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St. Ann
St. Ann, the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the
grandmother of Our Redeemer, is not mentioned in the Bible
and we know very little of her life. Our Lady’s parents
were honored as saints by the early Church. Tradition tells
us that Ss. Joachim and Ann had no child after years of
marriage. After many years of prayer and mortification, God
blessed the virtuous pair in their old age with a daughter
who was to be the Mother of the Son of God, the long-desired
Messiah. History and Tradition have given St. Ann the
highest place of honor because of her holiness and dignity.
God Himself had chosen her from eternity to be the mother of
His own Mother.
“St. Ann taught her little daughter to read the Holy
Scriptures. Mary was the fulfillment of... its prophecies.
Sensing her daughter’s immaculate and incomparable holiness,
beauty and brilliance, St. Ann and St. Joachim presented
Mary in the Temple when she was three years old, and gave
her to God and to us forever.” (Saints to Remember, p. 61.)
The writings of the Fathers of the Church contain references
to St. Ann’s motherhood, privileges, virtues, and great
sanctity. The word Ann means grace, God’s most precious
gift. It is a fitting name since her daughter is the
Mediatrix of all Graces. St. Ann has been chosen as the
special patroness of Catholic mothers and women in labor.
The Catholic Church has venerated St. Ann since the 4th
century with countless churches and chapels. The Crusaders
spread devotion to her throughout Europe. Later, the
Franciscans, Dominicans, Augustinians, and Carmelites
proliferated this devotion into all parts of Christendom.
The feast of St. Anne was celebrated in southern France as
early as the fourteenth century. In 1378, at the king’s
request, Pope Urban VI extended it to England. Finally, in
1584, Pope Gregory XIII prescribed the feast to be
universally celebrated. Her most famous shrine in North
America is St. Anne de Beauprè in Quebec where countless
miracles have taken place through her intercession.
St. Ann is invoked by the faithful throughout the world for
their spiritual and temporal needs. In the Mass of St. Ann,
the Church recites the following beautiful oration: O God,
Who deigned to confer on St. Ann such grace, that she was
found worthy to become the mother of her who was to give
birth to Thy only-begotten Son; mercifully grant that we who
celebrate her feast may be helped by her intercession with
Thee.
Mary Mannix has written, “It is perfectly allowable to
imagine that she is very close to Our Lady in Heaven, that
if one saint has more power than another to hear and help
us, St. Ann must surely have a goodly share of privileges
which it is her right and pleasure to confer on those who
solicit her aid.” (Illustrated Lives of Patron Saints for
Girls, p. 22.)
The basis of St. Ann’s intercessory power is because she is
the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The great miracle of
Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception took place within St. Ann’s
womb. Ss. Joachim and Ann were God’s chosen instruments in
accomplishing a work that will remain unique in human
history. Through His infinite power, Almighty God created
from nothing angels and our First Parents, Adam and Eve. In
accomplishing the Immaculate Conception, God required the
cooperation of the two who would be the mother and father of
the Blessed Virgin. Through this mystery, there was
conferred upon the parents of Mary a sublime vocation and
destiny. Let us ask St. Ann to guide our footsteps through
life as she guided those of her little daughter, Mary.
For childless couples, she provides aid in obtaining
children. She is the Patroness of sailors, especially in
Brittany. Many Canadians are particularly devoted to St.
Ann. Priests invoke her during exorcisms because her
intercession is so powerful. Prior to the Second Vatican
Council, devotion to St. Ann was everywhere apparent in
Rome. Throughout the world, Catholics revere her as Good
Saint Ann.
A novena prayer to St. Ann that I recite frequently
expresses well her relationship to our Blessed Mother and
the power of her intercession: Good Saint Ann, mother of her
who is our life, our sweetness and our hope, pray to her for
us and obtain our request. Good St. Ann, pray for us.
Jesus, Mary, Ann.
