Religious Education
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Alive in Christ Multi-age family sessions Grades 1st-8th
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The veil Removed
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Rattle - Elevation Worship
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Cardinal Burke: The family is a little church
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Documents
- The Seven Last Words of Christ Chaplet
- The Seven Penitential Psalms
- Children's Guide to Confession
- Preparing to go to Confession (Adults)
- Diocesan Vocation Prayer Calendar Nov. 2020-February 2021
- ReOpening Information for Parents
- Religious Education Family Calendar 2020-21
- Prayer Testing Schedule 2020-21
- Volunteer Driver Information Sheet
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Contact Us
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Terry Cravenstpolizzistmarystpatrick.orgCRE/Coordinator of Religious Education
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re photos
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Family Advent Event 2019
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Youth Summit 2019
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2019 Family Lenten Event
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March 2021
LENT
I hope your family is enjoying the Lentopoly and other activities to use in your Lent in a Box.ABSTAINING & FASTING
All persons 14 years and older are bound by the law of abstinence. The law of abstinence forbids the eating of meat, and foods prepared with meat or meat by-products. Ash Wednesday and all Fridays of Lent are days to abstain from meat. All adults 18-59 years are bound by the law of fast. The law of fast allows only one full meal, and two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. Eating between meals is also prohibited. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are also days of fasting.
THURSDAY EVENING MASSES & STATIONS OF THE CROSS
On Thursdays during Lent the daily Mass will be held at 7 p.m. Daily Mass is shorter than the Sunday liturgy lasting about 20 minutes. If you are able, why not attend one this Lent. Following these Masses will be the Stations of the Cross. This is a great way to prepare your heart this Lenten season.
FLOCKNOTE
Never logged into Flocknote before, but you’re already part of our parish’s network? No worries, setting up a login only takes a few seconds.
-For starters, just head over to flocknote.com/login.
-Enter your email address (or phone number, if that’s what you’ve registered with), then click Reset or create a password below the big blue Sign In button.
-After that, click the yellow Reset my password button that comes up, and follow the prompts.
If you indicated you would like to receive things via email, I signed you up with Flocknote. By creating a password and logging in you will be able to choose additional ministries you would like notifications from and choose to receive things by text also. For short reminders, the texts are great. Any questions, feel free to contact me or the office.
PARISH APP
The St. Mary/St. Patrick Parish App is another way you will be able to connect with the parish and stay up-to-date with what is going on. With myParish App you can join ministry groups to receive and easily respond to messages from the parish. There are faith building resources and features to complement your daily life such as: daily readings, prayer time and confession time reminders, daily Mass reading. To download the App, text APP to 88202, download the App and select St. Mary/St. Patrick Parish after opening. If you haven’t downloaded it, why not give it a try.
WIN A BREAKFAST PARTY
All classes will be participating in a friendly competition to raise money for Operation Rice Bowl. Students are asked to bring their monetary donations to class by March 21st. The total will then be divided by the number of students in the class. (This will give even the smallest class a fair chance to win.) The class with the largest “per student” average will win a Breakfast party on May 2nd.
GIRL SCOUT SUNDAY
March 7th is Girl Scout Sunday. Any Girl Scouts who wear their uniform and participate in Mass are eligible for the Scout Sunday patch from their Troop.
CONFIRMATION
Confirmation Class will be held on Sunday, March 14th from 12-2 p.m. and on Tuesday & Wednesday, March 16th & 17th from 6:30-8:30 pm. Lessons 20 & 21 will be covered this evening.
YOUTH GROUP
Students attending the Steubenville conference this summer who sold pizzas should meet Saturday, March 13th at 6 p.m. at St. Mary Church to pick up your pizza orders and begin delivering them to your patrons.
The Youth Group will meet on Sunday, March 21st at 6 p.m.
