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SAINT JOSEPH,

Patron of the Community of Hope

COCOMMUNITY OF HOPE

Catholic Book Store,Catholic charity,

COMMUNITYOFHOPE

COMMUNITY OF HOPE INC

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CATHOLIC BELIEFS

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Two Greatest Commandments

Ten Commandments

Chief Commandments

Laws of the Church

The 7 Sacraments

he 7 Corporal Works of Mercy

The 7 Spiritual Works of Mercy

The 3 Eminent Good Works

The 7 Gifts of the Holy Ghost (& the Charismata)

The 12 Fruits of the Holy Ghost

The 4 Cardinal Virtues

The 3 Evangelical Counsels

The 6 Precepts of the Church

The Holy Days of Obligation

The 4 Pillars of the Catholic Faith

The 3 Pillars of the Church's Authority

The 3 Duties of the Ordained

he 3 Parts of the Church

The 4 Marks of the Church

The 12 Apostles The 12 Tribes of Israel

The 8 Beatitudes

The 7 Sorrows and 7 Joys of Our Lady

he 7 Sorrows and 7 Joys of St. Joseph

The Order of Creation

The 9 Choirs of Angels

The 3 levels of reverence

The 7 Last Words of Christ

The 4 Last Things

SIN

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The 7 Capital Sins & Their Contrary Virtues

Four Sins that cry to Heaven for Vengeance

Six Sins against the Holy Ghost

Nine Ways of Being an Accessory to Sin3 Conditions for Mortal Sin

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

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History

The 14 Stations of the Cross

Why pray the Stations?

St. Francis of Assisi Station of the Cross

Salesian Stations of the Cross

Indulgences
HOLY ROSARY

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Praying the Rosary

he 15 Mysteries of the Rosary

Why the Daily Rosary?

Mary's Fifteen Promises to Christians who recite the Rosary

nstructions for Praying the Rosary

SACRED POSSESSIONS

Click on Sacred Possessions for full listing Introduction to Sacramentals Fire, Candles, Lamps Holy Water bells Holy Oil incenseSacred Images: Statues & Other Icons CrucifixesPalm Branches Ashes Blessed Salt ScapularsSt. Joseph's Cinctures (Cords) St. Benedict Medal The Miraculous Medal Relics and the Incorruptible Agnus Dei Holy Cards St. Anthony's Brief Disposing of Sacramentals

LITURGICAL VESTMENTS

What are the vestments for?

LITURGICAL COLORS

What the different colors of vestments mean

LITURGICAL VESSELS

What are all the Liturgical Vessels for?

POSTURE & GESTURE

When should I Kneel, Bow, Etc.?

FASTING & ABSTINENCE

When do you fast?

Heaven Hell Purgatory Limbo Our Lady of Lasalette Our Lady of Good Success Our Lady of Guadalupe  Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Lourdes Medjugorie Ecumenical Councils Oath against Modernism Teachings of the popes Papal coronation oath dogma didache the church of Jesus Christ Popes Eastern Catholic Western Catholic Latin Catholic addressing clergy abbreviations of orders fifteen prayers of saint Bridget Holy Face devotions oseph five fold scapular SACRED HEART & FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTION Enthronement of the Sacred Heart Ceremony Invocation of the Sacred Heart Hymns of the Sacred HeartPious Practices of the Sacred HeartThe Badge of the Sacred HeartActs of Reparation and Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Prayers in Honor of the Sacred Heart Chaplet of the Sacred Heart of Jesus- Faith in Action Newsletter-Scholarship-Baptism-Holy Communion-Confirmation- Confession- Reconciliation-Holy Orders- Matrimony- Marriage-Examination of Conscience-Baptism of Desire and Blood-Salvation Outside the Church-Successors of Saint Peter-Which is the Church of Jesus Christ?-How old is your church?-The Didache- Dogmas of the Catholic Church-Catholic Catechisms-Marian Apparitions deemed worthy of belief- Sacred Heart First Friday- Immaculate Heart- First Saturday- Magnificent Prayers of Saint Bridget-Holy Face Devotion- Golden Arrow-Holy Rosary- Pilgrimage- Six Approved Litanies- Catholic Teaching on Mary- osary for Life-

 

Welcome to Community of Hope Inc.

 

Our Mission Statement

 

The Community of Hope is a Catholic charitable organization.  We  dedicate our efforts to providing assistance to those that are in physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial need. We recognize that as a community we must care for one another.

The Community of Hope lay apostolate has been established with the purpose of encouraging hope and faith for all people throughout New England. The Community of Hope is dedicated to providing those less fortunate with assistance and support. This could take whatever form is deemed necessary to fit that particular need.

