April 1, 2020
Dear Friends,
Greetings never to be Holy People: (April Fools!—I know you’re all spiritual giants!)
Just a couple of reminders
:
·
Our Facebook Livestreams are held at our
regular daily Mass
times each week. Tuesday 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday at 8:30 a.m. and Friday at noon. Once those masses are completed, it is placed on the parish website under virtual worship and you can access it by clicking on the link. You don’t need Facebook to do that. The parish website address is:
St. John Paul II Parish
·
This Saturday is the first Saturday
of the month,
we will Livestream our Saturday morning Mass at 8:30 a.m
. Hope you can join us for that.
·
Our Sunday Masses
(and Holy Week Services) are being recorded and will be left on the Website. We will do the same for Holy Week Services. We will have the following soon: Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday morning. These will be emailed out to you and you can click on the link in the email or find them on our homepage under the Virtual Worship tab.
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For our Young Adults (Ages 18-22)
It’s often out of our most dire circumstances that Christ reveals a new path. What happens when a national pandemic shuts down your Catholic Conference? FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) makes a bigger conference and makes it FREE! On the weekend of April 3-5, the conference will go viral and virtual as we storm the internet and heaven. Excellent, sound Catholic speakers are on the docket including Bishop David Tally, Fr. Mike Schmitz, Jason and Crystalina Evert, Sr. Bethany Madonna, Matt Fradd, etc. This go-at-your-own-pace conference is a retreat at your fingertips. Consider committing a few hours of focused attention to your faith as we enter the final stretch of Lent and look forward to Holy Week. More info and registration can be found here:
Virtual Catholic Conference
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Don’t forget to check out
www.formed.org
They have a lot of great Catholic content on that site and our parish has enrolled all parishioners in a membership.
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Also, Dave Ramsey is offering a free 14-day-trial of their
Financial Peace University
. This would be a great time to “binge watch” the whole series from your home. Ramsey Solutions has never offered it for free before so you might want to take advantage of this free offer. They also have other programs (Smart Money, Smart Kids; Legacy Journey, etc.) deeply discounted. The FPU website can be reached here:
Dave Ramsey
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A Good Friday Prayer Service is attached to use at home. Once again, if you can send us pictures of your family doing the veneration of the cross, we will use them in our Good Friday video. Email them to
stewardship@stjohnpaulparish.org
God bless you all. Have a great week.
Love,
Fr. Tom
Click on Image below to download PDF file of Good Friday service.
