MDM Parish Visitation Program Kit
MDM Parish Visitation Program Kit
Kit Includes:
18" Our Lady of the Cape Statue (Natural)
2 Marian Consecration for Little Souls Retreat Books
1 Our Lady of the Cape Double CD Set
1 God's Favored Lady DVD
2 MDM Trifold (Includes Quiz)
2 Marian Consecration Daily Prayer Cards
1 Confraternity Sample Certificate
1 Recipe for Renewal
1 Mother's Love Letter
1 Visitation Program Suggestions
Visitation Program Suggestions
Decide on a place of prominence to install the pilgrim statue of Our Lady of the Cape.
Adorn her with flowers. Place any medals you have of the Saints by her. You may also choose to buy a rose or roses and have your priest bless them using the Dominican prayer from the Recipe for Renewal sheet.*
Pray the Marian Consecration Daily Prayer and offer up petitions.
Take the Canadian Marian Heritage Quiz. (MDM Brochure.)
View the following videos from the God’s Favored Lady DVD – Marian Consecration and the Promises of the Rosary.
Begin the nine day Marian Consecration for Little Souls retreat. (download free retreat guide)
Pray the Rosary Daily. (praying with the God’s Favored Lady DVD is ideal for catechetical purposes.)
Optional Novena to the Queen of the Holy Rosary – Click “HERE”
Consider enrolling in the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary at www.CatholicInCanada.com
*Blessed Roses are blessed objects. They may be kept, burned or buried. If kept, treat with reverence.
It is anticipated that individuals will recite the Marian Consecration Daily prayer which can be left by the statue of Our Lady of the Cape.
The above are suggestions to inspire devotion and blessings upon participating families/individuals. At the conclusion of the two weeks, families/individuals are encouraged to offer prayers of thanksgiving and to pray for the next family or individual who will receive the Visitation Kit.
Additional Resources – visit www.CatholicInCanada.com to view the 1947 documentary of the historic 1947 Marian Congress. Venerable Pope Pius XII commented that the “crowning event” of the congress was the consecration of the Dominion of Canada to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Excerpt from
SAINT CATHERINE LABOURE OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL by Fr. Joseph Dirvin.
Zoe was alone in the bedroom; she had looked carefully about to make sure of that. She had a duty to perform, and like all the solemn and decisive acts of life, it had to be done alone. Of course even Zoe did not realize that what she was about to do far transcended her personal life. It was vital to countless millions yet unborn; and so she might have spared herself her pains, for all the world was to see her. The Blessed Virgin arranged for the servant to happen quietly on the scene and to observe it all.
Zoe pulled a chair over beneath the shelf, for it was too high for her to reach, even if she stood on tiptoe. Climbing up on the chair, she stretched overhead and took down Our Lady's image. She was too much engrossed in the ecstasy of her devotion to notice anything now. She did not even get down from the chair; it would serve well enough for the altar of her choosing and dedication. Throwing her arms about the statue, she hugged it close to her little body, as a child might fondle her favorite doll or teddy bear.
But this was no doll. In a sense, it was no longer just a statue of Our Lady. It was Mary herself. Zoe's words showed that very clearly.
"Now, dear Blessed Mother," she said aloud with childlike fervor, "now you will be my Mother!"
Probably the incident of the statue was almost entirely for the benefit of mankind, a way of serving public notice that the Marian Age had begun.