"To restore all things in Christ has ever been the motto of the Church, and it is in a special way Our own in the perilous times in which We live."  Pope St. Pius X: Il Fermo Proposito

 

Every Knee Shall Bend

 

The MONTH of JANUARY is dedicated in honor OF THE

Holy NAME OF JESUS

“And after eight days were accomplished, that the Child should be circumcised, His name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.” (Luke 2:21)

           

The Holy Name of Jesus, chosen by the Eternal Father from all eternity, literally means “the Lord saves,” or simply “Savior.” Thus it expresses the essential purpose of the Incarnation: the Redemption of mankind, “for He shall save His people from their sins.” St. Paul tells us that it was by suffering His Passion and Death that our Savior merited the Name of Jesus. This sweet and glorious Name gives the Eternal Father infinite joy and glory for it expresses everything His Beloved Son is, and everything He did and suffered for our salvation and for the glory of the Most Holy Trinity. The Name of Jesus is, therefore, the shortest and most powerful of all prayers, if we repeat it, whether with our lips or merely in the depths of our heart, with reverence, love, and unbounded confidence. The Holy Name of Jesus not only terrifies demons and puts them to flight, it also heals, nourishes, strengthens, and enlightens the soul. The Name of Jesus reveals the characteristic quality – the very heart and soul – of the Son of God made man: Merciful Love. He is our most loving and merciful Savior: the Good Shepherd, come to save those who are lost in sin; the Divine Physician, come to heal souls of their spiritual sicknesses. Jesus is all love, and by repeating His Name often throughout the day we will grow in His love and holiness. This is one of the easiest means of growing in holiness, of drawing ever closer to Jesus.

 

My Jesus, mercy

An indulgence of 500 day

 

For More Prayers in Honor of the Most Holy and Adorable Name of Jesus...Click Here

 

The Chair of Unity Octave

January 18th to January 25th

Saint PeterSaint Paul

The Chair of Unity Octave, which extends from the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter at Rome (January 18) until the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul (January 25), which prayers are prescribed for each separate day of the Octave

History of The Chair of Unity Octave

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On October 3, 1899, the eve of the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the Rev. Lewis Thomas Wattson, an Episcopal clergyman later known as the Very Rev. Paul James Francis, S.A., arrived at Graymoor, N.Y. to establish a community of Episcopal Franciscans called the Friars of the Atonement. A year previously, Miss Lurana White, a devout young woman, had founded in the same place a community of Episcopal nuns known as the Sisters of the Atonement.

For ten years the two communities were jointly known as the Society of the Atonement and lived the monastic life as members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Looking about him on a largely irreligious world, Father Paul grieved most because Christians seemed divided into warring sects and factions. He began to preach corporate reunion of the Episcopal Church with the Roman Catholic Church. Because of this he was banned from the pulpits of the Episcopal Church.

In his brown robe and sandals, Father Paul took his message to the streets and parks of New York. He caused quite a sensation. Father Paul James Francis was determined to carry on a vigorous apostolate for the return of all separated Christians to communion with the Holy See. To further this aim, he inaugurated in 1908 the Chair of Unity Octave (Jan. 18-25).

One year later, the members of the Society themselves received the grace of conversion, and on October 30, 1909, they entered the Catholic Church in a body. It astonished no one when he took his own advice and brought his community with him into the Catholic Church. With the blessing of Pope St. Pius X, they were permitted to continue as a religious society in the Catholic Church and were commissioned to carry on the apostolate of Christian unity as their community aim.

The Chair of Unity Octave was also approved as a Catholic devotion by Pope Benedict XV in an Apostolic Brief in 1916. In 1921, at their annual meeting in Washington, the Catholic hierarchy of the United States unanimously adopted the Octave for all the dioceses in the country.

Under the patronage of St. Peter, the first Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome, and St. Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles, the Chair of Unity Octave has flourished and grown. It is now observed in many parts of the world.

"Devotions for the Chair of Unity Octave" published by the Atonement Friars of Graymoor, New York, 1960, pp. 5-6.

 

 

PROMINENT FEAST OF JANUARY

Circumcision of Jesus Christ January 1st

Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus

January 3rd
Epiphany of Our Lord January 6th
Holy Family Sunday January 10th
Baptism of Jesus Christ January 13th
Feast of St. Paul, First Hermit, Abbot January 15th
Feast of St. Antony, Abbot January 17th
Feast of St. Peter's Chair of Rome January 18th
Feast of St. Margaret of Hungary, Virgin January 19th

Feast of St. Agnes, Virgin, Martyr

January 21st

Feast of St. Raymond of Penafort, Confessor

January 23rd
Feast of St. Timothy, Martyr January 24th
Conversion of St. Paul January 25th
Feast of St. John Chrysostom, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor January 27th
Feast of St. Francis de Sales, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor January 29th
Feast of St. John Bosco, Confessor January 31st

Over 700,000 and counting!

 

We would like to thank everyone who has supported us throughout the years. Community of Hope has been blessed to send over 800,000 sacramentals, internationally, for Our Lady, since 2001! Please continue to help Our Lady's Mission through your prayers and generosity.

 

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