Greetings from Fr. Dave

Fifth week of Lent is on us! Hang on folks, we are getting there. If it seems like Easter is late this year you are correct. Last year it fell on the last weekend in March, and this year it is to the day, the latest it can ever be. (Easter in our tradition takes place on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox).
 

Anyway, next weekend we celebrate Palm Sunday and go right into Holy Week, with Easter on April 21 ^st. I hope your Lent has been meaningful so far. If not, well, it’s never too late to start! Taking time for prayer, reading the Bible, making extra effort in acts of kindness and generosity — all are ways we can prepare well for Easter.
 

Please include in your prayers the men, women, and children who will be receiving sacraments for the first time at the Easter Vigil. We will be doing the Rite of Scrutiny for them this weekend as they enter into their final days of preparation for initiation into the Catholic Church. May God continue to bless each of them and draw each of them into a more personal relationship with him!


Here’s the upcoming schedule:

• April 13–14: Palm Sunday (regular weekend schedule)

• April 18: Holy Thursday – 7:00pm (includes foot-washing and procession with Eucharist)

• April 19: Good Friday
  • 3:00pm – Stations of the Cross
  • 7:00pm – Liturgy (Passion account from St. John, veneration of the cross)
• April 20: Easter Vigil – 8:00pm (includes baptisms, confirmations, and Eucharist for our RCIA candidates)
  • NOTE: no 5:30pm Vigil Mass this day

 

SPAM ALERT: Please be aware that we and other parishes are continuing to get false emails from clergy requesting money or gift cards for emergencies. Be assured, you will never get a REAL request like that from me! Please ignore these.
 

This weekend, funeral services were held for Loreta Biscocho. May her soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, rest in peace.