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Good evening. This weekend we celebrate the beginning of Holy Week on Palm Sunday where Jesus enters Jerusalem. Saturday night Mass and Sunday morning Mass will begin at the oak tree with Sunday at 4 pm in the space between Rager Hall and the Church. Stations of the Cross will be this Friday at 5:30 pm. Chrism Mass will be this coming Tuesday at 5:30 pm at St Benedict Cathedral. There will be no Mass at Sts. Mary and John next Tuesday. Church cleaning will be Wednesday, April 1 from 9 am to 11:30 am. All are welcome. Holy Thursday and Good Friday services will be at 7 pm. Good Friday will also feature Confessions starting at 2:30 pm and Stations of the Cross at 3 pm. Good Friday and Easter Monday the offices and food pantry will be closed. The Easter Vigil will take place Saturday, April 4 at 8 pm with the Service Light beginning on the north side of Church. Easter Sunday Mass schedule is Sunday, April 5 at 7:30 am and 10 am. There will be no Mass Sunday, April 6 at 4 pm. Alms collection will take place Saturday, April 11 and Sunday at 12. There will be no anointing that weekend because I will be out of town. We pray for all the elect who are becoming Catholic in our parish, diocese and world. Our elect our in the bulletin. We pray for an end to violent conflicts in our world, country and area. Thank you for all do for our parish. May God bless your weekend.

Good evening. This weekend we celebrate the Fifth Sunday in Lent where Jesus reminds us that He is the resurrection and the life. This Friday we will have the stations of the Cross at 5:30 pm. Tuesday, May 31 at 5:30 pm you are invited to attend the Chrism Mass at St. Benedict Cathedral. Church cleaning will take place April 1 from 9 am to 11:30 am. All are welcome. Holy Thursday and Good Friday services will both take place at 7 pm. The Easter Vigil will take place at 8 pm on Saturday, April 4. Easter Sunday Mass schedule will take place at 7:30 am and 10 am with no 4 pm Mass on Sunday, April 5. Please return your Flower memorials to remember your loved ones by March 27 to the parish office. Please pray for those who will be entering the Church in our parish and throughout the Diocese at the Easter Vigil. We also pray for peace in our world especially in Mexico, Ukraine and the Middle East. Thank you for all you do for our parish. May God bless your weekend.

Good evening. This weekend we celebrate the fourth weekend of Lent where Jesus heals the blind man. Stations of the Cross with women hosting will take place at 5:30 pm this Friday. Easter memorial envelopes to remember loved ones who have died can be turned into the office up to March 27. Wisdom Day for our south deanery is Tuesday, April 21 from 8 am to 2:30 pm at St. John the Evangelist Parish. More details are in the bulletin. Creation Care suggestions this week for Lent include supporting local agencies such as Wesselman Nature Center. Please remember Linda Hoops, Ray, Victoria and family in your prayers. Linda died this passed week. We also pray for peace in our world especially in Ukraine and Middle East and for those who have died from war especially our soldiers. O Divine Master grant that I may so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Thank you for all you for our parish. May God bless your weekend.