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Palm Sunday March 25, 2018 MASS INTENTIONS & DEVOTION Saturday, March 24 8:30 - 9:30 am: SN: Confessions 4:30 pm: SN: John & Helen Hamrock (Daughter, Cindy) Margaret Mullen (Family) Pat & Honey Gentile (Laraine & Gary Solvesky) Rose Delsignore (Family) Chuck Cartwright Sr. (Daughter, Janice) Virginia R. Cifra (Husband & Family) Paul & Ellen Dennison (Karen & Dan McGarry) Albert Yurcisin Sr. (Wife & Children) Nick & Anthony Genova (Ralph & Jane Genova) Fred Gavalier (Family) Michael Clemente (Clemente Family) Sunday, March 25 8:00 am: HT: Viola Begala (Susan Missik) 10:45am: SN: Living & Deceased of Christ Our Savior Parish Monday, March 26 9:00 am: SN: Joseph Popio (Popio Family) Bible Sharing & Discussion with Deacon John: 9:30 am & 7:00 pm Miraculous Medal Novena Meetings are held on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. in the Tuesday, March 27 conference room at the parish office. All are invited, all are 8:30 am: HT: Infant Jesus of Prague Novena welcome! The group will not meet on Monday, April 2. 9:00 am: SN: Prayer Service with Communion 9:30 am: SN: St. Anthony Novena Wednesday, March 28 9:00 am: SN: Elda Raybuck (Carano Family) 9:30 am - 8:00 pm: SN: Eucharistic Adoration PREPARE for NEXT SUNDAY'S MASS: Readings found in the Gather Hymnal #923 12:30 pm: SN: School Mime Thursday, March 29 Holy Thursday First Reading: Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43 7:00 pm: SN: Ernie Kalenits (Cathy Kalenits) Psalm: 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Adoration after Mass until 9:30 pm Second Reading: Colossians 3:1-4 Friday, March 30 Good Friday Gospel: John 20:1-9 12:00 pm: SN: Stations of the Cross 3:00 pm: SN: The Passion of the Lord Saturday, March 31 Holy Saturday 9am– 1pm: HT: Tomb of Jesus MEMORIAL CANDLES FOR THE WEEK OF 12:00 pm: SN: Blessing of Easter Food April 1, 2018 1:00 pm: HT: Blessing of Easter Food 8:30 pm: SN: Easter Vigil Marsha Vlosich (Janice Kirlik) SN Sunday, April 1 Easter Sunday Mike & Laura Fiorentine (Rose Marie Fiorentine) SN 9:00 am: HT: Living & Deceased of Christ Our Savior Parish Irene Atanasoff (Daughters & Grandson) SN 11:00am: SN: Living & Deceased of Christ Our Savior Parish Our return to God for Blessings on Sunday, March 18, 2018 ALTAR SERVER SCHEDULE Holy Thursday, March 29 7 PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper - St. Nicholas Kirsten & Mark Dubiel, Andre Jones, Gia & Dominic Radilovic Stewardship Thought: “Pilate again said to them, Good Friday 12 PM Stations of the Cross - St. Nicholas ‘Then what shall I do with the man whom you call the King Michael DiVencenzo, Andre Jones, Gia Radilovic of the Jews?’ And they cried out again, ‘Crucify him.’” – 3 PM The Passion of the Lord - St. Nicholas MARK 15:12-13 Kirsten & Mark Dubiel, Ethan Hanni Jesus told us “whatever you do for the least of my brothers, Holy Saturday, March 31 you do for me.” Every day we are presented opportunities 12 PM Blessing of food - St. Nicholas Mitchell & Garrett Bogan to help someone. Every day we have the opportunity to 1 PM Blessing of Food - Holy Trinity Ethan Hanni see the face of Jesus in others and be the face of Jesus to 8:30 PM Easter Vigil - St. Nicholas others. Pray for the strength and courage to stand up for Lance & Lars Byo, Derek & Vincent Linden, those in need of our help. Gia & Dominic Radilovic Easter Sunday, April 1 March 18th Collection: 2018 2017 9 AM - Holy Trinity Budget $12,500.00 Actual $8,730.00 $9,044.00 Garrett & Mitchell Bogan, Marisa Orbin 11 AM - St. Nicholas Envelopes Mailed Adults: 1146 Kenny Day, Michael & Natalie DiVencenzo, Ethan Hanni Envelopes Returned Adults: 313 Mass Attendance: 650 GOOD FRIDAY COLLECTION FOR THE HOLY LAND Pope Francis has asked our parish to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which helps Christians in the Holy Land. Your support helps the church minister in parishes, provide Catholic schools and offer religious education. The Pontifical Good Friday Collection also helps to preserve the sacred shrines. The wars, unrest and instability have been especially hard on Christians. In these times of crisis, the Pontifical Good Friday collection provides humanitarian aid to refugees. When you contribute to the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, you