FATHER JIM'S JOTS - Second Sunday of Lent - February 25, 2024

St. Elizabeth Catholic Church

Second Sunday of Lent

February 25, 2024

FATHER JIM'S JOTS

Greetings!!

This Friday, March 1st, we will have Mass at 12 p.m. and an hour of Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.  In this special season of Lent, I invite all of you to attend this special hour of prayer and meditation with Our Lord.  It is important that we challenge ourselves to acts of prayer and kindness during these days leading up to Easter as we navigate such a tumultuous world.

On every Friday at 6 p.m., we have Stations of the Cross in the Church.  This Friday's Stations are led by our Haiti Ministry with a special meal beforehand.

On March 23rd, we will have a Lenten Retreat led by Sr. Anns James and a Communal Reconciliation Service to follow at 12 p.m.  We will have 5 priests, including myself, from around the diocese to hear confessions.  As Catholics, one of our wonderful gifts from God, Our Father, is the Sacrament of Reconciliation.  I encourage you to attend both the retreat and the Reconciliation Service that weekend leading up to Palm Sunday and Holy Week.  There is a message in the bulletin and more details will be shared in next week's bulletin.

I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to our 2024 Annual Appeal through your generous donations and prayers.  If you have yet to make your contribution to our appeal goal, please click the link in this bulletin.  Extra envelopes for the appeal can be gotten from an usher after any Mass on weekends or throughout the week or by visiting the Parish Office.

I would like to say a special thank you to the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament who are attending our 10 a.m. Mass to speak about their foundress, St. Katherine Drexel and the work of their order.

Blessings,

Fr. Jim

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