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   We have been promoting the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in everyone's home as Fr. Mateo Crawley-Boevey, SS.CC promoted. Now, as we see the prophesies of Sacred Scripture playing out in our time, we all need to intensify our prayer life. What better way for those who cannot be in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament because of the shortage of chapels where the True Presence resides, than to be encouraged to watch with Christ before a picture or statue of the Sacred Heart and spend one hour with him in a nightly Holy Hour in one's own home with one's own family. Many of us might feel we don't have one hour a day or week to devote to prayer with our busy life because things are so hectic. Yet, think about all the excuses we might give. Could it be things are hectic because we don't take the time to pray? Do we take our Lord's words seriously when He asked in St. Mark 14: 27, "Couldst thou not watch one hour?"

   Our only answer is to do what Our Lady asked at Fatima: to pray daily her holy Rosary and to make reparation. The renowned "Rosary priest" Fr. Patrick Payton said "the family that prays together, stays together." In this time when the family is being fractured and phased out by Christ's enemies, what better way can we maintain our sanity and work on sanctity then bringing the family together to watch one hour with Jesus?

    Fr. Mateo has implored us to offer our holy hour in adoration and thanksgiving, petition and atonement just as in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. In fact, he encourages us to include in our Holy Hour the Prayers of the Canon of the Mass, offering these prayers in union with all the true priests who, in other distant hemispheres, are simultaneously offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in Latin. It is an opportunity to add to the Silver Chalice when we cannot assist with the Golden Chalice.

    Whatever prayers you might choose, know that God will be pleased that you took the time to devote to Him. Remember Christ's words "Ask, and you shall receive; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.". Let us all storm Heaven and, as we face a pivotal and crucial time in history, heed Fr. Mateo's prayer: "Conquer America, most Sacred Heart of Jesus! Reign in America, Christ the King!" Vivat Christus Rex! Vivo Christo Rey!

• Sharon Droleskey
  Wife of Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey. She is suffering with severe sciatica and is bed-bound for the next several months leaving Tom to play Mr. Mom to their daughter Lucy, and serve as chief, cook, and bottle-washer when he isn't writing pertinent articles that carry such clarity of Catholic truth in convincing the multitudes of the errors of conciliarism.

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• Abbot Leonard Giardina, O.S.B.
  The founder of Christ the King Abbey in Cullman, Alabama suffered a stroke in the last week of August and has been hospitalized.

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• Those injured and/or misplaced in the terrible Pakistan floods

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• Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey
  He is undergoing tests to decipher why his strength is so sapped and taking precautions to avoid any major illness that could occur. For more see A Brief Note

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• Teresa Boyd
  She has been diagnosed with cancer of the bladder. She and her husband John, along with their daughter Maria and Maria's infant son Joseph Damien, have been members of Our Lady of Fatima in San Diego for the past few years. They recently left on July 18 to return to the Cincinnati area.

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• Colleen Zenah
  This 72-year old Traditional Catholic is suffering from stage 4 cancer of the lungs and is in hospice care. Please keep her and Denise below in your Novena to the Sacred Heart.

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• Denise Michele (Trias)
  editor of the The Catholic Mom, who has been dealing with cancer as she has struggled to juggle her duties as a sole mom of five children. We recently communicated with her and are happy to announce she is home and is undergoing chemo therapy for breast cancer. Your prayers have been helping.

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• Those citizens of Arkansas and Tennesee so afflicted by the terrible floods

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• Those millions affected by the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf

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• Survivors and family members of those killed in the mine explosions

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• Those bracing for flooding conditions this Spring throughout the country

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• Those injured in the terrorist attack in Moscow

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• The people of Chile and those assisting and comforting the victims in another terrible, tragic earthquake in that Pacific-facing country in the southern hemisphere

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• Fr. Ephrem Cordova, CMRI
  He is recuperating from seizures suffered this past January and he thanks all for their prayers in his recovery as he continues as pastor of Queen of Holy Rosary Traditional Catholic Church in Phoenix and the Infant of Prague Mission in Tucson.

