Sunday, April 20, 2014

Bulletin for the Week of April 20, 2014

LOOKING AHEAD
May 2: Spring Burials after 8:30 AM Mass

May 3-4: Special Renovation Fund Collection

May 4:  Class for students preparing for Confirmation 6:00 PM, Parish Center

May 11: First Communion

May 17-18: Food Shelf Weekend

June 16: Blood Donor Drive, St. James Parish Center, 3-7 PM

High School Graduations
           June 21 Seton Catholic
           June 27 Saranac Central
           June 27 Beekmantown Central

RELIGIOUS WEB SITES   
www.usccb.org/nab/bible/index.shtml (Complete Bible)
www.wordonfire.org/ (Catholic videos)

Mission Intention for May: That the media may be at the service of truth and peace.

HEALING MINISTRY: Living Waters Healing Ministry Mass at St. Alexander’s Church, Morrisonville, First Thursday of every month at 6:30 PM.

WORLD YOUTH DAY REGISTRATION:  Are you a young adult interested in participating in World Youth Day 2016 in Krakow, Poland?   The Diocese of Ogdensburg is coordinating a group to join with young people from across the world to participate in this awesome and faith-filled event.   The deadline for registration and the initial deposit to hold your spot is MAY 1, 2014.  There is limited space.   For more details and registration form, see www.rcdony.org/WYD or contact Marika Donders at mdonders@rcdony.org.

MARRIAGE TIP: If you want someone to change, encouragement is more effective than criticism. Look for one thing about your spouse or child’s behavior that you can compliment today. Although easier with pre-schoolers, perhaps sending an older child an e-mail or text would work. Kiss your spouse. Find more Marriage Rx at www.foryourmarriage.org.

OUR LADY OF THE ADIRONDACKS EVENTS:
May 3-4: Ignatian Retreat                       
May 17: 10:30 Healing Mass
May 24: 9 to 3 Quilt Class
RSVP to olaprayerhouse@gmail.com or phone 518-594-3253. 

GLUTEN FREE HOSTS: If you are in need of a gluten free host, simply inform Fr. Deno before Mass, and he will make sure there is one available for you at Communion.

EASTER EGGS:  Did you know that Easter Eggs originated in northern Europe soon after Christianity was established there?  Always regarded as symbols of spring and new life, the egg also represents the stone tomb left empty when Christ rose from the dead.  It is little wonder the custom of decorating eggs for such a festive occasion became a custom we still follow today. 

EASTER LILY:  Did you know that the Easter lily has always been a traditional symbol of beauty, perfection, purity and goodness?  With a beautiful spring bloom known as a trumpet, and such a sweet fragrance, it has become a true symbol of jubilation.  It is as welcome after the winter snows as the Easter Alleluia!

THANK YOU:  A very special thanks to all who assisted in any way to prepare and participate in the many details involved in the prayer and Liturgy of the days of Holy Week. 

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY: The Second Sunday of Easter (April 27) has been named Divine Mercy Sunday, a yearly invitation to Catholics to face, with confidence, the difficulties and trials that persons experience throughout the year. Devotion to Divine Mercy was promoted by Saint Faustina, a Polish nun born in Glogowiec, Poland, on August 25, 1905. She became a nun in the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy. Beginning on February 22, 1931, and through her death in 1938, Saint Faustina received revelations and visits from Christ. In 1934, she began recording these in a diary, Divine Mercy in My Soul.

A BLESSED EASTER!
ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA!










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