Please join us as we honor Our Lady for our 2025 Day of Prayer and Reflection with Fr. Chris Alar. This special event will take place on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at All Saints Catholic Church in Mesa. The day will begin at 8:00 a.m. with the prayer of the Holy Rosary, followed by Holy Mass.
Fr. Chris will be giving 3 dynamic and spiritually enlightening talks throughout the day. The Sacrament of Confession will be offered at the end of the day to all interested.
SPEAKER
Very Rev. Chris Alar, MIC
Provincial Superior, Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy Province
Father Chris Alar, MIC, entered the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, the religious community entrusted with spreading the message and devotion of Divine Mercy, as a postulant in July 2006. Prior to that time, he received a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Michigan.
After working as an engineering manager at a large automotive supplier in Detroit, he began his own consulting firm in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2000. Answering the Lord’s call, he attended Franciscan University of Steubenville, in Ohio, for his philosophy studies; Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., for his theology studies; and he earned his Masters of Divinity degree from Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut.
He wrote and produced the popular “Divine Mercy 101” and “Explaining the Faith” YouTube series and is the author of the bestselling book After Suicide: There’s Hope for Them and for You, as well as Understanding Divine Mercy.
He is host of the EWTN show Living Divine Mercy, which airs on Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. EST. From 2014-2025, he served as “Fr. Joseph, MIC,” the Director of the Association of Marian Helpers.
In 2023 he was elected Provincial Superior of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy Province of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception in the United States and Argentina.