This prayer of consecration of our parish was first made on December 11, 1994, and is renewed daily by the community following Morning Prayer.

We, the Oblate Community, dedicate to you O Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy and Mother of the Church, our Parish, St. Peter Chanel in Hawaiian Gardens.

We entrust to You in a special way Father Larry, Father Ed, Father John and Father Greg, who have been given to you by their (our) founder Father Lanteri. May they (we) always be faithful to their (our) vows of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience. May they (we) always be filled with the Holy Spirit to win souls for Your Son, Jesus.

We entrust to Your Motherly goodness, all members of the parish. We beg that no member of this parish would die without the grace of salvation. We ask that our streets would be free of violence, drugs, alcohol and pornography. We ask that no Catholic would abandon the "faith of his fathers" for another faith. We beg that the rich would help the poor and that no poor family would be deprived of the necessities of life.

We entrust to Your Motherly care all families in our Parish, that the spouses would be faithful to one another, that each home would be free from domestic violence, sexual abuse, drugs and alcohol. We beg that daily prayers would be said in each home.

We confide to Your Heart the catechism program in our Parish. We beg that it always would be free from falsifications of the Faith. We entrust to You the catechists and the students. May they share in Your love for Your Son Jesus.

We entrust to You the many choirs that sing at the Masses. May their singing reflect the grateful joy of belonging to Jesus.

We entrust to Your Heart the employees and volunteers of the parish, who spend many hours each week working here, that they may be rewarded here and in heaven for their dedication.

In a special way, we entrust to You all those who break Your Heart and the Heart of Your Son with sin. May You obtain for them the grace of reconciliation with God. May they make good confessions and begin to receive Holy Communion.

We entrust to You the youth of our Parish. Please give to each youth a drop of Your Purity so that their bodies may always be temples of the Holy Spirit.

We entrust to Your Motherly care all future mothers in our Parish. We beg that no one will have an abortion. May those who have participated in an abortion return to God and to the Church for forgiveness, healing and reconciliation.

We entrust to You all the altar servers, and we pray that from among them will come future priests to work in the Kingdom of God.

Finally, we entrust to You the unity of the Parish. Your Son has said, "This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." May these words be fulfilled in our Parish. May all people be brought together in unity by the Holy Spirit.

Amen.