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• The people of Haiti and those assisting and comforting the victims in the terrible, tragic earthquake on that Carribean island

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• Mrs. Claire Collins
  She is the 81-year old mother of Sharon Droleskey. She was badly injured in an automobile accident in the Catskills in upstate New York with a broken right leg and severe damage from her knee down. Tom and Sharon ask for your prayers not only for recovery but, more importantly, that she receive the grace to return to the Faith.

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• The Rossi Family of eighteen from Ridgecrest, California

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• All troops engaged in war against terrorists

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• All those enmeshed in the heart-wrenching situation in Southern Ohio

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• Gabriel Urling
  Nine-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Urling of Bishop Sanborn's parish. Gabriel is in need of a kidney transplant. Please also keep his parents, three brothers and four sisters in your prayers during this time of travail.

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• Victims of the South Pacific Temblor and Tsunami on 9-29 that ravaged the Samaoan islands.

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• Clare Protomanni
  Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Dario Protomanni. The family and doctors are mystified that they cannot find out what is wrong with her, for she has been in and out of the hospital, having been rushed there when she was unresponsive which greatly alarmed her parents.

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• Bishop Robert McKenna, O.P.
  His Excellency who is suffering with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, a form of blood cancer.

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• Brother Joseph Mary, CMRI
  Brother is back home at the Rectory at Mount St. Michael after suffered a terrible fall over the stairway landing balustrade on Pentecost Sunday morning on his way to Rosary and Holy Mass. He sustained brain damage, skull fractures, a broken clavicle and several broken ribs, but has been miraculously coming along and able to attend daily Mass at the Rectory. For more, see Updates on Brother's condition

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• All those suffering from the viral flu going around

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• Ron Kusterer
  Though only 41, this father of eight and giving soul, suffered a heart attack on March 6. He and his wife Theresa and family are parishioners of Bishop McKenna's Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel in Monroe, CT.

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• Victims of the Mumbai Attacks

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• Victims of Hurricane Ike

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• Parishioners of Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel in Opelousas, Lousiana
  In the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav, several suffered damages and and one of their first parishioners Eugene Fall died in connection with the storm.

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• Peter Schappacher
  A young baptized seven-year old who is near death

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• The Father of Father Eugene R. Berry
  His 89-year old dad has been hospitalized with heart problems.

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• Michael DiSalvo
  A dedicated Traditional Catholic suffering from bronchitis.

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• Simon Galloway
  The multi-talented Traditional Catholic author of No Crisis in the Church? is suffering from exhaustion and heart problems.

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• Gregory Dean
  A 35 year-old Traditional Catholic who is dying from an auto-immune disease and has been given Extreme Unction.

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• Baby Anastasia O'Neal
  Six-week old baptized girl who is in serious condition in a Cincinatti hospital. Pray for her parents as well.

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• Mrs. Mary Ann Evans
  She and close Traditional Catholic friends sustained heavy damage to their homes from the recent storms in Evening Shade, Arkansas.

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• All Soldiers of the War
  Pray for the souls of all those in combat - both friend and foe. Also remember all those traditional Catholics who are serving their country.

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• All Victims of Abortion
  This includes not only the unbaptized unborn, but for the sincere repentance and reparation of those who were mislead and deceived.

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• All Perpetrators of Abortion
  This includes any who, complicitly by their consent or silence, in any way enabled these senseless murders that cry to Heaven for vengeance. Pray for their conversion and commitment to make amends whether they be mothers, fathers, doctors, nurses, judges, lawyers, politicians and ecclesiasts.

• The soul of James Duff
  He was the brother of Timothy Duff who has submitted articles to The DailyCatholic in the past.

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• The soul of William "Bill" McKee
  He was the father of CMRI priest Fr. Gerard McKee. He passed away on the feast of the holy Guardian Angels. The Requiem and funeral are pending and we will keep you abreast as we extend our sympathies to Fr. Gerard.

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• The soul of Joseph Sobran
  Mentored by William F. Buckley, he was a conservative Catholic writer who at one time wrote for the National Review and was a long time syndicated writer defending the sanctity of life. He died on September 30 of kidney failure in Fairfax, Virginia.

