(Image from: Treasures of the Church)
PINE BLUFF — You’ll have a chance to venerate more than 150 relics of saints on Thursday, Aug. 5.
Treasures of the Church will be at St. Mary Parish in Pine Bluff, 3673 Cty. Rd. P, Cross Plains, that day.
There will be Adoration for the U.S. at 5 p.m., a presentation by Fr. Carlos Martin from Treasures of the Church at 6 p.m., and veneration of the relics at 7 p.m.
According to Treasures of the Church, “The veneration of relics is a communion with the heroes of our Christian faith, asking for their powerful intercession.
“Many people have reported outstanding blessings and conversions through this ministry, and many have reported healings.
“Attendees are encouraged to bring their articles of devotion (such as Rosaries, holy cards, etc.) and pictures of ill friends/family members which may be touched to the reliquaries as a means of intercessory prayer.
“Relics are physical objects that have a direct association with the saints or with Our Lord. They are usually broken down into three classes.
“First class relics are the body or fragments of the body of a saint, such as pieces of bone or flesh.
“Second class relics are something that a saint personally owned, such as a shirt or book (or fragments of those items).
“Third class relics are those items that a saint touched or that have been touched to a first, second, or another third class relic of a saint.”
For more information, go to https://treasuresofthechurch.com