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Our Lenten Adult Education Series continues on Monday nights.  After 5:30 p.m. Mass, we enjoy a simple potluck supper together (please bring bread, fruit, or a crock of soup to share), followed by class at 6:45.  Our subject matter is the discernment of spirits.  Please join us!

Daylight Saving Time begins on March 14.  Remember that clocks “spring forward” by an hour next Saturday night.

Our Little Flowers Club for girls learning the virtues of Catholic living through the lives of the Saints continues to meet on the second Sunday of each month, with noon potluck lunch and 1 p.m. meeting. All girls ages 5 and up and their mothers are welcome!

Bake Sale.  On Sunday, March 21, the Society will hold a Bake Sale to benefit St. Francis of Assisi Soup Kitchen downtown.  All are encouraged to drop off baked items prior to Mass on that day; afterward they will be sold in the Narthex and Church Hall.

During Lent, our chapter of the Guardian of the Redeemer Catholic Men’s Fellowship will meet on the first and third Tuesday evenings after Mass to discuss the joys and challenges of being Catholic men today. All men are welcome.

Because all daily Masses (including Thursdays) during Lent will be at 5:30 p.m., Choir School choristers will all rehearse from 4:30 to 5:20 p.m., and Confirmation Class will be held after Mass until 7:00 p.m.

Adoration, Evensong, & Benediction. On the first Sunday of each month the Society offers Eucharistic Adoration throughout the afternoon, concluding with Evensong and Benediction at 5:00 p.m.  Please sign up for an afternoon time slot in the Narthex, and join us for these important opportunities for prayer and worship.

Since the first Sunday of April will be Easter Sunday, there will be NO Adoration, Evensong, & Benediction next month.  Please join us when these worship opportunities resume on Sunday, May 2

Little Flowers Pilgrimage:  Due to the lack of availability of a bus on our originally planned date of April 17, we have rescheduled our pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel for May 8… and have reserved the bus!  Little flowers families, please RSVP to Sandy Campbell (862-3001) regarding how many in your family intend to go.

The 2010 Anglican Use Conference will be held June 10-12 at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, NJ.  The cost is $125 for members of the Anglican Use Society, $150 for non-members, and $75 if you’d only like to attend the Friday evening dinner with keynote speaker, Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa do Chinchetru, Secretary to the Pontifical Council for Legistlative Texts (and therefore an authoritative source on the implications of the Apostolic Constitution). Registration and hotel information are available at:

www.anglicanuseconference.com

Tract Rack: If you have questions about the Catholic faith or you know others who do, the brochures and CDs in the tract rack in the narthex have answers!    

Birthright: Remember to make a contribution to the Birthright basket every month.  This all-volunteer organization, which supports the emotional and practical needs of women facing unexpected pregnancy, depends solely on your generosity to maintain their center at 502 Cedar Avenue in Scranton.

Special Collections for 2010 are listed below. All are important means of supporting our Church, from the local to the worldwide scale. On these Sundays, please give in accordance with your means and your calling.

3/7         Care & Education of Priests
3/14       Catholic Social Services
Good Friday: the Holy Land
4/4         Care & Education of Priests
4/25       Catholic Home Missions
5/2         Care & Education of Priests
5/16       Catholic Communications Campaign
6/6         Care & Education of Priests
6/27       The Holy Father (Peter’s Pence)
7/4         Care & Education of Priests
7/25       Catholic Relief Services
8/8         Care & Education of Priests
8/29       Church in Eastern Europe
9/5         Care & Education of Priests
10/3       Care & Education of Priests
10/24     Mission Sunday
11/7       Care & Education of Priests
12/5       Care & Education of Priests
12/12     Retirement Fund for Religious & Diocesan Priests
 

 

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