The following diocesan parishes have scheduled programs for Divine Mercy Sunday
Queen of the Apostles – Eucharistic Adoration
prayers and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
The parish also will pray a Divine Mercy Novena beginning after the Good Friday service on April 18 at St
Columbus Christ the King -- Adoration after 12:30 p.m
Spanish Mass (approximately 2-3:30 p.m.); final day of Divine Mercy Novena and Chaplet
noon; solemn blessing and veneration of Divine Mercy image
2 to 3 p.m.; Mass celebrated by Father William Hahn
Thomas the Apostle -- Adoration after 10:30 a.m
Spanish Mass; final day of Divine Mercy Novena and Chaplet
Dennison Immaculate Conception – Adoration and confessions
Matthew the Apostle – Holy Hour and confessions
Francis de Sales – Chaplet following 11 a.m
Elizabeth Seton – Holy Hour with Adoration and sung Chaplet
John Paul II Parish – Adoration and confessions
Divne Mercy Sunday was instituted in 2000 after Pope St
The feast is celebrated annually on the first Sunday after Easter on the Church's liturgical calendar
who had visions and conversations with Christ starting in 1931
was instructed to have painted what became widely known as the Divine Mercy image with rays of light representing blood and water radiating from His Sacred Heart
Faustina also compiled during the final years of her short life on Earth before her death in 1938 the “Diary of St
Maria Faustina Kowalska,” a popular spiritual classic that contains thoughts inspired by visions of Jesus
and the official designation of Divine Mercy Sunday
devotion to Divine Mercy has spread rapidly throughout the universal church
Divine Mercy Sunday also is the culmination of a novena that begins on Good Friday
The novena incudes the Chaplet of Divine Mercy
which is prayed throughout the year by Catholics using the beads of the Holy Rosary
Pope John Paul II decreed that a plenary indulgence be granted to the faithful who participate in the prayers and Divine Mercy devotions
go to confession and receive Holy Communion in a state of grace
The Polish pope is closely tied to the   devotion
He died in 2005 on the Vigil of Divine Mercy Sunday and was beatified in 2011 and canonized in 2014 on Divine Mercy Sunday.,