Friends of Little Portion Hermitage

Mission: To support the worship of God, the eremitic life inspired by St. Francis of Assisi, Christ-centered solitude, contemplative silence, intercessory prayer and the spiritual works of mercy.

Friends of the Little Portion Hermitage

Fundraising Campaign Underway

Friends of Little Portion Hermitage have just begun a fundraising campaign. The initial goal of this fundraising effort is $50,000, with the goal of purchasing property somewhere in the Diocese of Portland, Maine to establish and maintain a small hermitage, and to support the life of the hermit who resides in the hermitage. It is also our hope to build a second small hermitage on the same property to be used as a retreat for anyone in need of a brief respite from the demands of ministry, most especially priests and consecrated religious.

Your support in raising funds for Little Portion Hermitage will continue to foster the eremitic vocation in the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Portland. The hermit’s life is devoted to the praise of God and salvation of the world, achieved through stricter separation from the world, the silence of solitude, and assiduous prayer and penance. It is a particular call to “find in the desert, in the thick of the spiritual battle, the glory of the Crucified One” (CCC 921).

You will note elsewhere on this site a PayPal link. Please prayerfully consider joining us in supporting consecrated contemplative life in the Church as it is expressed by the vocation of the hermit, a vocation lived for the glory of God, the good of the Church and the salvation of souls.

Thank you and may God bless you!

Michael J. Czerkes, MD

Board Treasurer

Friends of Little Portion Hermitage​

Saint John the Baptist

June 24, 2019

Almighty God and Father, you sent Saint John the Baptist to the people of Israel to make them ready for Christ the Lord. Give us the grace of joy in the Spirit, and guide the hearts of all the faithful in the way of salvation and peace. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the […]

Saints Thomas More and John Fisher

June 22, 2019

Almighty, ever-living God, you set the perfection of true faith in martyrdom. Strengthen us by the prayers of the martyrs Saint John Fisher and Saint Thomas More, so that our lives may bear witness to the faith we profess. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity […]

Saint Aloysius Gonzaga

June 21, 2019

Lord God, source of every grace, you joined an innocent heart to a penitent’s sorrow in the life of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga. Grant, through his intercession, that we, who have failed to imitate his innocence, may follow his example of penance. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in […]