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• The soul of Mrs. Frances Yturralde
  She passed away peacefully Saturday night, August 28 with family present. Having received Extreme Unction, Frances was an original member of Our Lady of Fatima traditional parish founded by Fr. Denis Chicoine over 30 years ago in the San Diego area. She is survived by dozens of grandchildren and great-grandchildren as well as her daughter Sister Mary Isabella, CMRI. Requiem Mass and burial on September 7 in San Diego.

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• The soul of John R. Sheahan
  He passed away on August 21 at the age of 76. He was a long-time parishioner of Bishop McKenna's Our Lady of the Rosary in Monroe, Connecticut where a Requiem Mass and burial services were held on August 25.

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• The souls of those who perished in the Pakistan floods

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• The soul of Mrs. Marcie Gauvin
  She passed away on July 24 at the age of 91. She had hosted her home for saying the Traditional Latin Mass numerous times in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

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• The soul of Mrs. Irene Kosch
  A longtime parishioner of Mount St. Michael's in Spokane. She passed away peacefully with her family beside her on July 21 at the age of 91. She is survived by her husband of 61 years Howard Kosch; sons: Bill Kosch, Brother Sebastian, CMRI (Bob Kosch), Ray Kosch, and Ken Kosch as well as daughters: Sheila Logan, Rita Czapta, Tina Sawyer and 17 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Requiem and burial at the Mount Cemetery were held on July 24.

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• The soul of Retired Major General Joseph Rafael Sena
  A parishioner of Our Lady of Fatima parish in San Diego, he passed away peacefully just a few months shy of turning 84 on July 6, 2010. He was well prepared having just received Extreme Unction. He was a World War II vet, having served in the Army Air Corps before it was the Air Force. He served 47 active years as an Officer.

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• Those drowned in the disastrous floods in Arkansas and Tennesee

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• Those killed in the terrible oil explosion in the Gulf

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• Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and all those members of the Polish government and the rest killed in the tragic Russian plane crash.
  Lech was the President of Poland and our sympathies and prayers are with the grief stricken Polish people.

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• Those souls killed in the terrible mudslides in Rio de Janiero

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• Those souls killed in the terrible mining explosion in West Virginia

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• Those souls killed in the terrorist attack in a Moscow subway

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• The Soul of Fr. Paul Marx, OSB
  The nearly 90-year old true Benedictine priest was one of 17 children in his family who grew up during the depression. He hailed from the small close community of St. Michael, Minnesota. Though he was attached to the conciliar collective, he was still respected and known far and wide for his tireless crusade on behalf of the unborn even before Roe vs. Wade. The founder of Human Life International, he headed that organization until his health and sanity could no longer take D.C. politics. He is the author of Faithful for Life and we must pray for the repose of his soul for now he realizes how wrong the Novus Ordo was. Let us pray that more true priests we'll realize this and return to the Mass of All Ages before they die. For our tribute, see Apostle of the Unborn

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• The Soul of Kenneth Strain
  He was a long-time parishioner at Mary Immaculate Queen Parish at City of Mary just outside Rathdrum, Idaho. He was the brother-in-law of Joan Hughes, wife of Dr. Hughes who are the parents of CMRI priests Frs. Benedict and Brendan Hughes. Fr. Benedict, pastor at the City of Mary, said the Requiem Mass and Ken's grandson Kevin, currently Commander of the Knights of the Altar at Mt. St. Michael's, served at the Funeral Mass and Burial.

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• The Soul of Mrs. Jennie Fama
  Devoted mother and grandmother who passed away with cancer. She was a longtime parishioner of Bishop McKenna's parish of Our Lady of the Rosary in Monroe, CT.

