The next Mass anniversary and Mass for Life
will take place in Saint Augustin Church (Paris)
March, 25th, 2017 (18h30)
the Holy Mass will be celebrated by her Eminence, the Cardinal Robert Sarah
Last year, in 2016, the Holly Mass was celebrated in Saint Ferdinand des Ternes Church (Paris)
by Mgr Ravel.
In 2015, the Holly Mass was in Saint Augustin Church (Paris)
celebrated by
Mgr Jean-Marie Mpendawatu,
Secretary of the Consiglio pontificale per gli Operatori sanitari (Vatican)
The pastor of Saint Therese Catholic Church in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, organizes weekend Masses for honoring the Professor Lejeune’s birthday, immediately following his birthday June 13th.
In april 2013 a Mass has been celebrated also in Portugal (Braga) on the anniversary of the death of Professor Jérôme Lejeune.
Each year, on the ’anniversary of the death of Professor Jérôme Lejeune, on the 3rd April 1994, the Association has a Mass for Life celebrated. The anniversary is meant to be an opportunity for spiritual recollection for all those who pledge their loyalty to the Church so as to promote a true devotion to Life. It is also an act of faith and hope in seeing the rise of a new generation of Servants of Life.
The Association of Friends of Professor Jérôme Lejeune wishes especially that the example of the Servant of God Jérôme Lejeune should encourage new vocations for doctors, research workers, and Christians ready to respond to the invitation of John-Paul II and Benedict XVI to proclaim the Gospel of Life ‘with courage and fidelity as good news for men of every age and every culture’.
Celebrated by the Cardinal André Vingt-Trois, archibishop of Paris,for the 20th anniversary of Jerome Lejeune's death.
Celebrated by the Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, archibishop of Lyon and Primat des Gaules in the basilic Primatiale Saint-Jean.
A holy hour to pray with Jerome Lejeune
Homily beginning : «We are here this evening in this Church of St Francis Xavier to celebrate the memory of Professor Jérôme Lejeune, «a man for whom the defence of Life, as John Paul II said, became an apostolate »...
Homily beginning : « Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are gathered here at the heart of Holy Week to celebrate the Lord’s redemptive sufferings…
Homily beginning : « A few weeks ago, in his message for the beginning of Lent, the Holy Father invited us to make an internal pilgrimage to Him who is the source of Mercy. A few weeks before, the Encyclical 'Deus caritas est’ taught us that this truth ‘God is love’…
Homily beginning: : « Brothers and Sisters, the Church invites us to consider Jesus in glory,…»
Homily beginning : « Brothers and Sisters, it is a great honour and indeed a pleasure for me to preside over the celebration of the Holy Eucharist for the ninth anniversary of Professor Jerome Lejeune’s departure for the Father’s House…. »”