Nature Adores the Blessed Mother
Aid for Friends The Central Association of the Miraculous Medal Youth and Young Adults program collaborated with the Bucks County Youth Group on Saturday, February 23, for the Friends Service Project. A room full of participants spent the day assembling breakfast bags for shut-ins associated with Aid for Friends. Donations were collected by participants and the Bucks County Youth Group. Items included dry cereal, hot cereal, granola bars, breakfast bars, and fruit cups. Volunteers delivered the bags to the Aid for Friends facility located in Northeast Philadelphia.
One of the smallest of God’s creatures found its way to The Miraculous Medal Shrine. CAMM staff member, Paulette Mican, discovered this praying mantis doing, what else, but “praying” to Our Lady. But whether this tiny creature was praying or crawling, it is inspiring to see it paying reverence to the Blessed Mother.
Giving Tuesday 2018 The Miraculous Medal Shrine participated in the 2018 National Giving Tuesday on November 27. The Shrine’s theme of the global giving movement was taken from the words of St. Vincent de Paul: “All our work ends up in action.” More than $8,000 was raised as a result of the generosity of the Shrine’s faithful. The financial contributions directly support the wonderful works of the Vincentians: soup kitchens; food pantries; prison re-integration programs; drug rehabilitation; higher education; promoting our Blessed Mother and her Miraculous Medal; preserving The Miraculous Medal Shrine; and so much more.
Catholic Business Network
The Central Association of the Miraculous Medal is proud to present the Catholic Business Network, an exciting series of events that unite local Catholic business professionals to create opportunities for networking, support faith-driven dialogue, and exchange ideas. On February 21, dozens of professionals gathered to hear guest speaker, Fr. Robert Hagan, OSA, discuss “Keeping the Faith in Everything We Do.” Fr. Hagan served as chaplain at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and at the University of Maryland, College Park, and received a master’s in theology from the Washington Theological Union in 2003. He is a past member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Delaware County Bar Association, and the Delaware County Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys. He also serves as the chaplain for the Villanova men’s basketball and football teams. SPRING 2019 | 9
