holy name society

"The Holy Name Society promotes devotion and reverence to the
Holy Name of God and Jesus; helps members grow in holiness,
and obtain their personal salvation."

holy name men promise:

  • To labor individually for the glory of God’s name, and to make it known to those who are ignorant of it.
  •  Never to pronounce disrespectfully the Name of Jesus.
  • To avoid blasphemy, perjury, profane and indecent language.
  • To induce their neighbors to refrain from all insults against God and His saints, and from profane and unbecoming language.
  • To object to those who blaspheme or use profane language in their presence with prudence.
  • Never to work or carry on business unnecessarily on Sunday.
  • To do all they can to induce their dependents to sanctify Sunday.
  • To attend regularly the meetings and devotional exercises of the Society.
  • To communicate on the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus & on the monthly Sunday of the Society.
  • To assemble monthly at an hour convenient to the Society for devotional exercises.

“Every member of the Holy Name Society, while he is faithful to his obligations, shares in all the good works, Masses, preaching, teaching and the manual labor of the Dominican Order.”