FATHER'S TWO-CENTS WORTH

                                                                                                                                                           

Here we are in February, and this week brings us into the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, February 6. We will have Mass at 8:00 A.M. which will be our school Mass, and at 7:00 P.M.  Both Masses are open to adults and students as well, and we do encourage our students who do not attend Holy Childhood School, to avail themselves of the 7:00 P.M. Mass to receive Ashes for their start of Lent.  Moms and Dads! You have to be leaders here, since most of them depend on you for transportation.  They also depend on you for role model—to be a sign of the Catholic faith in their lives.  Please, please, please, realize that what you do, they will pick up, and develop into their way of living here on earth.  If it is important for you, it will probably be important for them.  But if it is not important, or too much trouble, you can bet they will find this a good excuse not to grow in their Catholic faith.

 

Something more—I sent a letter and the little Black Book earlier to all  families on our parish registry, both active and inactive.  Lent is an opportunity to grow, not merely in the knowledge of our faith, but to grow in its depth and spirituality.  We can know our faith and defend it very well.  But it must go on from there—to love it, and to love its purpose, which is to unite us to our God, to help us appreciate all that He has done for us, and to know that God wants to be in communion with us all of the time.  God loves us with a love beyond our imagination and comprehension.  And we can share in that love as we take the time to let us know the real depth of His love, and what it can do for us. Please take the time to pray more, not as a penance, but as an opportunity to feel God’s presence and goodness in our lives, our souls.  Do good works, so that you can experience God working through you, and healing others.  Make fasting an opportunity to show that you can make the right choices, choose the higher road, feel good about yourself as you let God help you and bless you.  Lent is a time for us to grow in love, and to experience God’s love for us. If that will be our attitude, we will show also our effort to grow in the love of God, and allow Him to increase in us His grace. Please do not let it fly past, and at the end, say “Thank God it’s over”.  .

 

Stations of the Cross and Benediction will be on Fridays (except Good Friday) and Mass on Wednesdays both at 5:30 P.M. during Lent.  Please make the effort to come and experience God’s love for you, and His Blessing in the Benediction Service.

 

 

Announcement for Parents: Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 6th.

PSR will be collecting dry goods for the Food Pantry as a Lenten service project.

The 8th grade will be heading up this project and will be responsible for

collecting and assigning items to each grade.

The food pantry is in need of paper towels, tooth paste & brushes,

dish soap, face soap, toilet paper, lotion, shampoo, etc.

PSR will be collecting these items during the six weeks of Lent.

Thank you for your help. 

 

 REMINDER The 2nd grade students will be receiving First Reconciliation

on February 7th, 2008 at 7 PM in the church.

 

Mark your Calendar: There will be NO PSR on

February 17th-President's Day weekend.