Saint Maryof the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church
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Fifth Sunday of Lent 06 April 2014 Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church F R E D E R I C K S B U R G, V I R G I N I A what’s coming april 6 Sunday, Fifth Sunday of Lent Coffee and donuts after morning Masses. (Troop 1410) 12noon-2pm, English as a Second Language Classes, 2nd Floor, Parish Life Center. 3pm, Adult Bible Study, Courtyard Meeting Room. Class is full! 3:30-4:30pm, Middle School Youth Group, Parish Life Center. 6pm, Catholic Youth Ministry dinner, Parish Life Center. 6:15pm, Adult Bible Study, Courtyard Meeting Room. Class is full, keep on eye on bulletin for future classes. 7-8:30pm, CYM Youth Group, Parish Life Center. 7 Monday, Lenten Weekday (St. John Baptist de la Salle, priest) 10am, Legion of Mary, Room 100, Parish Life Center. 7:30pm, Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, Church. Topic: Traditions of the Church; Liturgical and Ministerial Terms. All Parish adults welcome. 8:15pm, small group discussion continues for RCIA candidates in the Parish Life Center. 8pm, Young Adult Ministry meeting, John Paul II House. 8 Tuesday, Lenten Weekday 10am, St. Mary Book Club, John Paul II House. 10am, Council of Catholic Women General Meeting, Courtyard Meeting Room. 7pm, Additional parish Confessions for Lent, church. 9 Wednesday, Lenten Weekday 6pm, YOUCAT - Youth Ministry Program, John Paul II House. 7pm, The Light is On for You, Confessions, church. 7:30pm, Women’s Bible Study, Courtyard Meeting Room. 8pm, Legion of Mary, Parish Life Center 100. SAINT MARY 10 Thursday, Lenten Weekday of the 9:30am, Adult Bible Study, Courtyard Meeting Room. Class is full, keep on eye on bulletin for future classes. IMMACULATE 9:45am, Craft Group, Room 100, Parish Life Center. CONCEPTION 7pm, Spanish Prayer Group, John Paul II House. Roman Catholic Church 7pm, Additional parish Confessions for Lent, church. 7:30pm, Parish Advisory Board, Courtyard Meeting Room. 7:30pm, Men’s Group, Blue and Grey Brewery. 11 Friday, Lenten Weekday (St. Stanislaus, bishop and martyr) 9:30am, Moms’ Group “St. Anne’s Sisters in Faith,” John Paul II House. 6-7:30pm, Lenten Soup Supper, hosted by the Hispanic Ministry, Parish Life Center. 7pm, Additional parish Confessions for Lent, church. 7:30pm, Stations of the Cross, church. 8pm, Via de la Cruz, church. 12 Saturday, Lenten Weekday 9:15am, Spanish Prayer Workshop, Courtyard Meeting Room. 2:30pm, Mother-Daughter Tea, Parish Life Center.. 7pm, BUNCO game, all parish adults invited, Parish Life Center. SCRIP Sales after 5pm Mass. 13 Sunday, Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Coffee and donuts after morning Masses. (Catholic Youth Ministry) SCRIP Sales after Masses. 6pm, Catholic Youth Ministry Dinner, Parish Life Center. 7-8:30pm, CYM Youth Group, Parish Life Center. _____ W E W E L C O M E Y O U H O M E. 540-373-6491 2 express announcements this week’s bulletin: nota bene (note well, please): 5 holy cross academy c Join us for our LAST Lenten Soup Supper on Friday, April 11 in the Parish Life Center. All Soup Supper donations 6 will help our parish feed those in need through the Micah education Ministry Community dinners and the Brisben Shelter Dinners. c Additional Parish Confessions for Lent begin this week. 7 Come early and avoid all the long lines during the last week of parish life Lent. 11 c All Masses on Easter Sunday will be held at the outreach Fredericksburg Expo Center. Masses are at 8am, 10:15am and 12:30pm. There is plenty of parking. No 12 Easter Sunday Masses will take place at the Church. operations c Come join the party at our annual Parish Dinner Dance 13 on May 3 at the Jepson Alumni Center. See page 7 for ticket liturgy information. c Coffee and Donutsare available after Sunday morning Masses in the Parish Life Center. c SCRIP is on sale in the Parish Life Center after all Masses except Saturday 7pm and Sunday 2pm. Please use SCRIP, and a percentage of what you spend will be applied to our school. _____ S A I N T M A R Y of the I M M A C U L A T E C O N C E P T I O N www.stmaryfred.org 3 from our pastor Dear Good People of Saint Mary, gin at 8:30 and last until about 11:30. See the bulletin board in the vestibule of the church We are in the process of final preparations to learn about all the people who will be for Easter Masses. Once again this year, we