Blessed Edward Poppe Feast day today!

Today is the Feast day and 90th anniversary of our beloved patron, Blessed Edward Poppe! Please take a moment to pray this prayer for his intercession and cause for Sainthood! Bless you! He is my absolute favorite saint!
   http://www.childrenofhope.org/blessed_edward_poppe_prayer.html

Schools Out!

For most of us school is out!  If you are like me I enjoy the break from routine but it also allows for more time with my children and I can have a better prayer schedule with them with all the extra time.  Usually during the year my kids have adoration time at school, but once that is over it is even more important for me to make the effort to take them to the chapel.  Often times we can make a visit to Jesus before heading to the pool or library.  Any time you are heading out the door is a good time for a quick visit to see Jesus and pray!  :)  You don't have to stay for an hour, I suggest you go more often for short visits, it helps the kids to develop their prayer life and trust in Jesus. 

Here are two photos from our last adoration day at school for this year at St Francis of Assisi parish in Wichita, Kansas.

Today we celebrate Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament and the first apparition at
Fatima!  I know we have talked often about the messages of Fatima.  It's because
of how important these messages are still today!  :) Lucia was quoted as saying,
not long before her death, that the messages were more important now than when
they were given!  And, they would continue to be of importance for years to
come.  Read more here about the importance of Adoration and Fatima....
Please feel free to contact us if you need any help or inspiration, or have any
questions at all.  God bless you all and please keep us in your prayers and we shall
be praying for all of you as well!

Divine Mercy

We are nearing the end of our Lenten journey. It is never too late to take the kids
to adore Jesus....perhaps you hoped to start earlier but busy days got in the
way...don't lose heart!  Take a few minutes after school, after a short trip to the
store, on a Sunday afternoon....drop in the chapel for just a few minutes if that is
all you can spare.  It is always a good time to pray together before Jesus.  
Remember the 6th day of the Divine Mercy Novena and think about how your
children are fulfilling this by their times of adoration...they give strength to Jesus
in that hour of agony.....

Lent, a time to adore

Lent is an especially good time to bring children to adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.  Fill the time not spent before the tv with time before the Monstrance, adoring Jesus....giving thanks for the Eucharist remaining with us, Emmanuel, God with us!  :)

Venite Adoremus!

Venite Adoremus Belgique 2013  Enjoy this beautiful video that promotes the mission coming up in November, Please keep this mission and all who work on it in your prayers!!  There are many graces to come I feel! God bless you all!

More info?  Here!!  :) http://www.veniteadoremus.be/

Fatima and other things....

Hello everyone!  We are all excited about the Oct. 13th consecration of our Holy Father!  He will consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary again!  :)  I am so pleased that he entrusted his pontificate to Our Lady of Fatima, and now this!  Let us all join him that day and renew our own personal consecrations to the IH of Mary, visit your adoration chapel, take your children and pray for our Holy Father, for Peace in the world, and let's consecrate ourselves again to our Blessed Mother and to Jesus in service to His Blessed Sacrament!  Let us never tire of making Him more known and loved in the Holy Eucharist!  Please continue to keep us in your prayers for the big mission of Fr Antoine and Br Leopold in Belgium and the Netherlands in November.  They will visit over 30 parishes and schools!  We pray the tiny seeds will take root in the hearts of all these children they meet!  God bless you all!

Pray for our next big mission ,please, in Belgium and the Netherlands!

Fr Antoine and Br Leopold will be leading children in adoration in 30 schools and parishes throughout Belgium and then 3 days in the Netherlands this November!  Please pray for those arranging this and those who will come to adore, for most children this will be the first time!  Also, we will be filming, recording and photographing all this in French and Dutch so as to make new DVD's to help spread the word in new languages.  God bless you for your prayers!!  :)  Oh, we also will have adoration at the Shrine of Blessed Edward Poppe in Moerzeke!  http://www.childrenofhope.org/blessed_edward_poppe.html

Children adoring in Lithuania

Please enjoy this video filmed while Father led adoration for children in 4 Diocese in Lithuania!  It is very beautiful to see!  Please continue to pray for the upcoming mission in Belgium and the Netherlands in November 2013!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjkCJFrknMI

Planning for the school year adoration times!

During the Summer it is a good time to think about adding times of adoration for school children to the calendar for the upcoming year!  I have found that most pastors and principals are open to this when approached with the idea.  :) There are many ways to make this fit into a school schedule.  For example: You can try to start with First Friday!  At our school we have "First Friday Devotion".  This is the one day of the week that the entire student body meets for "all school Mass".  On first Friday, just after Mass is ended, our pastor then brings Jesus in the Monstrance into the main body of church (carried from the adoration chapel that is attached to the church).  We then have adoration for around 15 minutes led by Father, meditation and a song, and then we pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart.  We close with Divine Praises and a benediction and father carries the Monstrance back to the chapel.  If you have never tried this a great day to start would be October 4th as this is the World Day of Prayer for children!  And, feast of our new Holy Father, Pope Francis! 

Other ways to offer are any day of the week that fits your school schedule and you can either have the teachers bring the students to the chapel if you have one, or make the church the chapel for the day and regular adorers can make their hour in there.  This helps as there are times when there is no class in there and this way someone is always there praying while Jesus is there in the Monstrance. 