“One of Leonardo da Vinci’s most celebrated designs, drawn,
but never painted, for the Servites of the Annunziata in
Florence, was a St. Ann, with her Blessed Daughter and her
Divine Infant. Drawn simply in black and white... this
design attracted all Florence to the... [chapel] of the
Servite Fathers, and is still regarded as one of the
triumphs of his genius; one of the loveliest proofs of his
devotion, not only to Mary and her Son, but to the dear
mother of Mary, Saint Ann.” (Eliza Starr, Patron
Saints—Second Series, p. 309.)
Our Lady’s birth was not heralded in a royal manner. Sr.
Mary Jean Dorcy, O.P. wrote, “Few people were aware that
anything unusual had happened the day that Mary came to
earth... God wanted it to be so, that Mary would grow up
lovely and unnoticed among her relatives and neighbors. The
less they knew of her, the less they would distract her from
her great work in life.” (Our Lady’s Feasts, pp. 14-15.)
St. Ann has a special part in our redemption in so far as
her perfect child is the dawn, a symbol of hope, who was
instrumental in conducting the world from spiritual darkness
into heavenly light. “The world’s Redeemer was its light
and salvation. So it is that the hope, the promise, the
loveliness of dawn should be early associated with Our Lady,
who gave to the world its Lord of Light... To us looking
back, as to those patriarchs looking ahead for the long four
thousand years, ‘Mary is the dawning, Christ the perfect
day.’ Dark as the world may seem today, it can never be
quite dark again since Mary came on earth. For Mary, whose
birth was the dawning hope of mankind, brought to us the
Light of the world.” (Dorcy: 14.)
Thus, the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a day of
joy. In the Sacred Liturgy for this feastday, the Church
prays, Thy Nativity, O Virgin Mother of God has been a
message of joy to the entire world. Let us celebrate with
joy the Nativity of the Virgin Mary.
Fr. Lasance stated, “For Mary is the ‘Morning Star,’...that
heralds forth the coming of... [Our Redeemer.] The sailor
battling with the stormy sea throughout the long watches of
the night, rejoices when he sees the pure sweet beauty of
the morning star, the... [herald] of the coming day. So...
poor human nature, tossed upon the sea of ignorance and sin
throughout the dark and dismal night of centuries that
passed before the birth of Christ, rejoices... at the birth
of Mary, as the signal of the Savior’s birth. And, with the
angels, we rejoice as loving, loyal subjects, at the birth
of our ever-glorious and Immaculate Queen, who, like the
morning star, will leads us to... the splendors of the love
and knowledge of her Son on earth, and to the participation
of His everlasting bliss in Heaven...”
“Mary’s birthday is a day of hope. It reminds us that we
have in Heaven a Mother who is full of love and tenderest
solicitude for the welfare of her children, and a Queen who
is all powerful to help us in our every need.” (Our Lady’s
Book, pp. 39-40.)
I’ll conclude with the inspiring words of Sr. Mary Jean
Dorcy:
“When a child has lost his mother we are very sad, for it
seems as if he has nothing more to lose. But God foresaw
that on a day long ago, when in the tiny daughter of Joachim
and Anna, He saw the beauty of His handiwork and willed to
share it with us. Never, since Our Lady came on earth, will
any of us be without a mother. Not only shall we benefit by
the Light that is Christ, but also, little as we deserve it,
we shall share in the beauty of the dawn of salvation, Mary,
His Mother.” (Dorcy: 18.)
Prayer to St. Ann for a Wayward Child
O holy mother, St. Ann, so rich in graces, you will never
leave unheard the pleadings and tears of a mother who
invokes you for a wayward child. Behold, you know my grief
and the anguish of my heart! Look down with your maternal
eyes upon this poor erring child of mind and bring it back
to the way of salvation that it may serve God faithfully and
obtain eternal happiness, through Jesus Christ Our Lord.
Amen.
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Queen of
Angels Catholic Church in Santa Clarita,
California, is much like any Catholic church you
might have attended before the Second Vatican
Council occurred in the 1960's. This Council,
supposedly intended to bring about a genuine
spiritual renewal in the living of our Faith,
inaugurated liturgical changes that broke
drastically from the Church's sacred liturgy and
traditions of nearly 2,000 years. It
is because of these changes and the resultant
universal loss of faith among so many bishops,
priests, nuns and laity, that Queen of Angels
and chapels like this one are drawing more and
more interest from concerned Catholics all over
the world.
