March 2021 Birthday Celebrations! ~ Provided by EJCooley

Thomas Allen

Kara Bledsoe

Jerry Bogin

Phyllis Booth

EJCooley, Michael Henrich, Micole Jordan, Carlos Thomson, Marva Williams

Samuel Geissler, Isreal Murray, Clifton Wright

Bella Khadiga, Sheryl Smith

Stanley Lamb, Michelle Lelievre

Char Lewis, Hannah Schooler

Zelda L'Heureux

Colleen Manion

Ophelia Moore, Carolyn Nash, Helen White

Nerlande Nicolas

Sela Shishi

Quentin Sullivan

Ronald Timmons, Sr.

Kelmern Tunstall

 

Sr. Cora Marie Billings Honored with an Endowment

  Mid-Atlantic Sister Honored

During Mount Mercy University's Martin Luther King, Jr. socially distant celebration held on January 18, 2021, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the Student Government Association unveiled the Sister Cora Marie Billings Diversity and Inclusivity Program in her honor.  The endowment was a surprise to Sister Cora Marie, a Mid-Atlantic sister who was the keynote speaker at the event.

Fr. Jim's Jots ~ First Sunday of Lent, 2/21/2021 ~ Jesus in the Desert

 First Sunday of Lent

Fr. Jim's Jots

Lent 2021

Perhaps many of us feel like we have been living through Lent for the last year.  I surely think this past year has been a deep challenge of Prayer, Fasting and Alms-giving.  Yet we continue to count our Blessings and ask the Lord for healing.

Please Lord, help us heal from the grips of this COVID-19 Virus.

Please Lord, help us to heal from Racial unrest and the deep-seeded sin of Racism.

Please Lord, help our Country heal from the great divisions between the blue and the Red.

Please Lord, help us to care for Our Common Home and work together to clean and help our Environment.

Yet, we look forward to a New Spring time and Easter!!  We need to go and care for ALL in our Global Family.

So during Lent, return to prayer, repent from Sin and remember that "thou are dust; and to dust we shall return."  BUT while we are alive and ticking, may we try and try each day to put on Christ and turn away from Sin.

We need you to MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Blessings this Lent,

Fr. Jim

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Social Justice Committee - March Call to Action ~ Info Provided by Cecilia Hull

 

Here are 8 ways you can learn from and lift up voices calling out for social justice.  All from home! 

List of simple Calls to Action happening in March:

http://stelizcc.org/call-to-action-march-2021/

Covid Vaccine Information ~ Info and Photo Provided by Cecilia Hull

One of our oldest parishioners, 94-year-old Phyllis, got vaccinated against COVID-19.

"People in my age group, our (remaining) life can be short.  We need to protect ourselves as much as possible.  I know that getting the vaccine would prevent me from getting COVID-19.  The vaccination is very easy and I had no reaction except a little bit of a headache for which I took Tylenol."

Learn more about the vaccine and how to pre-register at Vaccinate.Virginia.gov  or call 1-877-VAX-IN-VA.

~ Info and Photo provided by Cecilia Hull.

Lent 2021

 

~ SCHEDULE OF LENTEN SERVICES

Attention, Homebound Members!

 ATTENTION! HOMEBOUND MEMBERS!

Homebound members who desire to receive Ashes, Communion, Confession, please contact Fr. Jim (804-221-1508). Fr. Jim has received both vaccinations and will visit, with mask, to the member's home, beginning Ash Wednesday.

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The Black Church - This is Our Story. This is Our Song. PBS , Tuesday, February 16th at 0:00 p.m.

 

The Black Church

This is Our Story. This is Our Song

Fr. Jim's Jots - Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 14, 2021

 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

February 14, 2021

Fr. Jim's Jots

As we journey through this important and historic time of Black History Month, we are both inspired and challenged to remember the Black women and men who are on the road to sainthood.  Their stories help us learn from their courage and faith not to give up and give in to sin or racism.  I encourage you all to see the link below and learn about the lives of the following:

Pierre Toussaint, Elizabeth Lange, Henriette DeLille, Augustine Tolton, Julia Greeley, Thea Bowman; all on the way to Sainthood.

I believe and I am sure you do too, that we have modern day saints among us right here at Saint Elizabeth, both past and present.

Special thanks to Ty'Shell Jones who shared his story today with us on our Zoom Mass.  Thank you for being a member of Saint Elizabeth.  Ty'shell, we need YOU.  I pray for a world where we will love each other.  On this day of St. Valentine, may our hearts be open and our minds be like parachutes, free to love all as Sisters and Brothers.

Blessings and Love,

Fr. Jim

~ Sharing our Story: An Enduring Faith

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Virginia Dept. of Health ~ Vaccination Information

 VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

VACCINATION RESPONSE

Virginia is currently in these phases.  

Looking for a Vaccine?  Here is where to sign up by Locality.

Fr. Jim's Jots ~ Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 7, 2021

 FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Fr. Jim's Jots

Dear All,

Special thanks for your prayers, Mass cards and gifts for a memorial fund on behalf of my mother, Patricia Arsenault. My family wishes the funds to be used to help the Social Ministry Outreach, to help those in most need.  I am also sure my mom would also be pleased to help those in need.  Blessings for your kindness and generosity.  As of this date, the funds are about $1000.00.

This weekend, we welcome Black History Month.  We have much to learn from our Black fellow Americans and our parishioners.  I am delighted we will continue to reach out and work to end racism and continue a dialogue to end the sin of racism.  We pray for healing to address the persistent sin of racism which rejects the full humanity of all God's children.  We pray for a new sense of community that embraces and celebrates the rich diversity of ALL.  I give thanks for our parish and in a special way our members of our Social Justice Committee who are so helpful in this effort.

Blessings,

Fr. Jim

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