Beloved of God,
Alleluia! Christ is risen!!!
Here is what is making news in our parish:
1. THIS WEEKEND AT ST. MARY:
- Saturday, May 10: Join us at the annual Palms Bike Rodeo and Palms Emergency Preparedness Coalition exhibition.
- Venue: Palms Middle School, corner of Palms and Motor Avenues. This is a public event and is free.
- Food will be available. Make new friends and help build community.
- Volunteers are still needed to assist with the above events
- Sunday, May 11: Easter 4. Mothers' Day
2. CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AT ST. MARY [FOR MAY]:
- All classes begin at 11:30 am
- May 11: Continuing the series on Anglo-Catholicism
- 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 4, 11, 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:
- Saturday, May 10: Annual Palms Bike Rodeo.
- Sunday, May 18: VESTRY MEETING beginning at 11:30 am
- 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
- 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.
- For 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.
- For the safe release of the 200+ schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria.
- Our youth: Larry Jr, Simone, Jeffrey, Natasha, Yasmine, Obed, Audrey and Michelle.
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
www.stmarypalms.org