An example for you is that our school offers First Monday Adoration day.  The students that day will come in with their class in a time that works for each teacher.  They are given a schedule to pick their time at the start of the school year and that will be their time each month for the year.  They come in from 9-11 am and 1-3 pm.  There are 3 20 minutes slots each hour.  Also, our 7th and 8th grade classes, now that they have been coming all these years, these children no longer need to be led in prayer, they are able to spend the time alone, and their teacher simply brings each class that day at the regular class time for religion!  Works great! 

The younger grades are led in prayer and song by volunteers, usually moms, who come for an hour each month to lead.  If you would like more info on making this work give me a call, or visit the Children of Hope website!  God bless you!

Always in need of prayers!

Hello all!
Sorry again for the long silence, getting the hang of posting has been a hard one for me!  I believe it is a better way to keep in touch with you all, I just don't get to it.  Going to try again!

Please keep in your prayers a big mission we are working on for Belgium!  Fr Antoine and Br Leopold will be in Belgium in November to help get this program going at many parishes and schools!  God is so good!  Please keep all those who are organizing this in your prayers!!  :)  Bless you all!

The Road to Ireland

Hello friends!
Please pray for us, the Children of Hope team, as we prepare to go to the International Eucharistic Congress in Ireland this June. It is a great honor to help lead the children and families that will attend the congress to adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. This will be the third IEC for Children of Hope to be present. Each time is a new part, pray we do what we can....all for Jesus! :)

A side note, we just celebrated the 10th anniversary of Children's Adoration at my parish! God is good!!!

Dear Friends,

Questions from Fr. Antoine to help one another deepen our insight on the Passion of Jesus-Christ

1/ Can we understand what the Mystery of Christmas is without finding what the Mystery of the Passion of Christ is?

2/ St Thomas Aquinas ask us: “Whether it was necessary for Christ to suffer for the deliverance of the Human race?

3/ “Whether there was any other possible way of delivering man?

4/“Whether it was the most suitable means?

5/ “ Whether it was fitting for Christ to suffer on the cross?

I encourage all the “searchers for truth” to spend some time researching the answers to those few questions which you can find in the Summa Theologica, Pt III-Q. 46

The positive effect will be to contemplate the mysteries of our salvation with our intelligence and heart instead of just going into the motion while attending the Liturgy of the Triduum!

God bless you all. Fr.Antoine - “ Father, consecrate them in the truth” (John 17) -

The best intentions

I have hopes of getting to this to post and then....ah, life gets in the way! If you have any questions for Fr Antoine please comment and we shall try to get them answered right away. I hope and pray your lent is full of prayer, adoration and peace. You are all in our hearts and prayers each day. For all those who are trying to start adoration in their parish and schools and those who are trying to keep it going amidst the trials that come up. Believe me we know of these well and offer you all daily in our hearts and prayers. God bless you! Never give up! :) Eyes on Heaven!

At Last!

Dear friends,
I am so sorry for the long delay in updating you! I have had major computer difficulties, anyone know that problem too?

So, take a look at the website and see the changes! We have a new music CD!! Yea! I will get a sound clip up soon for you to hear. Also, we have a new DVD for your teens and young adults. Check those out.

Watch for Fr Antoine tonight on EWTN live on "Life on the Rock!" 7 pm Central time.

God bless you all!

Jesus...Where are you?

Hi! Thought I would share this with you all today. It is a little video posted on youtube. Hope you like it!

St Dominic Savio

First, I apologize for the long delay in posting! I have good intentions but little time like most people! I hope to get more regular in writing!

Today is the feast day of one of my families all time favorite Saints! St Dominic Savio! He is such a favorite that 2 of my children have made their First Holy Communions on this day and today is the one year anniversary for one of them. Also, my 15 year old will take this Saint as his namesake in Confirmation in less than a month now.

St Dominic Savio is a great patron for children who adore. He served with great reverence at Holy Mass for St John Bosco from the age of 5. He lived a life close to Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. He had such a love for Mary.

I encourage you to learn more about him and share his life story with the children in your lives and envoke his prayers for your children.


God bless you all!

New Childrens Adoration Video on Youtube

I put this together yesterday. It's made from lots of photos, lots of locations and being led by a brother of St John. Enjoy!!

7th Anniversary

Yesterday was a very special day for me! It was the 7th anniversary of beginning childrens adoration at my home parish of St Francis of Assisi in Wichita, Kansas. We began 02/02/02 at 2 pm! I can hardly believe it has been so long now. So many graces and miracles from these times of prayer with the children. I will write more this week about times from these hours but for today let me tell you of one precious memory from the first hour....

A young mother arrived with her 5 year old son, Alex, and said they were so happy to be there but would have to leave right after to get to another appointment and wouldn't have time to stop and talk. She thanked me in advance for getting this going, etc, and so we had our hour and when it was over we all left the chapel and I was surprised to see My friend and her son had gone back up to the front of the chapel and were kneeling in front of Jesus. Later she called me and said she had needed to leave to get to an urgent appointment but after it was over this little son whom she worried might not last an hour of adoration had turned to her while walking out and said, "Mom, can we stay a little longer? I'm not done talking to Jesus yet!" :-) She said, "How could I resist!"

Youtube

Hope you enjoy this peek into the events from Catholic Schools Week in the Diocese of Wichita, Kansas last week. These are from St Peter's Schulte, Magdalene, St Francis of Assisi, and Holy Savior Catholic Schools. The Brother is Gabriel Thomas csj. God is good!!