LENT
Lord Jesus,
Let me follow in your ways all my days.
Let me not count the cost of my cross.
May your mercy revive me and your grace remind me,
that knowing you as Lord is worth any lost.
Amen.
Mass Intentions for Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Saturday, March 23 at 5:00 p.m.
†Donnie Lueke
†Paul Wellen
Sunday, March 24 at 8:30 a.m. - Procession from Hall
†Robert Wellen
†Larry Rubenacker
††Frances, Xavier, Sarah, & Connor Roesch
Chrism Mass at the Cathedral in Belleville
Tuesday, March 26 at 11:30 a.m.
Fr. Slawomir Ptak, Dave Collins, & Sawyer Lueke pick-up Holy Oils
Mass Intentions for Holy Thursday
Thursday, March 28 at 6:00 p.m. ~Adoration till 10:00 p.m.
†Brenda Lueke
Justin & Meghan Barrow Family
Private Intention
Liturgy of Good Friday
Friday, March 29 at 4:00 p.m.
Mass Intentions for Holy Saturday/Easter Vigil
Saturday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m.
†Edith Haas
†Gary Coy
Mass Intentions Easter Sunday
Sunday, March 31 at 8:30 a.m.
All Parish Family
Office Hours ~ March 25-29
Monday & Friday ~ Closed
Tuesday& Thursday ~ 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday ~ 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Closed Noon-12:30 p.m. for lunch
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Your financial support remains an important part of our Parish life and helps us keep going. Please continue giving your time, talent, and treasure. Please mail, drop-off your offering in collection box or in the mailbox by Parish office front door.
GOOD FRIEAY LENTN REGULATIONS
Abstaining from meat. Everyone is bound to abstain from meat on Good Friday age 14 onwards.
Fasting. Everyone is bound to fast on Good Friday from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, as person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday night) as the “paschal fast” to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more readily his Resurrection.
Excused from Fasting and Abstinence. Those above age 60, the physically or mentally ill, and those suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes. Also excluded are pregnant or nursing women.
Watch bulletin for more details.
March
24: PSR & Bible Study 9:30 a.m.
26: Ladies Quilting 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. City Hall/Market Street
26: Fr. Ptak and musician meeting for Holy Week 5:00 p.m.
27: Practice for candidates to join Church 5:00 p.m.
28: AA/NA Meeting 7:00 p.m. City Hall/Market Street
29: Decorate for Easter after Good Friday Service
31: No PSR or Bible Study
April
1: Holy Name Society Meeting 7:00 p.m. Refreshments Dave Rubenacker
2: Ladies Quilting 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. City Hall/Market Street
4: AA/NA Meeting 7:00 p.m. City Hall/Market Street
7: PSR & Bible Study 9:30 a.m.
7: High School Scholarship applications due
9: Ladies Quilting 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. City Hall/Market Street
QUILTING EVERY TUESDAY
Starting at 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the City Hall, 601 E Market Street, McLeansboro, IL. Everyone is welcomed and if you don't know how to quilt, this is a great way to learn. For more information contact Phyllis Wuebbels 618-895-4895 or Sharon Bigley 618-736-2964.
PRAY FOR & REMEMBER THE SICK & HOMEBOUND
James Frey
Bob Wilson
Kent Karcher
Helen Wellen
Mary Karcher
Deacon Alfred Karcher
Paula Campbell
Clem Aydt
Tillie Kaufman
Greg Karcher
Reminder: Due to federal privacy laws, we are not allowed to list people or visit who are sick or in the nursing home without written authorization from that individual or from their immediate family who has authorization. Form can be requested from the office.
REMINDER
Please contact office for funerals and baptisms. For weddings contact office six months before.
PLASTIC TOTE BY OFFICE DOOR
Weekly bulletins
Living Faith Books & are located at each door in church.
AA & NA MEETING - CITY HALL
Alcohol & Narcotic Anonymous Meeting
Every Thursday Night
7:00 p.m.
601 E Market Street ~ McLeansboro, IL
For more information contact Jim Bell 618-387-1077
CRS PILGRIMAGE TO GREECE - REGISTRATION OPEN
December 1-11 ~ Cost: $3,999
A registration brochure may be downloaded at www.GoCatholicTravel.com/24061 or copies located at each door. For more information contact Cheryl Sommer at crsdiobelle@gmail.com.
THE 2024 CATHOLIC SERVICE AND MINISTRY APPEAL
New Financial Target $9,606 ~ $162 more than last year
The CSMA provides a convenient way for all of us, no matter what our time limitations, to take an active role in the mission of our diocesan Church. If you did not receive a pledge card in the mail, please use one of the reply envelopes that are available at each door of church. Please be as generous as you are able.
BLACK AND INDIAN MISSION COLLECTION - MARCH 23-24
Today, our parish will take up the 140th annual National Black & Indian Mission Collection. Our support of this collection helps build the Church in African American, Native American, and Alaska Native communities from coast to coast. Schools, parish religious education programs, and diocesan ministries depend on your generosity to help them spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ! Thank you for your support.
PONTIFICAL GOOD FRIDAY COLLECTION - MARCH 29
Pope Francis has asked our parish to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which helps Christians in the Holy Land, where they are now less than 2% of the population. Your support is essential to help the Church minister the parishes, provide Catholic schools, and offer religious education. The collection also helps to preserve the sacred shrines of Christianity including in Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem, to name only a few. The pandemic had a hit on Christians in the Holy Land particularly hard. Most of them depend on pilgrimages for work. The war made their situation even more dramatic. In these times of crisis, the Pontifical Good Friday Collection is necessary to meet the basic needs of the People of God still living in the this Land and to maintain the Christian presence where the Church was born. When you contribute to this collection, you join the Catholics around the world in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land. Please be generous. For more information go to www.myfrancisan.org OR www.custodia.org.
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