Fr. Hyacinth James Derham, OP
Mission sermons schedule
St. Dominic's Church, San Francisco
May 13-26, 1866
Day 1
1. Advantages of the mission
2. End of man
Day 2
1. Mortal sin
2. Confession
3. Duties of married women
Day 3
1. Examen of conscience: Contrition
2. Death
3. Duties of married men
Day 4
1. Habit of sin
2. Judgment
3. Duties of young women
Day 5
1. Delay of conversion
2. Communion
3. Duties of young men
Day 6
1. Commandments of God
2. Commandments of the Church
Day 7
1. Drunkenness
2. Hell
Day 8
1. Fraternal charity
2. Mercy of God
Day 9
1. Devotion to the Blessed Virgin
2. Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament -- Sacrilege
Day 10
1. Duties of the people towards the parish
2. Sufferings of Christ
Day 11
1. Danger of relapsing with sin
2. [Final perseverance crossed out] Catholic church -- popular objections to
Day 12
1. Vanity of the world in seeking to acquire the
perishable goods of this earth while the lasting goods of heaven are neglected and
forgotten -- Injustices
2. The Catholic Church, the true Church
Day 13
1. The scapular order and other religious
confraternities -- Religious orders
2. Means of salvation -- prayer
Day 14
1. Final perseverance
2. Heaven -- Renewal of baptismal vows -- Papal benediction
Day after the close of the mission
1. Mass for the dead and sermon on purgatory
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