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Just a reminder…..the parish office is closed on Monday. Mary Ann does not work on Monday. Fr. Pete has Monday off. Please do not call the office or drop by on Monday unless it is an emergency.

“One Bread, One Cup” is a five-day liturgical leadership conference focusing on the Word, Sacrament and Mission of the Roman Catholic Church for high school youth groups and their campus and youth ministers. Conferences focus on community building, leadership development, catechesis, liturgical and spiritual formation, and theological reflection

Another great resource for personal spiritual growth also comes from our Diocese. The Diocese is in a partnership with YDiscipleship. Every parish and every parishioner in the Diocese has access to some marvelous resources for personal use or for use in groups. Just go to formed.org

There are more than ample opportunities to go to confession. Confessions will not be heard on Good Friday and Holy Saturday Morning.

At their November 2015 General Assembly, the United States Bishops approved the formal Statement, “Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Pastoral Response to Pornography.” The full text of this statement can be found through the USCCB website. In part the text reads, “The Church as a field hospital is called to proclaim the truth of the human person in love, to protect people – especially children – from pornography, and to provide the Lord’s mercy and healing for those wounded by pornography.

There are some who wince at the mere mention of Lent. They think of the “sacrifices”, the things they have to give up. May I suggest there is a much better way to approach this grace filled season? Consider it as a spring-time for the soul, an interior “house cleaning” of all those elements of our fallen nature that constantly creep into our lives. Sometimes we are so used to them we don’t realize how harmful they really are in making spiritual progress and could threaten our salvation. The three pillars of any authentic spiritual life are what the Lord tells us in the Gospel reading for Ash Wednesday: fasting, giving alms and prayer.

A new project developed by Brian Vogt to help bring your children back to the Church. "Everywhere I go I meet parents who are troubled because their children no longer practice the faith. Finally, here is a practical guide to doing something about that." Matthew Kelly, Bestselling author and founder of Dynamic Catholic.