A good afternoon to all! Attached is our bulletin for this Sunday, April 6 (Fifth Sunday of Lent), a reflection from Fr. Canisius, and a Lenten video reflection from Seminarian Thang.
This weekend we celebrate the Jubilee of Sick and Health Care Workers--Parish Nurse Ministry and will offer a special blessing for them at the end of all masses.
Our Sanctuary Lamp is lit this week:
In Loving Memory of
Richard Pfeffer
at the request of Sr. Janet Pfeffer
This weekend's second collection is for our
Maintenance Fund
You may also support our collections via online giving. Just click the button below to make your offering.
We are grateful for your continued generosity.
Stations will be led this evening by
Fr. Canisius and Seminarian Thang
Stations will be followed by the
First Friday Mass & Novena at 7:30pm
Children's Liturgy of the Word (CLOW) takes place this Sunday, 4/6 at our 11am Mass.
Palm Sunday Vigil
Saturday, April 12
Join us for our Palm Sunday Vigil service next Saturday, April 12 at 4:00pm. Once again, we will be joined by the Baltimore Brass. The Choir and congregation will be led with the sounds of brass as Jesus enters Jerusalem!
http://www.baltimorebrassquintet.com/index.html
Feed the Hungry
Lenten Challenge
We have been challenged to provide 100 casseroles for the guests at Our Daily Bread this Lent. You can prepare Texas Hash casseroles (using the pans and recipes available in our church foyer) or purchase frozen party-sized pans of Mac & Cheese or Lasagna. Frozen casseroles may be dropped off at the parish office (M-F, 9am-3pm).
Current count:57 Still needed:43 by April 20
"When I was hungry, you gave me something to eat." (Matthew 25)
Lenten Food Pantry $$$ Match
YOU DID IT! You answered the call!
Through your tremendous generosity, we have met our challenge-match goal of $2500—and exceeded it ($3155 to date)! That means our Food Pantry will receive an extra $2500 from our anonymous donor! We are grateful for their generous support of the Pantry and of our neighbors who experience food insecurity.
Our work is not done, though, as long as hunger exists! Please continue your support of our Food Pantry Outreach—with food or monetary donations—through the remainder of this Lenten season, and in the Easter season that follows. Let us spread the Resurrection HOPE!
Easter Flower Memorials
Easter flower memorial envelopes are included in the March offering envelope packet and can also be found in the church vestibule. Please return yours to the parish office by April 10. You may also make a flower memorial donation via online giving—just select the fund “Easter Flowers” and enter the name(s) of your loved one(s) in the space provided.
Click below to read the pastoral letter
or pick up a copy in the church vestibule.
From the Message of the Holy Father Francis
for Lent 2025
Third, let us journey together in hope, for we have been given a promise. May the hope that does not disappoint(cf.Rom5:5), the central message of the Jubilee, be the focus of our Lenten journey towards the victory of Easter. As Pope Benedict XVI taught us in the Encyclical Spe Salvi, “the human being needs unconditional love. He needs the certainty which makes him say: ‘neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord’ (Rom 8:38-39)”. Christ, my hope, has risen! He lives and reigns in glory. Death has been transformed into triumph, and the faith and great hope of Christians rests in this: the resurrection of Christ!
The 2025 Annual Appeal for Catholic Ministries continues! Pledge envelopes are available in the back of church and can be placed in any of the collection baskets, handed to an usher, or mailed to the address on the envelope.
We thank all those who have already made their pledge/donation. As of 3/27/25, 61 families have donated/pledged $26,379 (87% of our Standard Goal!). Every family's involvement, no matter the amount given, is crucial and valued! It's our hope and prayer that we can exceed our goals, reflecting our commitment to both our parish and the broader Church community.
