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July 18, 2023The annual Novena to St. Anne at St. Anne’s Shrine and St. Anne and St. Patrick Parish in Sturbridge is one way that people there are participating in the parish phase of the National Eucharistic Revival.
“My flesh for the life of the world” (Jn 6:51) is the theme for the 136th annual novena in honor of SS. Joachim and Anne, Mary’s parents and Jesus’ grandparents. Their feast day, July 26, is an occasion to recognize today’s grandparents.
The novena, which all are welcome to attend, is being held July 18-26, at the shrine on the parish site, 16 Church St., in the Fiskdake section of Sturbridge. The nightly schedule is: confessions at 5:30 p.m. in St. Anne Church sacristy, the rosary procession from the Generations statue (in front of the gift shop) at 6:30 p.m. and the novena Mass in the outdoor pavilion at 7 p.m. On July 26 there is also a Mass – with anointing of the sick – at 11 a.m. in the pavilion.
Celebrants/homilists and the communities they represent are as follows.
July 18: Assumptionist Father Alex Castro, St. Anne’s pastor, parish community
July 19: Assumptionist Father Édouard Shatov, coming from Quebec, Canada, lay Assumptionists
July 20: Jesuit Father Alcidio Tembe, of Mozambique, studying at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, African community
July 21: Father Cleber de Paula, associate pastor, Holy Family Parish, Worcester, Brazilian community
July 22: Father Rosanno Soriano, Missionaries of La Salette, National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, Attleboro, Filipino community
July 23: Father Peter Tam Bui, pastor, Our Lady of Vilna Parish, Worcester, Vietnamese community
July 24: Father Grzegorz Chodkowski, pastor, St. Joseph Basilica, Webster, Polish community
July 25: Father Carlos Ardila, pastor, St. John Paul II Parish, Southbridge, Hispanic community
July 26: Assumptionist Father Dinh Vo Tran, Assumptionist community, 11 a.m. Mass, and Assumptionist Father Dennis Gallagher, previous provincial superior, Assumptionists’ North American Province, 7 p.m. Mass
