Greetings in the name of our kind Lord. The members of the New Jersey Knight of Columbus having their roots in the Asian Sub-Continent (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan & Sri Lanka) in association with the Cultural Diversity Ministries – Diocese of Metuchen and Friends of NJ Catholics from Asian Sub-Continent on August 18th will be celebrating The Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary and Independence Day of India & Pakistan. The objective for this gathering is to pray together with our families as a One Universal Church followed by a cultural evening cum dinner.
1740 US Highway Route 130, North Brunswick, NJ 08902
Date: August 18, 2018
Mass: 5:30 P.M.
Cultural Program: 7:00PM
Dinner by reservation only : 7:30PM – Tickets must be purchased prior to registration deadline of July 20, 2018. Please click on the below image to register and get your tickets. $10.00 per head for 5 years and older individual.
1st apparition of Our Lady – Sunday, May 13, 1917: Mother’s Day
‘Pray the rosary every day to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war.’
101st anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady – Sunday, May 13, 2018: Mother’s Day
The history of Mother’s day in USA: The modern holiday of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew’s Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. St Andrew’s Methodist Church now holds the International Mother’s Day Shrine. Her campaign to make Mother’s Day a recognized holiday in the United States began in 1905, the year her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, died. Ann Jarvis had been a peace activist who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War, and created Mother’s Day Work Clubs to address public health issues. Anna Jarvis wanted to honor her mother by continuing the work she started and to set aside a day to honor all mothers because she believed a mother is “the person who has done more for you than anyone in the world”.
In 1908, the U.S. Congress rejected a proposal to make Mother’s Day an official holiday, joking that they would also have to proclaim a “Mother-in-law’s Day”. However, owing to the efforts of Anna Jarvis, by 1911 all U.S. states observed the holiday, with some of them officially recognizing Mother’s Day as a local holiday (the first being West Virginia, Jarvis’ home state, in 1910). In 1914, Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother’s Day, held on the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers.
Coincidentally the 1st apparition happened on the Sunday, May 13, 1917 which was also a Mother’s day. And 101 years after again it’s a second Sunday of May and the date is May 13, 2018. Only 16 times the 13th May was on Sunday From 1917 to 2018.
Day
Day
Month
Year
Holiday
Anniversary of 1st Apparition
Sunday
13
May
1917
Mother’s Day
1st apparition of Our Lady
Sunday
13
May
1923
Mother’s Day
6th Anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady
Sunday
13
May
1928
Mother’s Day
11th Anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady
Sunday
13
May
1934
Mother’s Day
17th Anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady
Sunday
13
May
1945
Mother’s Day
28th Anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady
Sunday
13
May
1951
Mother’s Day
34th Anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady
Sunday
13
May
1956
Mother’s Day
39th Anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady
Sunday
13
May
1962
Mother’s Day
45th Anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady
Sunday
13
May
1973
Mother’s Day
56th Anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady
Sunday
13
May
1979
Mother’s Day
62nd Anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady
Sunday
13
May
1984
Mother’s Day
67th Anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady
Sunday
13
May
1990
Mother’s Day
73rd Anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady
Sunday
13
May
2001
Mother’s Day
84th Anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady
Sunday
13
May
2007
Mother’s Day
90th Anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady
Sunday
13
May
2012
Mother’s Day
95th Anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady
Sunday
13
May
2018
Mother’s Day
101st Anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady
So celebrate this day in a special a way to honor The Mother of God, your Mother, your spouse’s Mother, your children’s Mother and all Mothers of the world. And remember and follow what Our Lady of Fatima told the children on May 13, 1917 – ‘Pray the rosary every day to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war.’
