Spirit News - May 15

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He is Risen! Alleluia!

May the Joy of the Easter Season be with you!

We are drawing towards the end of the Easter season. We still have the holy (but sometimes overlooked) Feast of the Ascension - see articles below for more info.

We have other amazing Saints this week including:

A bi-locating farmer
A mistress turned penitent provider for the poor
A preacher not daunted by the plague

As always, check out our Events Page below that is updated weekly so you can know what is coming up.

This week in particular we have:

-Book Group

-Bereavement Program

-Ladies Guild May Crowning

-Men's Group Meeting

NOTE there are no confessions at Holy Spirit this Saturday (May 20).

Here's this week's update with what's going on with the Parish.

Monday,

May 15

Saint Isidore the Farmer

Tuesday,

May 16

Saint Margaret of Cortona

Book Group Meeting | May 16 | 1:30 pm in the Holy Spirit Room

When Mourning Dawns |May 16 |7:00 pm in the St. Katherine Drexel Room

Wednesday,

May 17

Saint Paschal Baylon

Thursday,

May 18

Saint John I

Traditionally, the Feast of the Ascension was celebrated on the Thursday 40 days after Easter.

In the Diocese of Cleveland as in most Dioceses in the U.S.A. - this feast is transferred to the following Sunday.

Ladies Guild May Crowning & Year-End Dinner

Friday,

May 19

Saint Theophilus of Corte

Saturday,

May 20

Saint Bernardine of Siena

Men's Fellowship Meeting

Every Third Thursday

8:00 am in the St. Katherine Drexel Room

NO CONFESSIONS THIS SATURDAY , MAY 20

See St. Joseph (Avon Lake), St. Raphael (Bay Village) or Holy Trinity (Avon) for confessions this Saturday afternoon.

Sunday,

May 21

Ascension Sunday

Events List

View our current and future events

See What's Coming Up in the Parish

Why Celebrate the Ascension?

It's not hard to understand why we would celebrate Good Friday (Jesus atones for our sins on the Cross) and Easter Sunday (Jesus rises again, conquering death). But Ascension Thursday commemorates Jesus' ascension into heaven. Why, from the perspective of one of those "left behind" on Earth, is that something to celebrate?

We Need to Party Better

Did the Ascension Really Happen?

At the climax of the forty days spent with the disciples after his resurrection, Jesus ascended bodily into heaven. Catholics have always understood this to be a literal, miraculous event. We believe it really happened-and as a Church we profess it every Sunday. But the dogma also has its detractors.

Bishop Barron on Why the Ascension of Jesus Matters

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