FR. JIM'S JOTS - Third Sunday of Easter - April 23, 2023

 Third Sunday of Easter

April 23, 2023

FATHER JIM'S JOTS

Greetings!

Spring has sprung!!  We need your help to be on a team to mow the parish lawn grass once a month.  We have been blessed to have volunteers and are in need of a few more helpers.

Special thanks to Eddie Gorman, who has been doing this volunteer work for several years, and David Woodburn, who has offered to help with the scheduling of a few teams.  Thank you as well to Fabrice Niyitanga and Abedi Shishi who have volunteered to help.  

Please, can you help by volunteering?  If interested, please email David Woodburn at dwoodburn@stelizcc.org.

Prayers and moments of silence are good but NOT enough.  Last Sunday, April 16th was the 16th Anniversary of the tragic shooting at VA Tech.  The deaths with guns have gotten much worse in the last 16 years.  It seems daily we read and hear about shootings with multiple victims.  Enough!

I am asking the Social Justice Committee to put this on their agenda and see how we as a parish can be more proactive, involved and active in the fight for an end to gun violence and killings.  As a church, we are Pro-Life; being for sensible gun legislation is a pro-life issue.

We should work to:

- Implement RED Flag laws

- Register all guns

- Ban assault weapons like AR-15s

I invite you to join me and our Social Justice Committee to work on this issue.  We are the majority and for too long the NRA has been too vocal and uses their deep pockets to influence Congress.  It's time to take a stand.  Vote and put our thoughts and prayers into ACTION!

Blessings and Peace,

Fr. Jim

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