SPIRITUAL RESOURCES

PRAYER

Keep Connected Spiritually

REQUEST A MASS TO BE SAID AT THE SAINT KATERI SHRINE

Saint Kateri's Feast Day celebration 2020 -- Terry Steele's readings

Saint Kateri's Feast Day celebration 2020 -- Fr. Tim's reading from Matthew 13

Saint Kateri's Feast Day celebration 2020 -- homily of Fr. Michael Heine, Vicar Provincial of Our Lady of the Angels Province

daily Catholic Mass https://franciscanmissionaries.com/homily/

AND https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBJEZpaqzKUzQZYaBeEALNQ (you may see Friar Mark Steed here!)

AND here is a listing of streamed and archived Masses in the Diocese of Albany, in which the Shrine falls

https://www.rcda.org/livemass

Litany of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha

Smudging and the Four Directions Blessing as part of the Penitential Rite

pray the Rosary with people all around the U.S. https://themapofhope.com/

pray a Rosary to end coronavirus with Pope Francis https://youtu.be/J5kYUHBQqJM

Franciscan prayers, including the Canticle of Creation https://www.olaprovince.org/ministries/franciscan-prayers/

Native American prayers, including the Mohawk prayer to the Great Spirit http://www.worldhealingprayers.com/2.html

Other thoughts: "The Peace of Wild Things" by Wendell Berry https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/peace-wild-things-0/

"Stations of the Cross" by John F. Lyons Jr.

"Easter" by John F. Lyons Jr.

SPIRITUAL LEARNING

Ways to Deepen Faith

how to make spiritual Communion https://archny.org/acts-of-spiritual-communion/

Shrine Chaplain Fr. Timothy Lyons: "Some Thoughts on Scars and the Stations of the Cross"

Shrine Chaplain Fr. Timothy Lyons: "Embracing the Isolation of Coronavirus like St. Francis and St. Kateri"

Shrine Chaplain Fr. Timothy Lyons: "Coronavirus Isolation and Being Social with God"

"Saint Spotlight: St. Kateri Tekakwitha" interview with Shrine Programs Co-Chair Layna Maher on Catholic Feminist Podcast

Information on Native Masses

how to practice contemplative meditation/centering prayer https://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201311/sit-down-and-be-quiet-how-practice-contemplative-meditation-28077

advice from monks and nuns on living a contemplative life in isolation https://aleteia.org/2020/03/23/wondering-about-how-to-handle-life-at-home-contemplative-monks-and-nuns-have-some-advice/

ECOLOGY

Saint Kateri Tekawitha: Patroness of Ecology and the Environment

Saint Kateri Conservation Center online library http://www.kateri.org/library/

Little Portion Farm, another ministry of Our Lady of the Angels Province https://www.littleportionfarm.org/

Global Catholic Climate Movement https://catholicclimatemovement.global/

The Institute for Ecological Civilization https://ecociv.org/

GreenFaith https://greenfaith.org/

Interfaith Power and Light https://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org/

"Care for Creation" inititative of the Franciscan Action Network https://franciscanaction.org/issues/care-for-creation/

NATURE WEBCAMS

Staying in Touch with Creation

Cornell's red-tailed hawks https://youtu.be/9zYwa-9a56k

Cornell's Sapsucker Woods pond https://youtu.be/3WI4UZgxG64

U.S. National Arboretum bald eagle nest https://youtu.be/lchXSFuI8kg

Anacapa Islands ocean (underwater) https://youtu.be/ueik_Uu4xbo

International Wolf Center https://wolf.org/wolf-cams2/

Mount Diablo https://youtu.be/AlthfCT2j7Q

Anacapa Island peregrine falcons https://youtu.be/YmZv8Pfwum4

pre-recorded 2-hour walking tour through Olympic National Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9frdQgL9WlQ

SHRINE MONTHLY PRAYER LETTER

Thoughts from Fr. Timothy Lyons, OFM Conv., Shrine Chaplain and Director

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