joining our church this year. Please keep all will be celebrating Mass at the Fredericks- of them in your prayers during the coming burg Expo Center. week, a most important week in their lives. For the past (how many?) years we have This year we have bought gifts for everyone SAINT been gathering at the Expo Center—a lot of who comes to Easter Sunday Masses. You work—to provide a proper joyful welcome may have heard about the pastoral letter of MARY and ensure that everyone might have a seat Bishop Loverde, “Go Forth with Hearts on of the IMMACULATE and a parking space. And over the years we Fire,” a wonderful piece on the new evange- CONCEPTION have perfected the art of liturgy for 3,500 lization and how you can become involved Roman Catholic Church faithful with the proper solemnity and rever- personally in the work of the Gospel. We ence, joy and exultation that is proper for have bought 7,000 copies to distribute this Easter Sunday, and still not let it last longer Easter, as well as holy cards commemorat- than a typical Mass in church. In the begin- ing the soon-to-be saints John XXIII and John ning there were many who felt that such a Paul II. These are our gifts to you for this thing could not be held in a place such as the season of joy. Expo Center: all these years now we have re- peatedly heard from people who have newly Of course, we will be looking for an army discovered the experience of thanking and of volunteers to help at all the Masses to praising God in the joyful context of so broad distribute these as people leave—if you are an assembly celebrating the new life of Jesus’ interested, please call the office. It will take resurrection. You can’t imagine the impact only a little time, and as we finish you will of it unless you are there. Is this us? We are find that traffic has quieted down outside. a community that is so large and alive. Well, I don’t intend to get ahead of myself. Don’t tell anybody, but the Expo Center is We still have before us the most intense and now holy ground - we have blessed it by the reflective time of all the year. We hope to sacred rites of Mass and sprinkled gener- enter into the very suffering and death—and ously the assembly (and the building) with resurrection of Jesus as members of his Body, the holy water of baptism! the Church. It is my prayer that we can find it in our hearts to make this Sacred Triduum, I wanted to pass on a little advice on this Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday weekend before we begin the solemn obser- and Easter Sunday a time of deep prayer and vances of Holy Week. Come to Expo early, sacrifice. It is in the unfolding of Christ’s just as the previous Mass is ending. The mysteries that we discover the reality of our- 8am Mass is usually 3/4 full, maybe a little selves and the meaning of our lives. It is the more. That means that there are about 900 selfless offering of Jesus that has saved us, seats waiting for you. The 10:15 is basically and it is the selfless offering of ourselves as full, although there are always some seats to we recall his saving love that will continue to be found on the far end of the room from the advance this salvation for all the world. entrances. The 12:30 Mass, which is a fasci- nating and even more joyful Mass combin- Don’t forget - Jesus came, he died and he ing the cultures of North, Central and South rose from the dead that ALL might be saved. America, has the most seats available and So don’t just share the secret with those who you are always welcome. are friends—change the world. The Easter Vigil Mass in the church will be- God bless you. _____ W E W E L C O M E Y O U H O M E. 540-373-6491 4 education holy crosshas seventeen years teaching academy experience and ten A Teacher Takes a Hand, Opens a Mind and Touches a Heart members of our faculty have taught here since our We are blessed by a group of dynamic, dedicated school opened in 1998. Our faculty members are professionals who are making a difference daily in experienced, dedicated and innovative. They make our children’s lives. Holy Cross Academy’s fac- our school the wonderful place that it is. ulty is composed of certified teachers, including a librarian, resource teacher, computer specialist, and If you want to learn about our school and all that teachers in Spanish, art, music and physical educa- we can do for your child, please call us at 540-286- tion, as well as five classroom assistants.