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• The Souls of those killed in the tragic earthquake in Chile on February 27, 2010

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• The Soul of Abbe de Nantes
  The Abbot Frère Georges de Jesus-Marie passed away at the age of 85 in France on February 15. Though he was one of the first and one of the most vocificerous in opposing Vatican II and its heresies and continued his accusations until the new millennium, he still sadly rejected sedevacantism. Instead he resisted men whom he considered legitimate. There is a big problem in that equation for if he recognized them as material popes, then he had a duty to obey them. That is the catch-22 that non-sedevacantists find themselves in when they refuse to connect the dots in reaching the ultimate syllogism that those men, occupying the Chair of Peter since the death of Pope Pius XII, are antipopes. Pray for the repose of his soul for now he knows.

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• The Soul of Sister Mary Francisca, CMRI
  This wonderful CMRI nun, who taught at St. Michael's Academy in Spokane, died of a heart attack while visiting her mother in Florida on January 28. A Solemn Requiem High Mass was scheduled for 10 a.m. on February 4 at Mount St. Michael with burial in Holy Rosary Cemetery on the campus of Mt. St. Michael's.

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• The Soul of Mrs. Ada Federspiel
  A parishioner of Immaculate Conception Traditional Catholic Church in Norwaood, Ohio. She passed away on January 13 at the age of 90. She and her late husband raised fifteen children in the true fashion of a good Catholic family who would have nothing to do with the conciliar church.

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• The Souls of those killed in the tragic earthquake on January 12, 2010

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• The Soul of Mrs. Marge Prestini
  A parishioner at Our Lady of Guadalupe Traditional Catholic Church in Spokane. She passed away on January 11 at the age of 89.

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• The Soul of Elizabeth Anne Vopalinsky
  She passed away at the age of 74 on January 3. She was the parish secretary at Mary Immaculate Church in Omaha, and long served the CMRI in Spokane and Omaha. She did much for Our Lord and Our Lady in seeking to populate Heaven by leaving four sons and four daughters along with 20 grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Oh, for those days of big Catholic families. A Requiem funeral Mass was held on January 8th at Mary Immaculate.

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• The Soul of Judge Robert McOsker
  Husband of Mrs. Joanne McOsker of Rhode Island. He had been in a coma for three years due to complications from multiple schlerosis and passed away on October 23. He and his family were stalwart Traditional Catholics and devotees of the Social Kingship of Christ and Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI offered a Requiem Mass for him on October 28 at the funeral home in Providence.

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• The Soul of Mrs. Nadine Henry
  Longtime parishioner of St. Gertrude's who had been blind from birth, but yet saw the Faith so clearly. She passed away on October 10 from cancer.

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• The Soul of Thaddeus Zapp
  He was the father of Father Thomas Zapp, one of the original nine who left the SSPX in the 80's when they realized the Vatican II "popes" could not be true Popes. Thad passed away peacefully on October 8.

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• The Souls of those who perished in the South Pacific Temblor and Tsnumami

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• The Soul of Helen Zibolski
  She was killed in an automobile accident on September 20. She was the mother of Mrs Kathy Heckenkamp who heads up Our Lady of Good Success Apostolate.

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• The Soul of Felipe Sarquilla
  He was a faithful Traditional Catholic who died on September 6 in San Diego.

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• The Soul of Robert Schindler, Sr.
  He was the father of Terri Schiavo, and passed away in late August from heart failure at the age of 71. He had been through a tremendous ordeal during the terrible tragedy of Terri's plight back in March 2005 and had been in and out of the hospital for the past two years.

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• The Soul of Lionel Borque
  A Traditional Catholic and longtime parishioner of Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel as well as Christ the King Chapel in Lafayette, Louisiana. A Requiem is scheduled for this 79 year-old devotee of the holy Rosary is the first day a Requiem is allowed, Tuesday, July 21.

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• The Soul of Sister Mary Olive Rowley, SSSF
  This Traditional nun who assisted Fr. Martin Stepanich, OFM S.T.D. for many years in Rockford, Illinois, was born in June, 89 years ago and passed away following emergency gastronomical surgery early the morning of June 29, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. It was fitting that God took her home in June for it had also been the month when she had made her professions of vows over the years.

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• The Soul of Mary Webber
  Younger sister of Traditional Catholic Dorothy De Piante, founder of the Block Rosary Crusade. She passed away on June 8, transferred feast of the Queenship of Mary. Though not as traditional as Dorothy, Mary was devoted to the Rosary and her favorite saint was St. Anthony on whose feast she was buried.

