Beloved of God,
Alleluia! Christ is risen!!!
Here is what is making news in our parish:
1. THIS WEEKEND AT ST. MARY: Sunday, May 18
- The Fifth Sunday of Easter
- Diocesan Sunday
- VESTRY MEETING beginning at 11:30 am in the Conference Room (St. Cecilia room)
2. CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AT ST. MARY [FOR MAY]:
- All classes begin at 11:30 am
- May 25: Last in the series on Anglo-Catholicism
3. PALMS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROJECT:
- The Coalition - Palms Emergency Preparedness Coalition [PePC] got the $15,000 we requested for fiscal year 2 ending June 30 and our Work plan for year 2 was approved.
- New members welcome to the Coalition. Talk to Fr. Vincent after Mass or send him an email.
4. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH FIRST-AIDERS TRAINING
- Registration is open for all who would like to be trained by the Department of Mental Health (DMH) as Certified Community Mental Health First-Aiders.
- The DMH will provide all training free of charge.
- Eight hours of training required for certification.
- Training dates are Saturday, July 12 and July 26 from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm.
- All training will be held at St. Mary in Palms.
- Space is very limited.
- Please, talk to Fr. Vincent, Coordinator of this project now if you are interested
5. CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AT ST. MARY
- May 25: Anglo-Catholicism
- June 1, 8, 22, 29: Church and Music
- July: on vacation.
- August: visits to holy sites in Los Angeles.
6. UPCOMING EVENTS: Mark your calendars:
- Sunday, May 18: Election Day to elect a new Board Council for the Palms Neighborhood Council.
- Venue: IMAN Cultural Center.
- Time: 9 am - 3 pm
- Sunday, May 19: FREE Palms Tenant Rights Clinic, IMAN Cultural Center, 3376 Motor Ave.
- Thursday, May 29: Ascension Day Joint-Eucharistic service with Grace Lutheran Church, Culver City. Service will be here at 7pm. Please, plan on attending to strengthen our relationship with our brothers and sisters at Grace Lutheran.
- Saturday, September 27: Third annual Faris Drive Neighborhood Block party from 10 am to 3 pm. Volunteer workers needed. Please, talk to Fr. Vincent if you can help with planning.
7. OF YOUR CHARITY, PLEASE, PRAY FOR:
- Healing for Bianca, Joana, Gerda, Anthony Jo, Betty Moreno, Fr. Anderson. Phyllis Thomas
- all efforts to locate Malaysia Flight MH 370. For the families as they wait for more reliable news about the fate of their relatives on that flight.
- the safe release of the 200+ schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria.
- a peaceful resolution of the crisis in Ukraine
- all who have been displaced by the fires in San Diego County
- Kathleen Engmann and Charlie
- Our youth: Larry Jr, Simone, Jeffrey, Natasha, Yasmine, Obed, Audrey and Michelle.
- Members of our parish family graduating this month: Natasha and Tamara
8. For news about:
- the Diocese of Los Angeles, please click on www.ladiocese.org
- the Expo Line construction, please, click on www.buildexpo.org
- the Palms Neighborhood Council, click on www.palmsla.org
See you at Mass. Bring a friend and your family to church.
Fr. Vincent
