Image Above: The cornerstone for St, Ann’s Monastery was laid on September 6, 1903. Below the foundation were underground coal mines. In 1911, the mine shafts shifted severly damaged the monastery. Miraculosly, in 1913 a another shift of the mine shafts stabilized the mines. This is image shows these underground mine shafts. The image is from the Passionist Historical Archives. Go to the links below to watch, listen and partcipate in the third and fouth days of the 2021 Solemn Novena. Good St. Ann Pray for Us. (Please make sure you take care to adjust the respective audio options with the video link and your computer)
Fr. Bob Joerger, C.P. July 19, 2021: The Cross: Where Wounds Become Wisdom
https://www.stannsnovena.live/novena-2021-videos/
The link above has several options. Scroll down to the third day which is July 19, 2021. The most dominant YouTube video is a segrnent that was done for the Diocese of Scranton television network. It includes a half hour mass. Father Bob then says the prayer of the novena devotions. This includes his 10 minute ref;lection. This whole segment of mass and novena devotion is about one hour.
Use the above link to scrolll down to live novena services from July 19, 2021. Each at 8 AM, 11.45 AM, 5.30 PM and 7.30 PM have a half hour mass. As seoon as the mass ends, Fr. Bob then offfers the novena prayer and his reflection which is about 13 minutes. He offers the same talk at each service with some variation of the content.
If one is presssed for time, viewers to the website might be most inerested to watch the 3.30 PM video.which is about 30 minutes long. It is only the novena prayers and the reflection. At this service the re is no mass.
The selected readings Fr. Bob used are: Song of Songs 2:10-14: Let me hear your voice.
Luke 7:36-50: The woman who was a sinner
Fr. Rob Carbonneau, C.P., Ph.D., July 20, 2021: Carry our Cross as Ambassadors for Christ
Click on this link below and scroll down to the video for July 20, 2021. The most dominant one you will be able to see is the version of the mass and a shorter version of the Novena reflection that was pre-recorded for the Diocese of Scranton televison network
https://www.stannsnovena.live/novena-2021-videos/
Sroll down on the above link to the live novena services that took place on July 20, 2021. Each at 8 AM, 11.45 AM, 5.30 PM and 7.30 PM have a half hour mass. As seoon as the mass ends, Fr. Rob then offfers the novena prayer and his reflection which is about 13 minutes. He offers the same talk at each on these service some variation of the content.
If one is presssed for time, viewers to the website might be most inerested to watch the 3.30 PM video.which is about 30 minutes long. It is only the novena prayers and the refelction. At this service there is no mass.
The selected readings Fr Rob used are:
2 Corinthians 5: 17-20: So, we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
Luke 21: 15-19: By your perseverance you will secure your lives.