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Divine Mercy Shrine planned for West Coast
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.- The Divine Mercy Eucharistic Society (DMES) in California is trying to establish a Divine Mercy Shrine on 100 acres near the San Francisco Bay Area to be a place of mercy, refuge, renewal and healing. The property, called “Mercy Hills,” is within 15 to 45 minutes of many metropolitan and suburban communities including the major cities of San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco. Planners hope to build at the site a Divine Mercy Shrine with a large cruciform, domed church with Perpetual Adoration; a home for priests and religious; and a Divine Mercy Retreat and Conference Center. In the plans, priests and religious will give ongoing teachings about the Divine Mercy devotion, celebrate Mass, and hear confessions while youth and adults can gather for renewal and healing at the retreat center. The shrine would be the “sister shrine” of the National Shrine of Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The financial cost for the proposed shrine’s land is $3.1 million, while another $30 million is needed for the total project. “We are completely trusting in God’s mercy,” Thelma Orias, DMES chair and president, told the California Catholic Daily. “Once the land is paid for, with the blessing of the bishop and the cooperation of the diocesan priests, DMES will move on to the construction stage. We live the Divine Mercy message in blind, complete trust in Jesus. Trust is the essence of the Divine Mercy message and devotion. The Lord has always provided for our needs.” “We need to step out in faith, and we hope that God’s rays of light and mercy will illumine the moral and spiritual darkness that we encounter in our daily lives,” she continued. “Our hope is to build a sanctuary for weary souls; to expand upon the spiritual and corporal works of mercy that we have begun out of our El Cerrito Center. The vision is to build a literal ‘Mountain of Mercy,’ and to become a place of renewal and refuge.” The Divine Mercy Message was given to St. Faustina, out of which came the popular Chaplet of Divine Mercy devotional. Sr. Faustina was canonized by Pope John Paul II on April 30, 2000. More information about DMES can be found at http://www.divinemercywestcoast.org/default.aspx Subscriber comments:
Published by: R Wenner
Houston, Texas 02/13/2009 07:24 AM EST
To answer Barbara's concern: The domed shrine buildings are Romanesque, in a Spanish colonial style appropriate to California. Historically, mosques copied Christian Byzantine domed churches; but often add thin "minaret" towers, topped by crescents, NEVER crosses.
Published by: Mary
Camas/WA/USA 02/12/2009 10:17 PM EST
... you bet ... Junipero Serra included domed buildings on all the mission churches he built/founded during his fertile missionary work ... this is good news for CA ... much in need of Divine Mercy! Praise God!
Published by: Mike D.
Colorado Springs, CO, USA 02/12/2009 09:29 PM EST
Barbara,
Domes were a part of Christian architecture, essential really, for centuries before Islam even existed. Have you seen the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem? All of Christendom's great early churches had domes. Very, very surprised you don;t know this! You need to know your faith better and read up on the glorious history of the Church.
Published by: RB
LosAngeles 02/12/2009 05:56 PM EST
Pretty short sighted. The times we are in might indicate that SF (Sodom & Gommorah) will face a similar destruction.
Published by: ROY BANES
WICHITA, KS 02/12/2009 05:11 PM EST
Great place for the Divine Mercy Shrine. Mercy is mos definetly needed in the San Fransico Bay. God can heal anyone and everything.
Published by: Shirley Bachmeier
Bismarck, ND 58501 02/12/2009 04:26 PM EST
This is great news! The Divine Mercy Chaplet has been a powerful prayer in my life at a time when trust was essential to my spiritual and mental well being. It has been part of a small "mission" to get this word out to my family and friends. God Speed! SB
Published by: Henry
Melville/NY/USA 02/12/2009 12:32 PM EST
Praise the Lord for this proposed shrine.
Mercy requires trust for without it,all is in vain.Believe that God's forgiveness is for all who trust in His mercy.
Published by: Barbara B.
Covington/LA/USA 02/12/2009 10:51 AM EST
Love Divine Mercy. Wonderful idea for the
West. But, the domes remind me of a mosque. Is this architecture common to Catholic holy buildings? Thanks ADD A COMMENT (Your e-mail will NOT be published):
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