FATHER JIM'S JOTS - St. Elizabeth Church - Fourth Sunday of Lent - Laetare Sunday - March 10, 2024

 St. Elizabeth Church

 Fourth Sunday of Lent

Laetare Sunday

March 10, 2024

FATHER JIM'S JOTS

Greetings!!

This Sunday, some wonderful parishioners have put together a celebration for Phyllis Booth's Birthday after the 10 a.m. Mass.  All are welcome to join.  

This Sunday we will have a second collection for Catholic Relief Services,  For the past two years we have applied for a grant from CRS Rice Bowl and have received the grant money from them.  More information and a link to give online can be found underneath my jot.  Please consider supporting this second collection.

We only have 3 Station of the Cross sessions left this Lent.  Next week our Stations will be led by our Justice Ministry with a focus on care of creation.  Reflecting on the sufferings of Jesus at each station, we raise the Cross of christ to remind us that the Earth belongs to God and we ask for strength and unity to care for God's creation.  Please join us for this powerful experience of prayer and meditation.

On Saturday, March 16th from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., please join us to help clean up the church in preparation of Holy Week and Easter.  All hands on deck are needed!!

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.  There are more details on the third page of this bulletin.  At the Reconciliation Service, 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.

I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to our 2024 Annual Appeal through your generous donations and prayers.  Details on how we are currently doing for the Appeal are on the second page of this bulletin.  We have made 81% of our 2024 goal.  If you have yet to make your contribution to our appeal goal, please scan the QR code in this bulletin or the link in our E-Bulletin to give online.

Blessings,

Fr. Jim

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