What is Lent? Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It’s a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms;…
Hello families! The season of Lent is quickly approaching! The season of Lent presents families with an opportunity to examine your family life and to recommit yourselves to the Christian practices of almsgiving, prayer, and fasting. Each of us is invited to do these things as individuals, but we can also do one or more…
Two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey, they had an argument and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: “Today my best friend slapped me in the face.” They kept on walking,…
If you would like to donate a dessert for the upcoming Fish Fry dinners during Lent they can be dropped off at the Activities Center on Fridays between 2 & 4pm starting Feb 24th through March 31st. Helpers will be there to start cutting, plating and covering individual portions for sale. This is a suggested…
Hello Families! One of the teachings in today’s Gospel has to do with anger. Jesus is not saying that the emotion of anger is sinful. He is saying that anger is dangerous and to be careful! Why do you think we need to be careful when we are angry? How could anger get us into…
World Marriage Day World Marriage Day is an offshoot of Worldwide Marriage Encounter, an apostolate with the mission to help couples enjoy blissful and happy marriages. At its core, the day celebrates the husband and wife as the foundation of the family and sees the family as the basic unit of society. Further, World Marriage…
Hope everyone had a good Christmas and start of this New Year. We will be continuing our meetings starting Monday Feb. 6th, celebrating Black His- tory Month as we learn about Alfred L. Cralle, an African American Businessman and inventor best known for inventing the ice cream scoop in 1897. There will be a presentation about his life and a celebration with…