 By: Anne DeSantis Fast and Pray on May 13th The faithful are invited to pray and fast on Friday, May 13th amidst the leaked draft from the Supreme Court related to Roe v Wade. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops are asking for Catholics to commit to praying a Rosary in honor of the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. Join all of us at SRNF by fasting and praying for a respect for life from conception until natural death on Friday. Click below for the article with details from the USCCB: Faithful Invited to Fast and Pray on May 13th Mercedarians Meet With Pope Francis at the Vatican The Mercedarian Order had their General Chapter meetings at the Vatican over the past couple week, and they had an opportunity to meet with our Holy Father. The pope's message to the Mercedarians was to "listen to your mission" in regard to the charism of the Order to make outreach to those who are the captives of the current time or in some kind of slavery. We at SRNF are honored to be a Mercedarian ministry partaking in this mission as we make pastoral outreach to families in crisis. The YouTube link below is the Holy Father's message to the Order: Pope Francis Message to the Mercedarian Order St. Raymond Nonnatus Kits Available The Mercedarian Order Development Office has St. Raymond Nonnatus Kits available. The kits are a perfect gift for an expectant mother you know. Details on how to obtain a kit and have one sent to you or a loved one is on the St. Raymond Nonnatus Foundation website. We thank the Mercedarian Development Office for these beautiful kits, and we are blessed to make them available on the Nonnatus website. All details regarding what is contained in each kit are at the link below: St. Raymond Nonnatus Kit Page We Are Here for YOU The St. Raymond Nonnatus Foundation for Freedom, Family, and Faith is here for YOU and your family. We offer prayer, priestly consultations, podcasts, and programs. Be sure to check-out our website to learn more about our ministry. We offer pastoral accompaniment for families in crisis. We are a Mercedarian ministry guided by the charisms of the Mercedarian Order. We appreciate your prayers and support so that we can continue to reach a vast amount of families who appreciate our offerings of the spiritual works of mercy. To donate to our mission, click below. The link is a donation to us through the Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia which is part of a new partnership which helps us reach more families in crisis. Thank you, and God bless you from SRNF. Donate to SRNF through the Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia
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 By: Anne DeSantis
The St. Raymond Nonnatus Foundation for Freedom, Family, and Faith is a Catholic non-profit 501c3 founded in 2015 by the Mercedarian friars. Our mission is pastoral accompaniment for families in crisis. We need your help to enable us to get the word out about our free services. Below are ways you can assist us in doing so. Word of Mouth It is a known fact in the world of marketing and in business that word of mouth is the best way to spread the word. Although we are not a business, non-profits can use the same concepts in order to make greater outreach. Please let your friends, family, and your contacts know about us. We serve families facing adversities by offering them the Spiritual Works of Mercy. We do this through prayer, priestly consultations, podcasts and videos, and through programs and events. Social Media Are you on Facebook, Instagam, Twitter, or LinkedIn? We are too! Be sure to follow us by clicking the links in this paragraph for each social media page. Friend, follow and "like" our pages and our posts. This is a big help for us to get the word about about who we are and what we do. If you have a business or personal email list that you can send and share our emails, please do so. Before doing that, please sign-up on our website by clicking HERE to receive our email mailings. Once you are on the mailing list, you can forward our emails to your friends and family. Thank you! Google Reviews We are on Google, and if you simply key in the St. Raymond Nonnatus Foundation, you can give us a review. It is very simple to do once you put our name into the search engine. Positive reviews on Google are helpful to us for people to see your favorable response to our ministry and our mission. Click HERE to give us a review. Pray for Us! Nothing is more powerful than prayer! Please pray for us to be able to reach more families in crisis. We could not do the work we are doing without your prayers and support. Please also consider supporting our mission by partnering with us financially with a one-time or recurring donation. All of your donation will go toward expanding our mission and helping families to receive the pastoral support they deserve. Click HERE to donate to our new partnership with the Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia. The CFGP is enabling us to spread the word far and wide through their efforts in union with us. To learn more about our mission and our work, go to our website. The Church CARES, and so does the St. Raymond Nonnatus Foundation for Freedom, Family, and Faith. God bless. |