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SUMMARY:Pray Novena of Grace
DESCRIPTION:University Ministry will hold a Novena of Grace to pray for the
  graces that God wishes to bestow on us. This is a nine-day novena that wi
 ll begin on Wednesday\, March 4\, and continue through March 12.\n\nPrayin
 g the Novena will take place at 4 p.m. each day in the St. Ignatius Chapel
  in the Commerce &amp\; Finance Building. Associate University Minister Gr
 ay LaFond will lead the first three days of the Novena.\n\nFrom Saturday\,
  March 7\, to Thursday\, March 12\, due to spring break\, students are inv
 ited to continue the Novena prayer on their own.\n\nWhat is the Novena of 
 Grace?\n\nThe Church has long taught that the saints intercede on our beha
 lf\, asking God to grant the graces and blessings we may forget to request
  or struggle to find time to pray for ourselves.\n\nThe Novena of Grace is
  a traditional nine-day devotion dedicated to Saint Francis\nXavier\, a co
 -founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). It comes with a promise\nthat 
 those who pray it for nine consecutive days and receive the Sacraments may
 \nreceive any grace for the good of their souls\, through the saint's pray
 ers.\n\nAs a Jesuit\, St. Francis Xavier's writings reflect the spiritual 
 insights of the Spiritual Exercises\, which are to know ourselves better\,
  to discern the will of God\, to hear and generously answer Christ’s cal
 l and to understand that everything is an unmerited gift from God.\n\nIn a
 ddition\, each evening throughout the duration of the Novena of Grace\, Ge
 su Church will hold a reflection by a variety of guest speakers\, one per 
 evening\, as follows:\n\n 	Wednesday\, March 4\, at 6:30 p.m.: Fr. Joe Dao
 ust\n 	Thursday\, March 5\, at 6:30 p.m.: Jim Sweeney/Laura Silveri\n 	Fri
 day\, March 6\, at 6:30 p.m.: Ellie Hidalgo\n 	Saturday\, March 7\, part o
 f 4 p.m. liturgy: Ellie Hidalgo\n 	Sunday \, March 8\, at 3 p.m.: Anita Kl
 ueg\n 	Monday\, March 9\, at 6:30 p.m.: Sr. Sue Rakoczy\n 	Tuesday\, March
  10\, at 6:30 p.m.: Shirlene Smith\n 	Wednesday\, March 11\, at 6:30 p.m.:
  Rev. Barry Randolph\n 	Thursday\, March 12\, at 6:30 p.m.: Brother Tom Sk
 owron\n\nAll are invited to pray this novena.\nAccess Novena guide here.
LOCATION:St. Ignatius Chapel\, 4001 W. McNichols Road\, Detroit\, MI\, Unit
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