In honor of the Year of Saint Joseph, the Basilica of Saint Mary will host a parish mission on March 15 to 18 with Father Wade Menezes. The theme of his talks will be “Guardian of the Redeemer, Protect and Lead Us!”
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Parish Mission Schedule
Saturday, March 13 and Sunday, March 14
Father Wade will preach at all Masses (5:00 pm Vigil, 7:00 am, 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 1:00 pm, 5:00 pm)
Notes about the parish mission talks with Father Wade:
— Father Wade will give the same talk during the afternoon and evening session, so pick one session to attend daily.
— The mission events, including the talks, will occur in the Basilica.
— Father Wade’s talks will also be live streamed on our parish website, but at Father Wade’s request, they will not be available to view after the session is over.
— Pre-registration is not required to attend in person or watch online.
Monday, March 15
11:30 am to 12:00 pm – Confessions with Father Wade
12:10 pm – Mass celebrated by Father Wade
After the 12:10 pm Mass – Talk One – Be Faithful to Your Daily Duty
*The Basilica’s priests will still hear Confessions after the 12:10 pm Mass
5:30 to 6:30 pm – Confessions with Father Wade
7:00 pm – Talk One – Be Faithful to Your Daily Duty
*The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed during the evening talk. Exposition and Benediction will accompany the reflection.
8:15 pm – Confessions with Father Wade
Tuesday, March 16
11:30 am to 12:00 pm – Confessions with Father Wade
12:10 pm – Mass celebrated by Father Wade
After the 12:10 pm Mass – Talk Two – Be Other-Centered
*The Basilica’s priests will still hear Confessions after the 12:10 pm Mass
5:30 to 6:30 pm – Confessions with Father Wade
7:00 pm – Talk Two – Be Other-Centered
*The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed during the evening talk. Exposition and Benediction will accompany the reflection.
8:15 pm – Confessions with Father Wade
Wednesday, March 17
11:30 am to 12:00 pm – Confessions with Father Wade
12:10 pm – Mass celebrated by Father Wade
After the 12:10 pm Mass – Talk Three – Understanding the Reality of Vice and Virtue
*The Basilica’s priests will still hear Confessions after the 12:10 pm Mass
6:30 to 8:00 pm – Confessions with the Basilica’s priests
7:00 pm – Talk Three – Understanding the Reality of Vice and Virtue
*The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed during the evening talk. Benediction will accompany the reflection.
Thursday, March 18
11:30 am to 12:00 pm – Confessions with Father Wade
12:10 pm – Mass celebrated by Father Hathaway
After the 12:10 pm Mass – Talk Four – Practice and Live the Sacraments / Live a Trinitarian Spirituality
*The Basilica’s priests will still hear Confessions after the 12:10 pm Mass
5:30 to 6:30 pm – Confessions with Father Wade
7:00 pm – Closing Mass celebrated by Father Wade, with an extended homily to serve as his final talk of the parish mission (WATCH HERE)
8:15 pm – Confessions with Father Wade
About Father Wade Menezes, CPM
Fr. Wade L. J. Menezes, CPM is a member of the Fathers of Mercy, a missionary preaching Religious Congregation based in Auburn, Kentucky. Ordained a priest during the Great Jubilee Year 2000, he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Catholic Thought from the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Toronto, Canada and his dual Master of Arts and Master of Divinity Degrees in Theology from Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut. His secular college degrees are in journalism and communications.
Fr. Wade is currently the Assistant General and has served as Director of Vocations and Director of Seminarians for the Fathers of Mercy. Fr. Wade has also served as the Chaplain-in-Residence at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville, Alabama. While at the Shrine, Fr. Wade was a daily Mass celebrant, homilist, and confessor; he also gave spiritual conferences on specialized points of Catholic Christian doctrine to the many pilgrims who visit the Shrine. Both the Monastery and Shrine are affiliated with EWTN, the Eternal Word Television Network.
Fr. Wade has been a contributing writer for The National Catholic Register, Our Sunday Visitor, Catholic Twin Circle, Catholic Faith and Family, The Wanderer, Pastoral Life, The Catholic Faith, Lay Witness and Christian Ranchman publications. Several homiletic series of his have appeared in Homiletic and Pastoral Review, an international journal for Priests.
Fr. Wade has also been a guest on various episodes of EWTN’s “Mother Angelica Live” and “Life on the Rock” programs during which he discussed such topics as the sanctification of marriage and family life, vocations, and the Sacred Liturgy. He has also hosted several televised series for EWTN, which have covered such topics as the necessity of the spiritual life, The Four Last Things, The Ten Commandments of Catholic Family Life, and The Gospel of Life vs. the Culture of Death. He is also the host of the EWTN segment series “The Crux of the Matter” and “The Wonders of His Mercy”.
His many theological and doctrinal presentations have been featured on EWTN Radio, Ave Maria Radio, Guadalupe Radio Network, Covenant Network Radio, Catholic Broadcasting Northwest, and Voice of Virtue International.
He is the author of two books from EWTN Publishing: The Four Last Things: A Catechetical Guide to Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell and Overcoming the Evil Within: The Reality of Sin and the Transforming Power of God’s Grace and Mercy. Fr. Wade is also the host of EWTN Global Catholic Radio’s “Open Line Tuesday.”