The Divine Mercy Novena will be prayed in St. Katharine Drexel Parish, at Sacred Heart Church, 730 S. 12th St., Springfield, during the following times:  

Good Friday, 2:30 p.m.; Holy Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Easter Sunday after 7:30 a.m. Mass; weekdays during Easter Week, after 8 a.m. Mass; Easter Saturday, 3:30 p.m.; and Divine Mercy Sunday, after the 7:30 a.m. Mass. Jesus said to St. Faustina, "Say unceasingly the chaplet that I have taught you. I desire that the whole world know my infinite mercy."

On April 30, 2000, St. Faustina was canonized by Pope John Paul II, who designated the Sunday after Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday in the General Roman Calendar.