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The St. Catherine Drexel Parish Teardrops Prayer Group meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month in Mechanicsburg. They gather at the church to pray for loved ones who have left the Catholic faith or are not practicing. The group is named after St. Monica, who prayed for her husband and son with many tears. Her prayers were answered, and both her husband and son converted. The group invites others to join them in prayer. The St. Catherine Drexel Parish Teardrops Prayer Group invites you to join them for prayer on the fourth Wednesday of the month, following the 7 p.m. Mass. They gather in the church at 1 Peter Drive in Mechanicsburg to pray for family and friends who have left the Catholic faith or who are not practicing. The group is named after the many tears St. Monica shed as she prayed for her husband, Patricius, and her son, Augustine. Monica never gave up, and her son and husband converted after many tears and prayers. St. Augustine is one of the greatest saints and a doctor of the Catholic Church. That's the fourth Wednesday of the month at St. Catherine Drexel Parish in Mechanicsburg.