At the request of Pope Francis and our local Bishops, we will come together in prayer for the consecration of humanity, and Russia and Ukraine in particular, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary at the end of our Friday, March 25th Mass. For those of you who cannot share with us at this time, you are welcome to pray on your own at 10:30 am with Pope Francis or sometime during your day.

Please see this letter from Pope Francis and the Act of Consecration Prayer.

First… Move your clocks forward 1 hour this Sunday morning!!!

You’ve been hearing about the Synod and that Pope Francis has directed the Church to assemble her people around the world. With joy we unite with Catholics in discerning our path towards becoming a “synodal” Church, one that journeys with its faithful, listens to their concerns, and promotes their participation into the fullness of the Church.

We are are happy to have heard from some of you but not enough people have responded. If you don’t feel that you have been asked… you are. We need you!

Our Parish will facilitate three synodal gatherings in March and we ask you to participate in one of the sessions.

The dates are:

• Tuesday, March 15 from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
• Saturday, March 19, 9:00 a.m. – noon,
  and 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.

Reserve your time through this link.

For further information on the Synod and its purpose, please visit the Diocese website.

As we are preparing for our participation in the Church’s historic Synod, we also need facilitators and scribes. We will need approximately 10 facilitators and 10 scribes (for high school students who serve as scribes and in need of service hours, I give double). Facilitators and scribes will not have to serve all three sessions.

For information on being a facilitator or scribe there is info on the Diocese website here.

If you are interested assisting as a facilitator or scribe for the Synod, please contact me at Jackhamlin55@gmail.com.

Thank you!