FATHER JIM'S JOTS - St. Elizabeth Catholic Church - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Father's Day - June 16, 2024

St. Elizabeth Catholic Church

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Father's Day

June 16, 2024

 

FATHER JIM'S JOTS

Greetings!!

Happy Father's Day! Today we think of the fathers and men in our lives.  This week, make an effort to do something nice for your dad, grandfather, uncle or whoever has been as a father to you.  Help with a cookout or a special meal or it could be something as simple as cracking open a cold one and enjoying each other's company on the porch.

Prayer for Father's Day

God, our Father, we give You thanks and praise for the fathers young and old.  We pray for young fathers, newly embracing their vocation; may they find courage and perseverance to balance work, family and faith in joy and sacrifice.

We pray for our own fathers around the world whose children are lost or suffering; may they know that the God of compassion walks with them in their sorrow.

We pray for men who are not fathers but still mentor and guide us with fatherly love and advice.

We remember fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers who are no longer with us but who live forever in our memory and nourish us with their love.  Amen.

This weekend we are also visited by the Camboni Missionary Sisters as they are selling raffle tickets to support their fundraiser.  They will be here after both Masses this Sunday.  To learn more about their raffle and the work that the Camboni Missionary Sisters do in our community, please reach out to our own Sr. Anns James (anns@stelizcc.org).

We have many families and individuals who are regularly attending Mass and parish activities but are not registered with the Parish.  By registering as a member, it makes it easier to receive communications with the Parish Office as well as show the growth of our parish.  You can register by filling out the form in one of the Welcome Packets by the kiosk by the front doors or you can email our office manager, Eva Wiznerowicz (evabalkarli@stelizcc.org), and she will help you register online.

As we get further into summer, please consider getting involved with our Jazz and Food Festival!!!  Starting this Sunday, the raffle tickets are on sale!  The sales of the raffle tickets help cover the different costs of the festival.  If you are interested in helping sell the raffle tickets after Mass or taking a few books with you, please let Eva Wiznerowicz (evabalkarli@stelizcc.org) know, and she will give you all the info you need.  To learn more ways that you can help with the Jazz Festival please see the section in the bulletin.

Blessings to you and yours,

Fr. Jim, Pastor

  

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FR. JIM'S JOTS - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - June 18, 2023 - Father's Day 2023

 FATHER'S DAY 2023

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

June 18, 2023

FATHER JIM'S JOTS

Greetings!

Last Friday, June 16th 2023, we as a church celebrated "The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus" feast.  The Catholic Diocese of Richmond has several Churches named in honor of the Sacred Heart; most notably, the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.  We are pleased as a parish to have a statue of the Sacred Heart in our church.  This special statue was formally in the Bishop Van de Vyver School in Richmond.  As Catholics, we should look to the Sacred heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary and try to follow an example of our hearts being "open or exposed" to a love of Christ and ALL people.

Special thanks to Liz, Kenya, Erin, Eva and all the many volunteers who helped make this week's summer school a huge success.  How important the gift of learning is in supporting our newest parishioners.  See the photo in the good news section of this bulletin to see their group from the first week of their two-week program!  This is indeed a gift for all their lives.

Congratulations to all recent graduates from Grade School, High School and University.  May your futures be blessed with happiness and success.

We need your help to volunteer for the Jazz Festival.  This is a parish-wide all hands-on-deck!!! With your help, the Jazz Festival will be a success.  Please contact Ron Timmons at ratimmons88@gmail.com.  We also need your help to sell and purchase Jazz Festival raffle tickets.  The front ticket sales pay for the contracts of bands and expenses.

Take some time to read a Spiritual book this summer or visit one of our Richmond/ Washington museums or spend a day in a park enjoying God's creation.

Blessings and Peace,

Fr. Jim

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