-
2022 40 Hours Devotion
-
BackForwardPauseCaption
-
Photo Albums
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
40 Hours Devotions 2022 - October 23, 24, 25
Join us in this beautiful devotion to
Our Lord truly present in the Blessed Sacrament.
Please sign up in the Narthex for a time slot so that someone is keeping the Lord company at all times.
Adoration:
October 23: begins after 10:30am Mass
October 24: begins after 9:00am Mass
October 25: begins after 9:00am Mass
Evening services with Guest Speaker Fr. Paul O'Donnell:
October 23, 24, 25 at 7pm
Each evening will end with Benediction.
-
Our Homilist
This year we welcome Fr. Paul O'Donnell as our guest homilist. Fr. Paul was ordained to the priesthood in 2002. Originally from Delaware County, he graduated from Cardinal O’Hara High School in 1982. Father studied electrical engineering at Widener University and worked at United Engineers until he entered the seminary in 1996.
After ordination, Fr. Paul was a parish priest at St. Anastasia in Newton Square for three years, then studied spiritual theology in Rome for two years. Since returning from Rome, Fr. Paul has been in education for the past 15 years - five years at O’Hara, one year at St. Charles Seminary, and currently in his tenth year at Archbishop Wood.
-
-
-
What is 40 Hours?
40 Hours Devotion is a 40-hour period of continuos prayer made in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament in solemn exposition. The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian Life." (CCC 1324)
The 40 Hours Devotion existed in Europe since the 1500s but was instituted in America in the 1850’s by our own St. John Neumann, fourth Bishop of Philadelphia. The purpose of 40 Hours Devotion is to deepen our personal relationship with Jesus through dedicated time of communal and individual Adoration and prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.
If you grew up in Philadelphia, you might remember that our churches were always filled for the 40 Hours Devotion. Families prioritized 40 Hours as an important devotion, making a conscious effort to attend as a family. To help foster that practice here, no other parish activities take place during these nights so that we are not competing with spending valuable time with Our Lord.
Please bring your families to pray before the Lord and grow in faith through our reflections and Confession.
-
