LOOKING AHEAD
Apr 17-18: Food Shelf Weekend
Apr 18: Class for those preparing for Confirmation, Parish Center, 7:00 PM
Apr 24-25: Catholic Home Missions Appeal
Apr 30: Ordination of Father Terry LaValley as Bishop, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Ogdensburg
May 8: Spring Burials, 9:00 AM
May 8 First Communion Rehearsal 10:30 AM
May 9: First Communion, 10:00 AM Mass
May 15-16: Food Shelf Weekend
June 13: Cadyville Fire Department Field Day
Oct 14-21: Pilgrimage to Rome for Canonization of Brother André Information 518-647-8415
RELIGIOUS WEB SITES
www.masstimes.org (Time of weekend Masses)
www.fisheaters.com (Catholic information)
Mission Intention for April
That Christians persecuted for the sake of the Gospel may persevere, sustained by the Holy Spirit, in their faithful witness to the love of God for all.
ROSARY RALLY: A Rosary Rally for the four Sundays of May will be held at the House of Prayer, Ellenburg Center, from 2:00-3:00 p.m. on May 2 - Joyful Mysteries for Life, on May 9 - Luminous Mysteries for all Women, on May 16 - Sorrowful Mysteries for Healing, on May 23. Phone Pat at 518-594-3253 with questions.
DISCERNMENT WEEKEND: Come to a quiet place and let the Heart of Jesus speak to your heart! Single, Catholic women are invited to a weekend of prayer and discernment and to spend time letting Jesus love you! Share with the Sisters of St. Joseph in Holy Eucharist, Liturgy of the Hours, the Rosary, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and opportunities to talk and discuss with the Sisters. Saturday, April 24th - Sunday, April 25th Arrive: Saturday, 11:00 pm. Departure: Sunday, 4:00 pm . Please CALL or EMAIL for registration. Contact: Sister Mary Gregory, SSJ, 1425 Washington Street
Watertown, NY 13601 Phone: 315.782.3460 Email: smgssj@yahoo.com Website: www.ssjwatertown.org
Prayer for Bishop-elect LaValley
God, eternal Shepherd,
you have chosen your servant Terry
to watch over the your flock
and to pastor the Church of Ogdensburg.
Help him to respond wholeheartedly
to your call, “Follow me.”
Among us and for us,
may he be a faithful teacher,
a wise administrator and a holy priest.
Enrich him with the gifts and virtues of a true apostle,
for the good of your people in the North Country.
May he, and all those in his care,
show forth the living presence of Christ in the world;
and come to the joy of everlasting life
in your verdant pastures.
We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
AT HOME WITH OUR FAITH: The April issue of At Home with Our Faith is now available at the entrance to the church.
MARRIAGE TIP: “My heart is ever at your service” (William Shakespeare). It may seem like odd English to your ear but there’s something romantic about poetry. Have you ever read poetry to each other?Find more Marriage Rx at www.foryourmarriage.org.
BLESSED BROTHER ANDRÉ TO BE DECLARED A SAINT: Blessed Brother André Bessette, C.S.C., will be canonized, or formally declared a saint, in a ceremony to be held Oct. 17th in Rome by Pope Benedict XVI. Blessed Brother André was a brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross, the religious order which founded the University of Notre Dame, and the founder of St. Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal in Montreal. For information on pilgrimage departing from Montreal on October 14th phone 518-647-8415 orakey3@frontiernet.net.
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY: On October 5, 1938, a young Polish nun by the name of Sister Faustina Kowalska died in a convent of the Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Cracow, Poland. She came from a very poor family that had struggled hard on their little farm during the terrible years of World War I. Sister had had only three years of very simple education. Hers were the humblest of tasks in the convent, usually in the kitchen or the vegetable garden. On February 22, 1931, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ appeared to this simple nun, bringing with Him a wonderful message of Mercy for all people. Pope John Paul II declared Sister Faustina a saint on April 30, 2000. We need not accept as a matter of our Catholic faith the revelations to Saint Faustina the way the Apostles’ Creed must be accepted. However, it is true that private revelations have enhanced and enriched and made our faith in Jesus more complete. Since May, 2000 the Second Sunday of Easter has been known as Divine Mercy Sunday as a reminder for us to place our trials and sins to the care of the Merciful Jesus.
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