World Youth Day Bulletin/Pulpit Announcement

Attention, young Adults and adults, ages 18 and older! Time is running out to register for the diocesan pilgrimage to World Youth Day 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! The pilgrimage will take place July 21 – 29, 2013 and will consist of several days around Rio as well as a week of World Youth Day festivities with Pope Benedict XVI in Rio de Janeiro. The cost of $3, 500 per person includes airfare, accommodations, meals, and sightseeing. The deadline for registration and a down payment of $500 per person is Friday, March 30th, 2012. To register or for more information, contact the diocesan Department of Catechesis and Formation at 392-1529 or Email Isaak Abraham Isaak at iisaak@covingtondiocese.org.

Additional information about 2013 World Youth Day

Father Jeffrey Von Lehmen, Father Matthew Summe, L.C., and Msgr. Cleves from the diocese will also participate in 2013 World Youth Day, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Young adults and adults will have access to the sacraments as well as spiritual direction during this pilgrimage.

(Youth and adults from the Diocese of Covington have attended previous World Youth Days in Denver, Paris, Rome, Toronto, Cologne, Sydney, and Madrid. Pope John Paul II started World Youth Day in 1986; they have been scheduled every two to three years.)

Chrism Mass/Holy Thursday - 7th grader needed‏

An email was sent on 2-20-12:

We are still in need of a 7th Grader from PSR. If your family would be interested please let me know. I would need to let Vicki Klocke know before March 7th.

The Chrism Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, April 3 at 7PM at the Cathedral. Students are advised to arrive NO LATER THAN 6:30. The Mass lasts close to 2 hours. Vicki will be present to coordinate our representatives.

Mass of the Lord's Supper is on Holy Thursday, April 5 at 7:30 PM. Students need to arrive NO LATER THAN 7:15 to meet with Vicki prior to Mass for instructions on the presentation of the oils. This year we have 2 children in our RCIC process. We would like to involved them in this as well. Therefore, we will be asking those two, along with the school and PSR 7th graders to attend both the Chrism Mass and Mass of the Lord's Supper. Two of them will be in the procession to receive the oils and two of them will present the oils on Holy Thursday.

April 5th is also the same day as the Seder Meal so don't worry about dinner because you can RSVP when the parish makes the bulletin announcement.

Thank you for all that you do to be part of our parish community and for raising your child in the Catholic faith.

Family needed for SEDER MEAL 4-5-12‏

An email was sent back on 2-20-12!

We are still in need of a PSR 2^nd grade family for the seder meal. We alternate between the school and PSR; this year it is PSR's turn. The seder meal and the Mass take place on Holy Thursday, April 5. The seder is at 6:00 and the Mass begins at 7:30. There is a short ceremony which is the actual seder meal that you will participate in and then afterwards there is a dinner before mass.

The seder meal family should be the family of a 2^nd grader who is preparing for first communion. We need a family with at least two children who are able to read / participate in the seder ceremony (in other words, the 2^nd grader should have at least one older sibling who can read a part from the script).

I need to provide Vickie Klocke with the names of the 2^nd grade students, the parents’ names and a phone number that she may use to contact you about any details when we get closer to Holy Week.

Please let me know if you are interested so I can pass this on. Thank you for all that you to be part of our Parish Community and for raising your children in the Catholic faith.

Prayer for Vocations - Traveling Cross

Prayer for Vocations
Year of Religious Life

This week our parish gratefully acknowledges the

Goforth Family

As they host our Traveling Cross

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O Holy Spirit,
Spirit of wisdom and divine love,
impart Your knowledge, understanding,
and counsel to youth that they may know the vocation
wherein they can best serve God.
Give them courage and strength
to follow God's holy will.
Guide their uncertain steps, strengthen their resolutions,
shield their chastity, fashion their minds,
conquer their hearts, and lead them to the vineyards
where they will labor in God's holy service.
Amen.

http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/prayers/Vocations1.htm

March Schedule

March 4.......................Class (2^nd Week of Lent)

March 11.....................Class, Reconciliation (3^rd Week of Lent)

March 18.....................Class, Reconciliation (4^th Week of Lent)

March 25.....................Stations of the Cross (All PSR Family members are invited)

Want to learn more about your faith?

Catholicism

A Journey to the Heart of the Faith

Adult Formation Program

Led by Fr. Gerry Reinersman

Each Session will be presented twice on Thursdays:
The morning session will be from 9:30-11am in Kelley Hall.

The evening session will be from 7:30 pm to 9pm in the Library.

3^rd Session/ March 1^st

The Ineffable Mystery of God -
That Than Which Nothing Greater Can be Thought

Father Barron considers St. Anselm’s description of God as “that than which nothing greater can be thought” and explains St. Thomas Aquinas’ arguments which support the claim that God truly exists. He also speaks about the nature of God, as well as the challenging question of evil and the existence of God.

No registration is necessary.

Attend all 10 sessions or any that suit your interest.

Each session will include a presentation

from the CATHOLICISM DVD.

Fr. Reinersman will then lead a discussion to understand

and apply what is presented in the DVD.

What Needs Changing in My Life?

We start to come to know that by asking for help. "Lord, help me to know what needs changing." It is often said, "Be careful about what you ask for." This is one of those requests that God must surely want to answer.

Then, we have to listen. With a little bit of reflection, most of us will just begin to "name" things that make up our ordinary habits and ways of being who we are, that we aren't very proud of. Things we do and things we never get around to doing. We can "feel" the call to change our attitudes, our self-absorbtion, or our way of interacting with others. Perhaps a spouse, a loved one, a friend, a family member, a co-worker has told me something about myself that gets in the way of communication, that makes relating to them difficult. Maybe I don't take God very seriously. I go to Church on Sunday, and contribute my share, but I don't really take time to deal with my relationship with God. Perhaps I've let my mind and fantasy get cluttered with escapist litter. I might begin to name a number of self-indulgent habits. I may realize I rarely, if ever, hear the cry of the poor, and can't remember when I've answered that cry. It could be that dishonesty on all kinds of levels has become a way of life. One of the roadblocks in my relationship with God and others may be deep wounds or resentments from the past, things I continue to hold against others or myself.

"Taken from the Praying Lent pages of Creighton University's Online Ministries web site:
www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/online.html. Used with Permission."