CHARLOTTE — In keeping with the parish's devotion to the Divine Mercy, St. Matthew Church has inaugurated a monthly Holy Hour starting at 7:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month in the Daily Mass Chapel on the main church campus, located at 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy. Each month a specific intention will be lifted up during the Holy Hour, besides the personal intentions participants will offer silently.
In a beautiful development this Jubilee Year of Mercy, the parish recently acquired a first-class relic of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, a 20th-century Polish nun and mystic, that is housed in a Divine Mercy reliquary within the Daily Mass Chapel next to an image of the Divine Mercy. The gold reliquary is in the shape of Jesus, the Divine Mercy, and is available for veneration daily.
Everyone is welcome to attend and pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, venerate the first-class relic of St. Faustina, recite Divine Mercy prayers, and read Scripture and excerpts from St. Faustina's diary. Each month's Holy Hour will be for the following intentions: June 2, the priesthood; July 7, young people; Aug. 4, workers and volunteers of mercy; Sept. 1, catechists; Oct. 6, Marian Jubilee dedicated to Mary; Nov. 3, prisoners; and Dec. 1, healing of the family.
For details, contact Deacon Gary Schreiber (pictured above with Ray Sullivan) at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call the parish office at 704-543-7677.
— SueAnn Howell, senior reporter