Entries for March 2024

The Notre Dame Book Club will be meeting Thursday, April 18th at 6:30 PM  NOTRE DAME MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM We will be reading A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki. A few books will be available outside the parish office.   Please join us!

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THIS PILGRIMAGE IS NOT SOLD OUT IN CASE YOU TRIED TO REGISTER July 17–21, 2024, tens of thousands of passionate Catholics will experience an outpouring of grace on a scale this generation has never seen. This historic moment is called the 10th National Eucharistic Congress. Catholics from e...

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Good Friday is the day on which Catholics commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Catholics are joined by almost all other Christians in solemn commemoration on this day. It is also a legal holiday around much of the world. According to the gospels, Jesus was betrayed by Judas on the night o...

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DIVINE MERCY ENCOUNTER DME #108: April 26-28, 2024 (HELD AT ST. JOSEPH, ERIE, PA) DME is a three day retreat program. Each day has a different focus: Friday is the Day of Invitation, focusing on how God is inviting us into relationship. Saturday is the Day of Encounter, where we encoun...

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Holy Week is a week of prayer, reflection and gratitude for Christians as we contemplate the agony Jesus endured for us and the hope of the Resurrection. Our freedom was bought for us by Him. Life did not end on the cross; it was the beginning of a new and glorious eternal life. Holy Thursday...

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Our Pop-Up Gift Shop will be open this weekend, just in time to grab a few religious Easter Basket fillers!  Come, shop for a variety of religious items, including Holy Communion and Confirmation gifts.  We will only be accepting cash or checks.

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A few months before they married, my twenty-three-year-old sister and her fiance planned a cross-country road trip to visit his family.  My parents told them that they could only go if they slept in separate hotel rooms, offering to foot the bill.  It might sound prudish, but my parents wa...

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A middle-aged woman sat on the couch in my parish office and recounted to me a shocking list of terrible calamities in her life: addictions, terminal illnesses, financial loss, broken relationships, and so on.  She smiled as she did so.  "Please forgive me," I asked, "but yo...

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Can you help us make our Easter Egg Hunt 'eggs'tra special? We will be having our annual Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday after 11:00am Mass.   ALL CHILDREN ARE WELCOME! If you're able to provide egg fillers (candy, stickers, etc), we would glady welcome them.  Donatio...

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Knights of Columbus Easter Bread Sale Palm Sunday Weekend, March 23 & 24  Bread purchases and pickup will be available Saturday at St. John Paul II School Kitchen and also before & after all Masses March 23rd & 24th @ Our Lady of Fatima, St Barts, ...

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Our national pastime isn't baseball.  It's what the Bible calls "condemning the world."  We generally enjoy pronouncing curses upon those whom we see as trouble, wrong, or evil.  Don't believe me?  Listen to almost any podcast, cable news network, or social ...

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Two opportunities this Sunday to attend a penance service... Sun, March 17, 2pm at Immaculate Heart, Mercer Sun, March 17, 5pm at Beloved Disciple, Grove City

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