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CRS – Family Prayer Night

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Gather your family and connect with us via Zoom to pray and worship as a community of faith for our global family. The event will feature guest host  Danielle Noonan —musician, worship leader and speaker—and a special guest performance by Catholic musician Sarah Kroger.

Once you register, you will receive an email containing the event link.

Bring Lent to life at home and join us as we pray for our sisters and brothers around the world and their stories of resilience and hope.

Sign up now for our Family Prayer and Worship Evening on March 24 at 7 p.m. EST.

Please register for the event at: https://support.crs.org/form/register-lent-prayer-night.

Knights of Columbus – Monks' Bakery Easter Sale

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Please help us support the Monastery of the Holy Spirit by buying their products.


Monks’ Bakery Items & Monk Made Products

Please shop now thru March 24, 2021

Items preordered now through March 24, 2021 
will be available for drive-by pickup on Saturday, April 3, 9 am to 1 pm.

The pick up location is:

Central Community Center

65 Literary Lane

This is the polling place across from the Library near the church.  
Look for a truck with Knights in green shirts.

Knights of Columbus- Monks’ Bakery Easter Sale

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Knights of Columbus Council 12862
Monks’ Bakery Easter Sale

Please help us support the Monastery of the Holy Spirit by buying their products.

Monks’ Bakery Items & Monk Made Products
Please shop now thru March 24, 2021
https://kofc12862.squere.site/

Items preordered now through March 24, 2021 will be available for drive-by pickup on Saturday, April 3, 9 am to 1 pm.

The pick up location is:
Central Community Center
65 Literary Lane
This is the polling place across from the Library near the church.
Look for a truck with Knights in green shirts.

Monastery of the Holy Spirit
This Order is a monastic institute wholly ordered to contemplation. The monks dedicate themselves to the worship of God in a hidden life within the monastery under the Rule of St Benedict. They lead a monastic way of life in solitude and silence, in assiduous prayer and joyful penitence as defined in these Constitutions, thus rendering to the divine majesty a service that is at once humble and noble.
(https://www.trappist.net/about)

The work of the monk is primarily to sing praises to God and to pray for the world.
Meanwhile, the Rule of St. Benedict directs the monks to work for their living “by their own hands.” (https://www.trappist.net/abbey-trades)

 

Livestream of Vigil Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 13, 2021

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“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son…” – John 3:16

Of all the wonderful gifts that God has given to us, the gift of His own Son is truly the greatest.  How can we ever thank God for a gift like that?  God does not ask us to sacrifice our own precious firstborn, but He does ask that we are grateful and generous with our God-given gifts.  That we nurture and develop our gifts, and in gratitude, generously give back with increase our time in prayer, our talent in charitable works and our treasure to support the mission and ministry of our parish and greater Church.

https://www.archstl.org/about-stewardship/bulletin-inserts/weekly-bible-reflections

Pastoral Council Update and Invitation

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In 2020 the Pastoral Council spent time with the ministry heads to better understand their ministries, to understand what is/is not working and what their needs are.  We sought to understand how the Pastoral Council, and the greater parish, can support the ministries and help facilitate their success.   This work is ongoing.  Each member of the Pastoral Council is now assigned to specific ministries to stay in touch and act as a conduit between Father Terry and the ministries.

In 2020 we also worked with Fr. Terry to expand our communication options, which now include Flocknote, YouTube and others.

This summer we will be welcoming new Pastoral Council members under a restructured Pastoral Council model of appointed members.  This model was designed to better benefit from the gifts and talents of our parishioners.   If you are interested in serving on the Pastoral Council, or would like to nominate someone, please contact Patti Kani or Charles Henderson (below) no later than April 30.

Or you may email us directly:

Catholic Relief Services, Second Collection – March 13-14

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Our parish will take up The Catholic Relief Services Collection
on March 13-14 weekend.

Funds from this Collection  provide food to the hungry, support displaced refugees, and bring Christ’s love and
mercy to vulnerable people here and abroad.  Through your generosity, six Catholic agencies help Jesus in the guise of the vulnerable refugee, the immigrant family, and the poor and marginalized.

Please prayerfully consider contributing to
The Catholic Relief Services Collection.

Learn more about the collection at
www.usccb.org/catholic-relief

 

Livestream of Vigil Mass for the Third Sunday of Lent, March 6, 2021

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“You shall not carve idols for yourselves in the shape of anything…” – Exodus 20:4

How many “gods” do you put before God?    “Idols” do not always take the shape of physical things, things we can touch and feel.   Those are easy to recognize.   Many times they take the form of things we cannot touch and are much harder to spot like pride, power, ego, time, comfort or health.  Pray for God’s help to prune our vices and to grow in virtue.  

https://www.archstl.org/about-stewardship/bulletin-inserts/weekly-bible-reflections