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• The Soul of Florence DeEsso
  A long-time parishioner at St. Michael's in Spokane who had suffered with cancer for 30 years yet you would never know from her demeanor. She passed away on the transferred feast of the Queenship of Mary on June 8. She was well known for taking such loving care of Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto at the Mount for many years. Her Requiem High Mass and Burial was held at the Mount on the Feast of St. Anthony, June 13.

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• The Soul of Miss Joyce Rentsehler
  A devoted parishioner of St. Gertrude the Great. She died unexpectedly on the First Saturday in the month of the Most Sacred Heart after attending First Friday devotions the night before. She was administered the Sacrament of Extreme Unction by Fr. Markus Romolla. Joyce, along with her surviving sister Darleen, was a dedicated Traditional Catholic. Her Requiem High Mass and Burial will be held Wednesday, June 17 at St. Gertrude after a Rosary procession with interrment in St. Mary's Cemetery, in St. Bernard, Ohio.

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• The Souls of those lost in the Air France disaster over the Atlantic

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• The Soul of Mrs. Anne McMahon
  The mother of traditional priest Fr. Denis McMahon died peacefully the end of May. Funeral Requiem held at St. Gertrude the Great on June 2.

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• The Soul of Matilda "Mitzi" Sawtell
  After attending Geraldine's funeral, she passed away the very same evening of April 22. She also was a parishioner at St. Michael's in Spokane.

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• The Soul of Mrs. Geraldine Weis
  This frail yet faithful 90-year old Traditional Catholic died on Saturday of Easter Week. Her Requiem funeral Mass was held on April 22 at Mt. St. Michael's.

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• The Soul of Father Vincent Bowes, O.C.D.
  This traditional Discalced Carmelite mystical priest died on April 18. For a magnificent and eye-opening eulogy on this saintly man, see Dr. Thomas Droleskey's tribute Bookended From Birth to Birth

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• The Souls of three SSPX Seminarians from Econe
  They were tragically killed by an avalanche while hiking in the Switzerland mountains on February 11.

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• Those Souls who died suddenly in the commuter plane crash outside Buffalo, New York. On an icy evening on Wednesday, February 11, few on that plane were prepared. It's a reminder to all to make sure we're ready and in the state of Sanctifying Grace when our time comes.

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• The Soul of Eluana Englaro
  The Italian 'Terri Schiavo'-like victim of euthanasia by her own father and the medical establishment. She died four days after her feeding tube was removed. The acceleration of her death has caused concern and investigation whether she was induced with euthanasia drugs to hasten her death.

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• Those who have died in the terrible inferno raging in Victoria in Australia Casualties are in the hundreds including the total annihilation of a town called Marysville. Our Lady cannot be happy for it is symbolic how man has sought to erase her divine Son off the face of this earth as well as His Blessed Mother.

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• The Soul of Father Eldred Leslie
  He was an 83-year old dedicated sedevacantist priest ordained by Archbishop Lefebvre. He was murdered by a slacker theif in January at his rectory in South Africa.

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• The Soul of Marshall Fritz
  He passed away on November 4. He was the founder of the Alliance for the Separation of School and State, headquartered out of northern California.

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• The Soul of Father Gunther Richter
  He was a sedevacantist priest from Europe who passed away at the age of 53.

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• The Soul of Mrs. Barbara Welp
  She died on October 27. She was the mother of Father Bernard Welp, CMRI and by God's Providence He kept her alive long enough to see her son ordained to the priesthood on October 7 and his First Mass on October 11. The funeral requiem was held on All Souls' Day at Mt. St. Michael.

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• The Soul of Sister Thérèse-Philomène
  She died on September 11 in France seventy years after taking the habit of the Congregation of the Providence of Saint Andrew. She spent most of her long life as a nursing sister. She left her convent when the new liturgy arrived and devoted herself to the sick. In recent years she had lived in the Maison Saint Jean-Baptiste attached to Fr Belmont's chapel near Bordeaux.