FIRST EUCHARIST
Preparation has begun for First Eucharist. We ask that you pray for our young children as they prepare to receive the Eucharist for the first time on April 11th. First Communicants are: Colin Dolan, Ivy Elmer, Luna Elmer, Alivia Johnson, Lane Kraft, Liam Lange, Maya McLevige, Thomas Nestler, Jason Scherer, and Ryan Todorov.- A parent and student meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 10th at St. Mary Church Hall – 6:00-7:30 p.m. for Second & Third Grade students and parents.
RECONCILIATION
Students in grades 2-12 will have an opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation during Religious Education class on March 21st.
HOW THE THIRD/FOURTH GRADE LIVES THEIR FAITH
Students in the 3rd/4th Grade R.E. class are asked to discuss with their family how they can help with needed donations of: toilet paper, paper towels, Kleenex, laundry soap, dish soap, fabric softener, toothpaste, shampoo or body soap. These items will be included in the Easter baskets that will be given to local families in need. You may leave your donation in the 3rd/4th Grade classroom or put it in the basket at the entrance of St. Mary/St. Patrick Church. Please have you donation in by March 21st. Thank You!OUT OF TOWN?
If you will be out of town go to www.Masstimes.org to find a Catholic Church where you will be staying. You may also find this on our parish APP under the Discover Mass tile.
TOTUS TUUS
Totus Tuus The parish has contacted the diocese with our intent to hold Totus Tuus this year! Much depends on the restrictions of the state for holding events and we should know more by early May. Totus Tuus is a week-long “parish mission” for Catholic youth entering grades 1st through 12th. It is dedicated to the proclamation of the Gospel and promoting the Catholic faith through evangelization, catechesis, apologetics, Christian witness, the sacraments, Marian devotion, and Eucharistic worship. Grades 1st-6th meet Monday-Friday from 9:00 am-2:15 pm and Grades 7th-12th meet Sunday-Thursday from 7:00-9:00 pm.
St. Casimir (1458-1483)
Feast day: March 4
Patron of: Poland, Lithuania, Knights of St. John, invoked against enemies of Poland and the faith
Casimir was born on October 3, 1460, the third of thirteen children to King Casimir IV and Elizabeth of Austria. From a young age he was trained in spirituality and displayed holiness. When his father ordered him to lead the army against King Matthias I Corvinus of Hungary, he refused. Casimir believed the attempt to seize the Hungarian throne was unjust. For his refusal, his father had him confined to the castle of Dzoki for three months. While there, he also refused his father to marry. Casimir reigned briefly as king while his father was away from Poland. When he was visiting Grodno, Lithuania, Casismir died of consumption on March 4th. He was buried in Vilnius, Lithuania and his tomb became famed for miracles.
St. Turibius of Mogrovejo (1538-1606)
Feast day: March 23
Turibius was born in Mayorga, Spain where he studied law. He became a brilliant lawyer and later was made professor of law at the University of Salamanca. King Philip II of Spain appointed him the chief judge of the court of Inquisition at Granada. Despite the fact that Turibius was a layman, King Philip appointed him in 1580 to the post of archbishop of Lima, Peru. He was ordained and consecrated, then sent on his way to reform the diocese in Peru. Turibius was determined to do all he could to help the poor and defend the rights of the Indians. The Spanish conquerors were oppressive to the Indians and they suffered severely under their control. While in Peru, Turibius mastered several Indian dialects, founded schools, churches, hospitals and the first seminary in 1591.
St. Patrick: Bishop of Armagh (d. 461)
Feast Day: March 17
Patron of Ireland
Kidnapped and sold into slavery in Ireland, Patrick escaped after six years and returned to his native Britain. A voice in a dream told him to return to Ireland to serve the people he had met there. His life is rich with stories, among them that he used a shamrock to teach about the Blessed Trinity: just as the shamrock has three distinct leaves and yet is one plant, God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit - three Persons in one Supreme Being. Using a shamrock to teach about a central Christian mystery appealed to the imagination of the Irish. They sensed that God is present in all creation. St. Patrick showed them that, in the mystery of the Holy Trinity, God is beyond all creation as well.
*Information on the saints was taken from Catholic Online, American Catholic and OSV Encyclopedia of Saints. -
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