2 CENACLES UPDATE Our Divine Mercy Group from Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Northglenn began in 2019. We started with a group of 11 and currently have 25 members. We are growing spiritually with our Lord and the messages of St. Faustina through the Divine Mercy Chaplet. The first time we got together we wanted to plan a trip to the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy. Because of COVID we had to postpone that trip, but our group continued to get together every week for Mass, prayer, and fellowship. We eventually made it to Stockbridge in 2021 and were blessed with a spirit-filled pilgrimage. One of our main outreach efforts has been to help our priest, Fr. Isidore Orjikwe, with his charity in Nigeria. Our group helped organize fundraisers, and in January 2023 several group members flew with Father to Obiagu, Nigeria to open the Divine Mercy Hospital which serves those in need with free or reduced cost medical care. We have organized several other pilgrimages including San Luis, Colorado, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, both led by Fr. Isidore, and just recently our new pastor, Fr. Ernest Bayer, led us on a pilgrimage to South Dakota. Our group will spend 2024 in a year-long spiritual pilgrimage reading 52 Weeks with Saint Faustina and the Cenacle Formation Manual. We all look forward to being Apostles of Divine Mercy to help us grow each day in understanding of His love and mercy. Countless times God has shown our group the power of prayer and His mercy, and we look forward to continuing our faith journey together. “Jesus, we trust in You!” NORTHGLENN, Colorado Gwen Lagunas wrote and told us: TRACY, California Buena Diaz wrote and told us: Our EADM Divine Mercy Ministry at Saint Bernard Catholic Church in Tracy began with the merciful love of Jesus. During the pandemic, through the works (books and talks) of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, my heart was rekindled and set aflame with burning love for Jesus, which prompted me to ask Him, “Jesus, what can I do for you?” His answer led me to start the EADM Divine Mercy Ministry, with the help of my family, friends, and Dr. Bryan Thatcher. Our pastor, Fr. David Dutra, who is supportive and loves Divine Mercy, approved our EADM Divine Mercy ministry on June 30, 2022. We had a formal meeting with him on March 16, 2023, and our proposal for Divine Mercy Sunday was approved. Last Divine Mercy Sunday, we were able to distribute Divine Mercy Images, prayer cards, and Divine Mercy Sunday pamphlets during all Divine Mercy Sunday Masses at the church. Immediately after the Divine Mercy Sunday, our members grew from family and friends to other parishioners. Our in-person meeting is a loving, caring, and safe environment for sharing, healing, and growing in faith. We want to help heal the broken world, one soul at a time. As Jesus told St. Faustina: The greater the sinner, the greater the rights to My Mercy (Diary, 723). The flames of mercy are burning in Me – clamoring to be spent; I want to keep pouring them out upon souls; souls just don’t want to believe in My goodness (Diary, 177). We want to bring souls, both living and the deceased, to Jesus, as many as we can through the mission and devotion to Divine Mercy. We have schedules to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet 24/7 for the following intentions: praying for the Pope, bishops, and clergy; an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious and consecrated life; an end to abortion, suicide, euthanasia, killings, and war; the conversion of sinners; the sick and the dying; and all the Holy Souls in Purgatory. We also join our Knights of Columbus in the cemetery to pray for the unborn and an end of abortion every First Saturday. We pray the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet with the intentions of Pope St. John Paul II. We consecrated/reconsecrated ourselves to Jesus through Mary on Dec. 8, 2023, the Solemnity of Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by reading and pondering 33 Days to Morning Glory. We will also study Consoling the Heart of Jesus. We will begin 33 Days to Merciful Love, and we will have our consecration/reconsecration day to Divine Mercy on April 6, 2024. Saint Bernard’s will also host its first Divine Mercy Conference on April 6. One of our guest speakers will be Dr. Bryan Thatcher. The Divine Mercy Sunday Vigil Mass will be at 5 p.m. and will be celebrated by Bishop Myron Cotta.
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