Preparation of the St. Raphael Holy Healing Oil is a multi-step process. The 100% pure olive oil, imported from Italy, is boiled with the precise amount of rose petals and rose pestals, then cooled and bottled. Throughout this process many people pray the Rosary, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and various other prayers. The priest reads the entire Book of Tobit, blesses the oil, hears confessions and celebrates Holy Mass. All of these prayers go into the holy oil. Many thanks and prayers for all those dedicated people who participate and work so hard in the blessing of the oil process. Many, many thanks as well to all the people world wide who send in their prayers on the day of the oil process. Although Fr. Joe Whalen started this tradition of preparing and blessing the oil in the early 90’s, we only have photos from 2004 and onward.
April 29, 2004 (St.Catherine of Siena/Memorial)
Fr.Joseph Whalen blessing the oil 2004
November 5, 2007 (Feast of the Holy Relics/ All Jesuit Saints)
November 5, 2007
November 5, 2007
Blessing the oil November 5, 2007
October 4, 2008 (St. Francis of Assisi/ Memorial)
Pouring the oil into vats to heat
October 4, 2008
Bringing the oil to a boil and roses added
Cool down process, vats of oil in ice
Stirring with canoe paddles. October 4, 2008
Pouring the oil back into the jugs after the boiling process
October 4, 2008
Fr. Joe reading the Book of Tobit
October 4, 2008
Reading the Blessing October 4, 2008
Blessing of the oil October 4, 2008
October 2, 2010 (Guardian Angels/ Memorial)
Stirring the oil on ice cool down process October 2, 2010
Pouring the cooled oil back into jugs. October 2, 2010
October 2, 2010
Sr. Nobel and Fr. John E. Welch, M.S.
October 2, 2010
October 2, 2010
Ray Baril October 2, 2010
October 2, 2010
Blessing the oil October 2, 2010
September 29, 2012 (Feast of the Holy Archangels)
Bill Baril leading the prayers during the oil prep process
September 29, 2012
Praying September 29, 2012
Praying September 29, 2012
Blessing the oil September 29, 2012
October 3, 2015 (Miracle of Ocotlán)
Starting the boiling process October 3, 2015
Bringing oil to a boil and adding the roses October 3, 2015
Cool down process October 3, 2015
Pouring cooled oil back into jugs October 3,2015
Fr. Larry Brault reading the oil blessing 2015
Fr. Larry Brault blessing the oil 2015
June 9, 2018 (Immaculate Heart of Mary/ Memorial)
Once again, by the grace of Almighty God, with the hospitality and facilitation of Mr.& Mrs.Ray Baril, the Sacramental work of Fr. Paul DesMarais, and the hard work of many dedicated volunteers, a few years supply of the St. Raphael oil was prepared and blessed on June 9th the Immaculate Heart of Mary 2018.
Preaching
Healing Service
Healing Service
May 15, 2021 (St. Isidore the Farmer/ Memorial)
Once again, by the grace of Almighty God, with the hospitality and facilitation of Mr.& Mrs.Ray Baril, the Sacramental work of Fr. Paul DesMarais, and the hard work of many dedicated volunteers, a few years supply of the St. Raphael oil was prepared and blessed on May 15th 2021.
Marguerite and Ray Baril
