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!