FATHER JIM'S JOTS - St. Elizabeth Church - Fifth Sunday of Lent - April 6, 2025

St. Elizabeth Church

Fifth Sunday of Lent

April 6, 2025

FATHER JIM'S JOTS

Greetings!

This Sunday marks the last week before Holy Week!  Holy Week starts on Sunday, April 13th (Palm Sunday) and concludes with our Easter Celebrations.  Below my jot for this week is the schedule for Holy Week.  A few things to make note of is that there will be NO weekday Masses on Wednesday or Friday of that week, there will be Stations of the Cross on Friday, 4/18/25 at 12 p.m., there will be Confessions on Saturday, 4/19/25 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. and that there will only be ONE Sunday Mass on Easter (4/20/25) at 9 a.m.

The following words are from Karen Yesolitis' monthly report to St. Michael's in Glen Allen, our sister parish.  Each month she sends to St. Mike's what is happening at St. Elizabeth's for them to promote on their website.

"The first phase of the Capital Campaign for Tomorrow concluded when Lent began.  Thanks to generous donations and pledges, the building of a new Parish Center will proceed and include classrooms, office and meeting spaces.  With the estimated cost of $2.2 million, St. Elizabeth parish will continue the Campaign to increase donations.

The Saturday School Math and Literacy program ended on March 8.  Thirty-five students from Pre-K to 12th grade attended the largest Spring session ever.  Every student has their own mentors who come from 13 different high schools and two colleges.  The program now includes four teachers and one pediatric nurse.

The RISC Nehemiah Action annual meeting was held on March 25.  St. Elizabeth is one of 27 faith communities seeking commitment from Richmond Mayor Avula for affordable housing, mobile home repairs and reducing gun violence.  There were 2,225 in attendance, including 109 parishioners from St. Elizabeth Church.

A Lenten Retreat was held on March 29.  The theme was "Hope" going along with the 2025 Jubilee Year.  Speakers' topics were "The Practice of Hope"  presented in the morning and "Mystical Hope" in the afternoon.  The retreat included lunch and Communal Reconciliation Service."

Lenten Blessings,

Fr. Jim, Pastor

Holy Week Schedule

Palm Sunday (April 13th): 8:30am Mass & 10am Mass

Chrism Mass (April 14th): 6pm Mass at the Cathedral

Holy Thursday (April 17th): 7pm Mass

Good Friday (April 18th): 12pm Traditional Stations of the Cross,

7pm Good Friday Service

Holy Saturday (April 19th): 12pm Confessions,

8pm Easter Vigil Mass

Easter Sunday (April 20th): 9am Mass

There will only be ONE Mass at 9am on Sunday, April 20th, Easter Sunday.

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