Our mission
as the parish community of
Our Lady of Hope
is to give witness to the love of Jesus in our families, our parish community and the world.

Our parish has a wonderful spirit and all of us together make that possible. Many people, who were here before us, believed that God is bringing us together and guiding our steps. They often asked, "What if …?" or "Why not …?" They gave thanks for what is and they hoped for what could be. We ask the same questions and share the same hope. Those who come after us will continue the same tradition that has been fashioned by the people of Our Lady of Hope, St. Bridget, St. John Vianney, Sacred Heart and Holy Cross.

Resources

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Faithful Citizenship Guide from the US Bishops
https://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/faithful-citizenship/upload/forming-consciences-for-faithful-citizenship.pdf short 2 minute summary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYHZx7Ke-L0&list=TLPQMTgwOTIwMjDxVKUkIYIFzQ&index=1
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Novena to the Holy Spirit
We invite you to join us in praying together this beautiful novena leading up to Pentecost. Click this link. It is also available with the bulletin outside of the church door.

Faith at Home Resources:
Tools for Building a Domestic Church - https://melkite.org/tools-for-building-a-domestic-church
Saint of the Day - https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints.html

A Spiritual Bouquet Card Craft for May - http://catholicmom.com/2013/05/06/a-spiritual-bouquet-card-craft-for-may/

Daily Readings - US Conference of Catholic Bishops Daily Readings:
www.usccb.org/bible/readings/

Laudato Si Stations of the Cross
https://www.trocaire.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/parishes/laudato-si-study-guide-2017.pdf

Resources for watching Mass on TV:
See this page - click HERE.
Also: https://bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-van/can-t-get-to-mass-online-and-tv-masses-available

How to make a Spiritual Communion (click on this link)

Our Albany diocese website: https://www.rcda.org/

Scripture and Prayer Resources

Daily Readings - US Conference of Catholic Bishops Daily Readings:
www.usccb.org/bible/readings/

Biblegateway Scripture Passage Lookup: https://www.biblegateway.com/

Daily Faith Sharing with Father James Martim, SJ
On his Facebook page.

Daily Reflections: https://dynamiccatholic.com/daily-reflections

The Little Books of Bishop Ken Untener: https://littlebooks.org/about

Question of the Week - Lifelong Catechesis - Our Sunday Visitor
http://lifelongcatechesis.osv.com/questions_of_the_week/en/first_sunday_of_lent

3-Minute Retreats - Loyola Press

https://www.loyolapress.com/3-minute-retreats-daily-online-prayer

Linn Ministries: http://www.linnministries.org/

Contemplative Outreach Newsletters
If you are interested in spirituality or contemplative prayer, Contemplative Outreach has a beautiful, deep newsletter you can subscribe to. You will receive it each month. There is an archive of older ones on the website under the resources button.

Here is the website to subscribe: https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/subscribe

Prayers, Music, Meditations from Taize - https://www.taize.fr/en_rubrique2601.html

Sojourners: www.sojo.net

Season of Creation: Friar Peter Chepaitis, OFM Homily Sept. 1, 2019 /documents/2019/9/2019%20C%2022%20Sunday%20Homily.pdf

Resources for Catholic News

The Evangelist - our Diocesan Newspaper: http://www.evangelist.org/

Catholic News Service - https://www.catholicnews.com/

National Catholic Reporter: https://www.ncronline.org/

Vatican News: https://www.vaticannews.va/en.html

National Catholic Register - https://m.ncregister.com/

About the Catholic Campaign for Human Development http://www.usccb.org/about/catholic-campaign-for-human-development/povertyusa/
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