Marian Helper • Summer 2026 • Marian.org 9 LIFT HIGH THE CROSS: On April 10, the Friday before Divine Mercy Sunday, the Marian Fathers gathered with friends and benefactors to pray as the cross was blessed and then placed high atop the new Monastery Chapel, currently under construction on Eden Hill. The Chapel and Monastery have been many years in the planning, realized thanks to donations from more than 13,000 Marian Helpers to the Marian Fathers’ first capital campaign, “Together for Christ and His Church.” The Marians will move in this fall. “Soon we will have the opportunity to live community life,” said the Most Rev. Joseph Roesch, MIC, superior general of the Marian Congregation, who blessed the cross. “We’re all part of this priesthood in Jesus Christ. We all want to proclaim Jesus Christ Risen, and that’s what it’s all about.” Blessed with prayers and a relic of the True Cross, the cross will signal to pilgrims and the local community the Gospel of Christ. Shrine Rector Fr. Matthew Tomeny, MIC, said it was an historic moment in the life of the community. “May those who will come to dwell in this house and worship our Lord in this chapel be perfected in His charity, and ever form themselves as worthy dwelling places of His Holy Spirit,” he prayed. Father Chris Alar, MIC, provincial superior, had words of gratitude ahead of a weekend of special graces. “On behalf of all the Marian Fathers, we are so grateful for the grace of God, we are so grateful for the gift of His Mother, and we are most grateful for the grace of Divine Mercy and the beauty of Divine Mercy Sunday, that the Lord has entrusted to us as Marians, to be caretakers of the message and devotion of Divine Mercy,” he said, “and you, all of you, as Marian Helpers, especially those who generously donated to this project.” Look for the latest updates on the project on our website, TogetherforChrist.org.
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