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Congratulations to Dr. Joe Ross who received the Order of Acolyte on March 3rd at St. Bonaventure Church with his deacon class. Please keep Dr. Joe and all the Deacon candidates in your prayers as they prepare for their ordination, scheduled for October 1st. Please watch the
bulletin and the website as we come closer to this monumental occasion for plans as to how you can participate in the celebration.
Thank you again to Ed and Gina Sharbaugh and their whole committee for their work in providing this year’s Mardi Gras celebration. Thank you also to all of our Mardi Gras Patrons for your tremendous generosity. See pages 10 & 11 for the list of Patrons and photos of Mardi Gras.
A huge thank you to all our volunteers who are providing delicious fish meals this Lent for us to enjoy. At the St. James site, you can order Fish Fry Lunches for carry-out from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm on Fridays of Lent. The St. Vincent de Paul site offers both dine-in and carry-out for Fish Sandwiches and Fish or Shrimp Dinners from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm on Fridays of Lent. See page 12 of this bulletin for dates, times, phone numbers and menus.
So we feed the body but, especially during this time, we feed our spirits. Perhaps you have picked up The Little Black Book: Six-minute Meditations on the Parables of Jesus that is available in our churches and in the bulletin bins outside all churches. Dynamic Catholic offers The Best Lent Ever at https://www.dynamiccatholic.com/lent.html
Log into www.Formed.org to view a variety of programs to help in your Lenten Journey. Check out the daily reflections of the Monks from Conception Abbey by signing up at https://lent.conceptionabbey.org/sign-up/
The Lenten Challenge from our Bishop Barron’s Word on Fire Engage Library will come to you via email or text with a daily challenge to help you focus on what is important during this Lenten season. You can sign up for Engage at the bottom left of our website Home-page. For Bishop Barron’s daily reflections, you can sign up at https://dailycatholicgospel.com/sign-up-daily-gospel.
Stations of the Cross are prayed at St. Mary Church on Fridays following the Noon Mass; at St. Camillus Church at 7:00 pm on Fridays; and an additional presentation of the Stations of the Cross will be conducted by our teens at St. Vitus Church on Friday, April 8th at 7:00 pm.
April 1st is First Friday Devotions with Adoration, Confessions and Mass beginning at 5:00 pm at St. Mary Church.
Confession is offered every Saturday morning from 11:00 am to Noon at St. Vitus. The Light Is On For You is March 30th. Confessions will be at St. Mary Church from 1:00 – 2:30 pm and at St. Vitus from 6:30 – 8:00 pm.
In the midst of all of this, please keep in your prayers the people of Ukraine. When we consider what they are going through, our problems fail in comparison.
God love you,
