Circular No. 2009-55
2 December 2009

TO: ALL PARISH PRIESTS, RECTORS AND CHAPLAINS IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MANILA

RE: PRAYER TO ST. JOHN MARIE VIANNEY AND LAY PERSON’S PRAYER FOR THE SANCTIFICATION OF PRIESTS

Dear Monsignor/Father:

Greetings of peace in the Lord!

In preparation for the forthcoming 2nd National Congress of the Clergy on January 25 to 29, 2010 at the World Trade Center, Pasay City and in celebration of the Year for the Priests, we are sending you copies (100 in English and 50 in Filipino) of the Prayer to St. John Mary Vianney and the Lay Person’s prayer for the Sanctification of the Priests.

Our beloved Archbishop, His Eminence Gaudencio B. Cardinal Rosales, wishes that the prayers be recited before every Mass beginning on December 16, 2009 until the culmination of the year of the Priests.

Let us all pray together for the success of the 2nd National Congress of the Clergy and for our sanctification as we continue to serve God and His Church.

Thank you very much and God bless!

In Jesus’ love,

REV. FR. RUFINO C. SESCON, JR.
Chancellor