Letter for February 5, 2012
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dear Friends,

Two weeks from this Wednesday we will hear the words: “Remember man that you are dust and unto dust you shall return”. Ash Wednesday Feb. 22nd will begin the 40 days of Lent. These are days in the Liturgical year that we follow Christ into the desert & fast & pray with him as he did for us. It’s the days we join the church in going on retreat. These days we eat a little less, give out our love more and intensify our prayer life. It’s not too early to think about what am I going to do for Lent that will make a difference in my life.

May we make a few suggestions for Lent 2012?
Mark your calendars for our Mission March 19th,20th & 21st
Attend our Inspiring singer Tajci concert February 25th @ 7pm
Go to daily Mass - Masses are 8:30am & 7pm M-F
Make a weekly Holy Hour in our Adoration Chapel
Helping with or eating at our Friday Fish Frys
Join our Lenten Bible Study may I explain below:

One of our parish council’s goals we discerned in January was to encourage all of our parishioners to read & study the Bible more. To that end we are implementing this Lent a 6 week Bible study that takes scriptures from the Old & New Testaments on the subjects of Prayer, Fasting & Almsgiving. We have purchased 100 books & are prepared to purchase many more hopefully. These books have the scriptures with commentaries & discussion questions. They are available to you as you sign up these next two weekends in the Gathering Space to join one of our small groups in the home or parish. Thanks to the many facilitators who have volunteered to make their homes available, we have groups meeting at a time we are sure will be convenient to your schedule. We are trying to keep the groups between 8 & 12 members so that all will have opportunity to share.
Don’t forget to sign up for one of the groups this weekend or next.

Have a Blessed Week & go Giants!!! or Go Patriots !!! or Go Browns!!!!
Fr. Dave
 

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