First of all, a Blessed Easter to all of you! May the joy and peace of the crucified and risen Lord bless you, not only on Easter and in the beautiful 50-day Easter season, BUT ALWAYS!
Whem I think of Easter and the Easter Season, the first book of the Bible that comes to my mind is the "Act of the Apostles." It is the earliest biblical account of the early church from its birth at Pentecost to its growth in that region of the world and all the way to Rome. When I think of Easter and the Easter Season, the first word that comes to my mind is EVANGELIZATION! That was, and is the mission of the Church and of ALL BELIEVERS (not just the ordained)!
While I encourage you to sign-up and participate in the four-week study on the Sacraments (look in the bulletin for details), I was drawn to a ten-week study on evangelization that is found on FORMED.ORG which can be done individually or in a group setting. If any of you feel the call to work in the area of evangelization (of spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ and His Church to those who are ignorant of, or lapsed in, their faith), let me know and I would be glad to head up this study, which hopefuly will lead to concrete ideas and actions of how to spread the Faith in our little corner of the world. I look forward to us offering this ten-week study to the whole parish in the future as ALL OF US are called in some way to be evangelizers through our baptism.
I also want to remind you that we are curently doing the nine-day Divine Mercy Novena which will culminate with Divine Mercy Sunday, next Sunday, April 8, with our special Holy Hour from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. The Novena started on Good Friday, but those who didn't start it then, can still participate in the rest of the Novena (at home/or at church after daily Mass) or begin the nine days on your own and finish it in the days following Divine Mercy Sunday. Use the red pamphlet that was an insert in the bulletin on Passion/Palm Sunday.
I will offer the Sacrament of Reconciliatioin on Saturday, April 7, from 11:00 a.m. to noon, and from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. and on Divine Mercy Sunday from 2:30 to 3:00 and 4:00 to 4:30 p.m. (before and after our Divine Mercy Holy Hour).
Whem I think of Easter and the Easter Season, the first book of the Bible that comes to my mind is the "Act of the Apostles." It is the earliest biblical account of the early church from its birth at Pentecost to its growth in that region of the world and all the way to Rome. When I think of Easter and the Easter Season, the first word that comes to my mind is EVANGELIZATION! That was, and is the mission of the Church and of ALL BELIEVERS (not just the ordained)!
While I encourage you to sign-up and participate in the four-week study on the Sacraments (look in the bulletin for details), I was drawn to a ten-week study on evangelization that is found on FORMED.ORG which can be done individually or in a group setting. If any of you feel the call to work in the area of evangelization (of spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ and His Church to those who are ignorant of, or lapsed in, their faith), let me know and I would be glad to head up this study, which hopefuly will lead to concrete ideas and actions of how to spread the Faith in our little corner of the world. I look forward to us offering this ten-week study to the whole parish in the future as ALL OF US are called in some way to be evangelizers through our baptism.
I also want to remind you that we are curently doing the nine-day Divine Mercy Novena which will culminate with Divine Mercy Sunday, next Sunday, April 8, with our special Holy Hour from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. The Novena started on Good Friday, but those who didn't start it then, can still participate in the rest of the Novena (at home/or at church after daily Mass) or begin the nine days on your own and finish it in the days following Divine Mercy Sunday. Use the red pamphlet that was an insert in the bulletin on Passion/Palm Sunday.
I will offer the Sacrament of Reconciliatioin on Saturday, April 7, from 11:00 a.m. to noon, and from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. and on Divine Mercy Sunday from 2:30 to 3:00 and 4:00 to 4:30 p.m. (before and after our Divine Mercy Holy Hour).