overseeing the diocesan public information office, government affairs and public policy office, NET, the Diocese of Brooklyn cable TV station, and the Diocesan newspaper, The Tablet. He was appointed Rector of the Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph in 2008. In 2009, he was named president and chairman of the DeSales Media Group, the communications arm of the Diocese. Monsignor graduated with honors from St. John's University with a degree in philosophy and holds a Master of Divinity degree from the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington, New York and a Master of Business Administration from New York University's Stern School of Business. He is the recipient of the St. Thomas More Award from the Catholic Lawyers Guild and the Father Mychal Judge Award from the Great Irish Fair in Brooklyn. He is a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, a Knight of Columbus, and a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. OUR LADY OF MERCY CHURCH Rev. Bernard A. Healey, Pastor 65 Third Street, East Greenwich, RI 02818 (401) 884-4968 www.olmparish.org