St. Joseph & meat

Father,
you entrusted our Saviour to the care of St. Joseph.
By the help of his prayers
may your Church continue to serve its Lord, Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

You may recall that a few years ago St. Patrick's Day fell on a Friday. That year numerous Bishops, including Archbishop Curtis, gave dispensations so people could eat meat on that Friday.

As a solemnity, Canon Law itself makes it clear that meat can be eaten when the Feast of St. Joseph falls on a Lenten Friday. Thus no dispensation is needed to eat meat today.

However, the Fish Fry is still a great place to celebrate St. Joseph's Feast day.

Server Awards

Last week Archbishop Lucas presented medals to six of our servers and thanked them for their service to our parish and the Archdiocese.

Thank you for your service to God and our community.

Stations of the Cross

On Fridays during Lent we have stations of the Cross at 1:00 and 6:00 p.m.

Fr. Wee has been leading Stations at 1:00 and has been joined by some of the school classes who move around the sanctuary durng the service.

Of course you are welcome to stop by and pray the Stations yourself.

Daddy & Me

Thursday was Daddy & Me Night. Preschoolers invited

a special guest to help them journey through “The Land of ‘S.’”

There was time to read….make a snack…

…be a little silly….

….and best of all, time to enjoy each other’s company!

Jokes

“I'm not a man who constantly thinks up jokes. But I think it's very important to be able to see the funny side of life and its joyful dimension and not to take everything too tragically. I'd also say it's necessary for my ministry. A writer once said that angels can fly because they don't take themselves too seriously. Maybe we could also fly a bit if we didn't think we were so important.”

--Pope Benedict XVI

Quilting for First Communicants

Many of those receiving their First Communion

in April have been decorating squares for a quilt.

A group of parents and helpful parishioners have been

working to arrange these for our First Communicants.

These will be a great keepsake

of a wonderful day.

Thank you!

4th Grade Basketball Champs

Congratulations to the St. Columbkille White 4th grade girls team who finished the PAL league season in first place and won the tournament championship, finishing with a perfect 9 - 0 record. Then they capped off the CYO season with a tie for first in the league and then won the tournament championship, finishing that league at 12-2....giving them an impressive overall record this year of 21-2. Great ending to their season.

Double the Reconciliation

Tomorrow (Saturday) there will be two priests available for Reconciliation from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. There will two priests again next Saturday (March 20th) and three will be available on March 27th.

Save Darfur

A few months ago over 1,000 parishioners signed postcards urging President Obama to fulfill his campain promise to bring peace to Darfur. Now Sudan’s first multi-party elections in 24 years are scheduled for April 2010. Given the current conditions in Sudan, the international community needs to ensure that the elections don’t legitimize this genocidal regime.

After Mass this weekend, in the commons, there will be information on what these elections mean and postcards for a new campaign. Information is also available at www.SaveDarfur.org.

High Seas Expedition

The theme of this summer's Vacation Bible School is

It is June 21-25th

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