The pastor of Queen of Angels is Father Dominic
Radecki, CMRI, a priest belonging to the religious
Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen . The bishop
and priests of the Congregation of Mary Immaculate
Queen (CMRI) offer only the Tridentine Latin Mass
in all the churches and chapels they serve.
Remaining faithful to all of the Church's
venerable teachings and traditions, Queen
of Angels Church reflects the stability and
endurance of truths and doctrines that will
never change with the times.
The faithful receive Holy Communion on their
tongues as they kneel at the communion rail in
humble adoration of the Real Presence of God.
Ladies wear head coverings and modest clothing out
of respect. The reverent silence in the House of
God indicates a living faith in Christ Who dwells
in the tabernacle.
We have a full schedule of activities at our
church. The Sacraments are administered exactly
the way they were before Vatican II: Baptism,
Confirmation, Penance, the Holy Eucharist,
Matrimony and Extreme Unction. Parish
organizations who attend Queen of Angels, ranging
from basic catechism instruction for the youth and
converts to the Faith, to our Confraternity of
Christian Mothers. For those who wish to lead a
more dedicated spiritual life, we have the
Confraternity of Mary Immaculate Queen. We invite
you to check out all of our parish activities on
this website.
We at Queen of Angels welcome visitors to our
parish at anytime of the year, but especially at
Christmas and Easter. Although the number of
parishioners has outgrown our small church,
newcomers are always welcome.
Each of our parishioners adds something unique to
the family atmosphere we think is very special
here at our church. Come and see it for yourself!
If you have not been to a Latin Mass in many
years, if you have never been to one at all, you
will be pleasantly surprised at what you find at
Queen of Angels. You will feel as if you have come
home, as indeed you have.
Queen of Angels Catholic Church
Prayer to the August Queen of Heaven
August Queen of Heaven, Sovereign
Mistress of the Angels, who didst receive from the
beginning the mission and the power to crush the
serpent's head, we beseech thee to send thy holy
angels, that under thy command and by thy power
they may pursue the evil spirits, encounter them
on every side, resist their bold attacks, and
drive them hence into the abyss of woe.
Most holy Mother, send thy angels to defend us and
to drive the cruel enemy from us.
All ye holy Angels and Archangels, keep and defend
us. Amen
O good and tender Mother Thou shalt ever be our
love and our hope.
Holy Angels and Archangels, keep and defend us.
Amen
Novena of Confidence
to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
(for family relations that have fallen away)
O Lord Jesus Christ, to Thy Most
Sacred Heart I confide this intention (silently
mention here the names you are praying for). Only
look upon me, then do what Thy Heart inspires. Let
Thy Sacred Heart decide. I count on it. I trust in
it. I throw myself on its mercy, Lord Jesus! Thou
wilt not fail me.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Thy love for
me.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy
Kingdom come!
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked Thee for
many favors, but I earnestly implore this one.
Take it, place it in Thy open, broken Heart, and
when the Eternal Father looks upon it, covered
with Thy Precious Blood, He will not refuse it.s
It will no longer be my prayer but Thine, O Sacred
Heart of Jesus. O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place
my trust in Thee. Let me never be confounded.
Amen.
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The following true story explains this well.
The university professor challenged his students
with this question. “Did God create everything
that exists?”
A student bravely replied, “Yes, he did!” “God
created everything?” the professor asked. “Yes,”
the student replied. The professor answered, “If
God created everything, then God created evil
since evil exists, and according to the principle
that our works define who we are, then God is
evil.”
The student became quiet before such an answer.
The professor was quite pleased with himself and
boasted to the students that he had proven once
more that the Christian faith was a myth. At that
point, another student raised his hand and said,
“Can I ask you a question professor?” “Of
course,” replied the professor.
The student stood up and asked, “Professor does
cold exist?” “What kind of question is this? Of
course it exists. Have you never been cold?”
