BRIDGEPORT—Bishop Frank J. Caggiano invites the faithful to join together each night in May for the Rosary “as we pray for an end to the pandemic and hope for those who need it most: first responders, those in the service industry, the unemployed, and all those suffering from COVID-19.”
According to Dr. Patrick Donovan, Director of the diocesan Leadership Institute, the Rosary will be live-streamed on the diocesan website each night. Since the onset of the pandemic in the Diocese of Bridgeport thousands have turned to live-streamed prayer services sponsored by the Institute.
Earlier this month, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced that the U.S. bishops will join the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on 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.
(To volunteer to lead or to find the link to join, please visit www.formationreimagined.org/rosary-for-hope-and-healing. No computer? No problem. If you want to join us by phone, call 646.558.8656 or 301.715.8592 and enter this ID number when prompted: 840 8707 1375.)
