FATHER JIM'S JOTS - Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time - June 25, 2023

 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time

June 25, 2023

FATHER JIM'S JOTS

Greetings!

Great News!!!  Pope Francis has advanced the Sainthood of Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, a Black religious sister who founded the country's first African American religious congregation in Baltimore in 1829.  The recognition of Lange's heroic virtue and advancement of her cause from Servant of God to Venerable was announced by the Vatican in a decree signed on June 22.  The Church will now need to approve a miracle attributed to her intercession before she can be beatified.

Elizabeth Lange immigrated to the United States from Cuba in the early 1800s.  Recognizing the lack of education for the children of her fellow Black immigrants, with a friend she established St. Frances Academy in her own home and with her own money to offer free schooling to Baltimore's African American children.  Please pray Venerable Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange to help our parish and our newest families.

Please note that both Fr. Jim and Deacon Chris are away; therefore no daily Mass on the following dates:  6/26, 6/30 and July 5th, 2023.  The parish office will be closed on the July 4th holiday and will reopen Wednesday, July 5, 2023.

Blessings and Peace,

Fr.Jim

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