The students snickered at the young man’s
question. The young man replied, “In fact sir,
cold does not exist. According to the laws of
physics, what we consider cold is in reality the
absence of heat. Absolute zero (-460 degrees F)
is the total absence of heat; all matter becomes
inert and incapable of reaction at that
temperature. Cold does not exist. We have
created this word to describe “the absence of
heat.”
The student continued. “Professor, does darkness
exist?” The professor responded, “Of course it
does.”
The student replied, “Once again you are wrong
sir, darkness does not exist either. Darkness is
in reality the absence of light. You cannot
measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break
into a world of darkness and illuminate it. How
can you know how dark a certain space is? You
measure the amount of light present. Isn’t this
correct? Darkness is a term used by man to
describe what happens when there is no light
present.”
Finally the young man asked the professor. “Sir,
does evil exist?” Now uncertain, the professor
responded, “Of course! We see it every day.
It is in the daily example of man’s inhumanity to
man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence
everywhere in the world. These manifestations are
nothing else but evil.”
To this, the student replied, “Evil does not exist
sir, or at least it does not exist in itself.
Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just
like darkness and cold, a word that man has
created to describe the absence of God. God did
not create evil. Evil is not like faith, or love
that exist just as does light and heat. Evil is
the result of what happens when man does not have
God’s love present in his heart. It’s like the
cold that comes when there is no heat or the
darkness that comes when there is no light.” The
professor sat down.
The young man’s name – Albert Einstein.
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Prayer
The time may be delayed, the
manner may be unexpected, but the answer is sure
to come.
Not a tear of sacred sorrow, not a breath of holy
desire poured out to God will ever be lost, but in
God's own time and way will be wafted back again
in clouds of mercy and fall in showers of
blessings on you and on those for whom you pray.
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General Information
Baptisms: One
parent and the sponsors must be practicing
Catholics who attend only the Traditional Latin
Mass. Call the pastor to make arrangements.
Confessions:
Sundays - one hour before Mass.
Weekdays - 10 minutes before Mass.
1st Friday and 1st Saturday -
during the Rosary.
Communion for the Sick:
Inform Father if you are unable to attend
Mass and wish to receive Holy Communion and/or
Extreme Unction.
Marriages
For registered members of Queen of Angels
parish only. Please contact the rectory at least
six months prior to the wedding date for marriage
instructions.
Mass Intentions:
If you would like to have Holy Mass
offered for your intention, please use the
envelopes provided in the back of the church. The
customary offering is $25.00. Mass requests are
honored in the order in which they are received.
If you wish a Mass offered on a particular day, it
must be submitted at least a month in advance.
Mass requests for special days will be honored
when possible.
First Holy Communion Classes:
Classes are held every Sunday at 12:30
PM.
Prayers For Rain
O God, in Whom we live, move and
have our being, grant us seasonable rain, so that
our temporal needs being sufficiently supplied, we
may seek with greater confidence after things
eternal.
Be appeased, we beseech Thee, O Lord, by the gifts
which we offer, and garnt us in season the
blessing of sufficient rain.
Grant us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, beneficial rain
and deign to pour out showers from Heaven upon the
parched face of the earth. Through Our Lord Jesus
Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee
in the unity of the Holy Ghost. God, world without
end. Amen
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Queen of
Angels Catholic Church is located in Santa Clarita,
California and draws parishioners to the Traditional Latin
Mass (Tridentine Mass) from all over Southern CA and the
Greater Los Angeles areas.
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Queen
of Angels Catholic Church
24244 Newhall Avenue
Santa Clarita, California 91321
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For Driving Directions)
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Pastor:
Fr. Dominic Radecki, CMRI
Fr. Luis Jurado
Church: (661) 255-9849
Fr. Dominic Mobile: (661) 618-0075
Fr. Jurado Mobile: (661) 733-5138
FAX: (661)
269-5134
revdominicr@gmail.com
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use the address below for mailing purposes:
PO Box 220208
Santa Clarita, CA 91322
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