become an instrument of peace and join with Catholics around the world in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land. PLEASE BE GENEROUS! Palm Sunday: Do You Shout “Hosanna” or “Crucify Him?” Monday, March 26 8 AM Talk on Seven Sacraments by Fr. Martin The Gospel story of Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem St. Nicholas Lower Church warms the heart of every Christian. Can you imagine being there - standing along the Hosanna Way from the Mount of Olives to Jerusalem, waving palm branches and shouting Tuesday, March 27 praises to Jesus Christ, the long-awaited messiah? Would the 9 AM Prayer Service w/ Communion - St. Nicholas cheers of “Hosanna” still be ringing in our ears five days later 6 PM Evening Prayer - Holy Trinity as Jesus stumbles along the Via Dolorosa from Pilate’s Book Reflection:Perfectly Yourself w/ Rosie Hollen Praetorium to Mount Calvary to the shouts of, “ Crucify Him, crucify Him?” 6:45 PM - St. Nicholas Lower Church It may be hard to admit, but we all share in a similar pattern in Wednesday, March 28 our own lives, although most of us do not experience the extremes that Jesus did. There are highs and lows, good days 9 AM Mass - St. Nicholas and bad days, and we draw our strength from knowing that Book Reflection:Perfectly Yourself w/ Jamie Miller Jesus is always with us. The Christians that live in the Holy 9:30 AM - St. Nicholas Lower Church Land are not different. Many are descendants of the early 12:30 PM School Mime - St. Nicholas Christians from the time of Christ, and they have the joy and blessing of living close to the Holy Sites. However, they have 6 PM Talk on Seven Sacraments by Fr. Martin also suffered times of condemnation and persecution Holy Trinity Church throughout the centuries. Their suffering has gotten so acute in the past several decades that Christians are being forced to Holy Thursday, March 29 leave their homeland in order to make a decent living. If this trend is not reversed soon, the only Christians in the Holy 7 PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper - St. Nicholas Land will be those on pilgrimage. Adoration after Mass until 9:30 PM You may ask: “Why should I care?” So often, in our own Good Friday, March 30 parishes, we lose sight that the Catholic Church is bigger than our parish boundaries or even our diocese. We have Catholic 12 PM Stations of the Cross - St. Nicholas brothers and sisters all around the world, celebrating Mass in 3 PM The Passion of the Lord - St. Nicholas every language on the planet. The Holy Land is truly special - this is where Jesus was born and grew up. This is where He preached, healed the sick, performed miracles and announced Holy Saturday, March 31 the coming of the Kingdom. This is where He suffered, died 9 AM - 1 PM Tomb of Jesus - Holy Trinity and rose again to achieve victory over sin and death. Anyone Blessing of Easter Food who has made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land will tell you that 12 PM - St. Nicholas walking in the footsteps of Jesus us a life-changing experience. 1 PM - Holy Trinity It is the responsibility of all Christians around the world to The Great Easter Vigil ensure that the Holy Land maintains a Christian presence and 8:30 PM - St. Nicholas to pray for peace in this area of long-standing animosity and violence. We are the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church! In addition to your prayers for peace, another way you can Sunday, April 1 help is to make a generous contribution to the Pontifical Good Easter Sunday Friday Collection whose monies go the Franciscan Custody of The Resurrection Of The Lord the Holy Land, who maintain many of the Holy Sites and sponsor numerous apostolates that support the Christian 9 AM Mass - Holy Trinity population. Each of us can play a significant part in ensuring 11 AM Mass - St. Nicholas that the Christians in the Holy Land will continue to live and thrive. Our sick: Blake Doss, Marcia Styranec, 2018 ANNUAL BISHOP’S APPEAL Robert Arnoto, Regina Graygo, Julia Skalada, Catholic Charities is in the business of providing help and Robert Skalada, Tom Kolat, Wendy Pakalnis, creating hope. Theses responsibilities are equally important. 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