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• The Soul of Donald Edward Hlavaty. He died on August 24 at the age of 77. He had long been a devotee of Perpetual Adoration.

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• The Soul of Eugene Fall.
  He suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 55 as a result of Hurricane Gustav when a tree fell on his home. He was a member of Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel in Opelousas, Louisiana, a mission parish of His Excellency Bishop Daniel Dolan. His parents were the original coordinators of the chapel which first opened in 1975 with His Excellency Bishop Robert McKenna, O.P.

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• The Soul of Frances McGilloway
  She was the mother of Father James McGilloway, CMRI. She passed away on the west coast Friday July 18.

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• The Soul of Bishop Jose de Jesus Roberto Martinez y Guitierrez
  This Traditional Catholic prelate from the Trento group, who was consecrated by Bishop Carmona, assisted by Bishop Zamora. He was a force for the Faith south of the border and will be sorely missed. He passed away on May 10 this year.

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• Vincent Boedefeld
  Traditional Catholic who died on April 30 just a few days before he would have celebrated with his wife Patricia their 50th Wedding Anniversary.

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• Father Celsus Griese, O.F.M. Traditional Franciscan priest who passed away recently

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• The Soul of Mrs Blanche Womochil
  A longtime Traditional Catholic in her 90's from Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Spokane. Fr. Kevin Vaillancourt said the Requiem Funeral Mass and she was interred in City of Mary Cemetery this past week.

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• The Soul of Erven E. Park
  This magnificent Traditional Catholic writer, known for his "Fruit Chronicles" and having contributed articles to The Daily Catholic over the years, passed away from cancer on the Feast of St. Pius V (May 5).

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• The Soul of Asuncion Barret Hall
  who passed away at the age of 57 after a long struggle with cancer. This traditional Catholic's Requiem Mass was celebrated by Fr. Ephrem Cordova, CMRI at El Camino Mortuary on Friday, April 18. Asuncion, from the Philippines, was born on the Feast of the Assumption and had a deep devotion to our Lady. Requiescat in pace

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• The Soul of Brian LaJoie
  who passed away in late March and his funeral was held at Mt. St. Michael over the first weekend of April. Brian, who long was handicapped with MS, was a parishioner of the City of Mary in Rathdrum, Idaho, but, because the roads to the cemetary were not accessible due to so much snow this spring in the mountains of northern Idaho, Brian's funeral was held in Spokane with Fr. Casimir Puskorius, CMRI officiating at the Requiem Mass attended by loved ones, friends and parishioners. Requiescat in pace

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• The Soul of Mrs. Kathy South
  who passed away on March 7. She and her husband were longtime members of Mary Immaculate Queen parish in Rathdrum, Idaho. Requiescat in pace

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• The Soul of Mrs. Rita Brueggermann
  who passed away on February 27. She, with her husband Bernie were long time influential traditional Catholics at Bishop Daniel Dolan's St. Gertrude the Great parish. Requiescat in pace

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• The Soul of Mr. Robert Culpon
  who passed away on February 27. Bob, in his early 70's, was a devout traditional Catholic who died in his home in Helena, Montana. Requiescat in pace

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• The Soul of Mrs. Jean Chilton
  who passed away recently. She was the sister of traditional pioneer Patrick Henry Omlor. Requiescat in pace

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When you can't attend the Holy Sacrifice
For those who cannot be present for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, we provide additional prayers that can be supplemented with the ORDINARY OF THE HOLY MASS and the PROPER OF THE DAY to enable you to better prepare yourself at home. Of course, this never replaces actually being there, but it is much better than attending the Novus Ordo services. Therefore we have gleaned from The Key of Heaven prayers to say at home. It is very comforting to know that the Holy Mass is offered for us even when we are not actually present. But to enjoy the benefits which it procures, we must by a SPIRITUAL COMMUNION become partakers of the altar from which we are temporarily banished. Here we provide prayers in preparation for fulfilling assistance in absentia in addition to the ORDINARY OF THE HOLY MASS and PROPER OF THE DAY. PRAYERS IN ABSENTIA