FR. JIM'S JOTS - Fifth Sunday of Easter - May 7, 2023

Fifth Sunday of Easter

May 7, 2023

 

FR. JIM'S JOTS

Greetings!

Today is the first Sunday in May and as Catholics, this is the month we honor the Blessed Mother.  To honor this special month, every Sunday two families will take home a statue of Mary, as well as a guide to the Rosary and prayers for vocations and families. The next Sunday, the family will return the statue and the guide to give to the next families for a week.

The Rosary is a very important prayer to our Catholic faith as it honors Mary, the Mother of God and the gentle repetition of the words helps us to enter into the silence of our hearts, where Christ's Spirit dwells.

We hope to do this again in October, the month of the Rosary, for more of our families.

Ticket sales for the Jazz Festival start this Sunday!  Tickets will be available after Mass on Sunday as well as at the Parish Office.  Our raffle ticket sales help pay for the upfront cost of the Jazz Festival and other expenses:  bands, stage, security, etc.  Ticket books will be $20.00 for 10 tickets or tickets are $2.00 apiece.

We are in need of 5 more volunteers to help sell the tickets.  Please contact the parish office or Tim Timmons with your name, email and to help with this important effort.  Tim's contact information can be found in the Jazz Festival section at the bottom of the bulletin.

Lastly, we wish to congratulate the children who received Sacraments this Sunday at our 10:00 a.m. Mass.  Congratulations to the family of Irene Grazia Yeh for her baptism and to Harper Cave and Elizabeth Bellavance for making their First Communion.

Blessings and Peace,

Fr. Jim

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