In an effort to serve and engage with the parishes and ministries of South Carolina, the Office of Communications will release a social media toolkit each month for the coming year with social media assets and resources to promote a monthly theme. This coming month, November, will center around Thanksgiving and Vocations Awareness.

All parishes are encouraged to share and amplify the message of #BeThankful across their own social platforms with the help of the resources below.

Resources

Title English Spanish
Advent Calendar – 2022
Bulletin Inserts (4)
Intercessory Prayers – PDF
Intercessory Prayers – Word .docx
Social Media Posts – PDF
Social Media Posts – Word .docx

Links

Graphics

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Month of Thanksgiving

This holiday season, let us give thanks for each of the blessings God has given us. May we use our gifts and talents to build the Kingdom of God.

Pope Francis Intentions

Pope Francis has asked that all men and women of faith unite in prayer for children who suffer. We particularly pray for homeless, orphans, and victims of war. May they be graced with loving homes, safety from all harm, and the resources and education to thrive. Our Lady, pray for us.

St. Gianna Baretta Molla

Every day, we are given an opportunity to be born anew in the fullness of grace. Let us thank God for each moment we have in our lives.

Eucharist - Our Thanksgiving

The word Eucharist means “to give thanks.” It is through giving that we receive. God’s ultimate gift was the sacrifice of his son to redeem the world. In giving of his body, blood, soul and divinity, Jesus opened the gates of paradise and set the world free

G.K. Chesterton

It is easy to take blessings for granted in our everyday lives. Everything we have, and everything we are, is not for us alone. May we never forget to cherish all the blessings, including the little things that make our lives whole.

St. John Paul II

We are called to live our life with a spirit of gratitude. In calling to mind the gifts that we have been given, we are able to give of ourselves more for others. All the joys and sufferings that we experience on earth are opportunities to imitate our father in heaven. St. Pope John Paul II, pray for us.

Black Catholic History Month

This month, we honor and recall the lives of all Black Catholic men and women who have gone before us as witnesses, defenders, and patrons of the faith. Let us ask for their special intercession this month, and seek to imitate their witness in our own lives.

Sister Thea Bowman

Today, we honor the legacy Sister Thea Bowman, Servant of God. At the young age of 15, she joined the Franciscan sisters of Perpetual Adoration as the only African American in the convent. In 1989 she addressed the USCCB about the “true truths” of being black and Catholic in America. Until the day she died, she lived, loved, and fully served the Church and our Holy Father. Let us pray for the cause of her beatification.

St. Martin de Porres

Happy feast of St. Martin de Porres. As a young man in Peru, Martin experienced ridicule for his mixed race. He became a talented barber and surgeon, and used his medical talents to care for the sick as a Dominican lay brother. He was known to practice miracles in his lifetime, and in his death, his remains were found to be incorrupt. He is the patron saint of barbers, innkeepers, and people of mixed race. St. Martin de Porres, pray for us!

Vocations Awareness Week

The Church dedicates this week as Vocations Awareness Week. We are invited to pray for the increase of holy priests, religious men and women, and Catholic families in our diocese. May we pray for all of those discerning religious and lay life. St. Junipero Serra, patron saint of discernment, pray for us!

Vocations - Religious Life

God calls many faithful men and women to serve Him and His Church by taking up vows of poverty chastity, and obedience. If you feel called to religious life, cling to prayer and the sacraments, in imitation of the saints, for clarity. Parents are called to foster and encourage their children to consider the consecrated life.

Vocations - Married Life

Do you feel like you are called to the vocation of marriage? If so, pray for the intercession of St. Joseph and the Holy Family to guide you in your present or future relationship. Marriage is a lifelong covenant between man, woman, and God. Let us pray for the sanctity of all married and engaged couples.

Vocations - Single Life

While being single is not a vocation in and of itself, like those in holy orders, religious life, and married life, all people are called to the universal vocation of laying down our lives for the good of others. Let us give of ourselves in imitation of Christ.

Solemnity of Christ the King

On the last Sunday of each liturgical year (the Sunday before Advent begins), the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, or Christ the King. We are called to acknowledge Christ’s kingship with our whole lives, declaring to the world and reminding ourselves that Jesus is the Lord of the Church and of the entire universe.

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