Beloved of God and of this parish:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Here's what's making news THIS WEEKEND AT ST. MARY'S:
1. SUNDAY, MARCH 19. THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
- Please, invite your friends to church
2. BIBLE STUDY:
- (English) Wednesdays, 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the church.
- We are currently studying the Letter of James
- Join us if you can. We'll meet in the Sacristy
3. CLASSES IN CHRISTIAN FORMATION : SUNDAY AT 11:30 AM to 12 PM
- Sunday, March 19: "The Screwtape Letters": C. S. Lewis. Class will be taught by Debora Shuger, Ph.D. Get your copy of the book before class.
- We'll meet in the Lady Chapel.
4. UPCOMING EVENTS
- LENT is always a good time to make sacramental confession. Please, call the office for an appointment for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
- Pray for all who are making their first confessions this Lent.
- Pray for all priests hearing confessions this Lent.
- Except for any emergency, the next time the Sacrament of Baptism will be administered will be on Easter Sunday, April 16. If you know anyone needing this sacrament, have him/her call Fr. Vincent or Petra at the church office soon.
5. OUR LENT MOVIE SERIES - Saturday, March 4 to April 8 from 6 - 8 pm
- Saturday, March 18: Part Two of "Forgiveness: A time to love and a time to hate"
- Saturday, March 25: INVICTUS
- Saturday, April 1: The Runaway or Hidden Figures
- Saturday, April 8: As we Forgive
- All screenings will be in St. Joseph Hall at 3647 Watseka Ave.
- Invite your friends to come watch these movies with you.
- Free admission
6. THANK YOU
- for making the mission and ministries of our parish possible in 2016. May God richly replenish what you generously shared with our parish and its ministries.
- We pray you would consider partnering us in 2017 to help share God's good news of reconciliation and build the kingdom of God
- Benefactors: You can also make DONATIONS at our website or include our parish in your WILL
7. OF YOUR CHARITY, PLEASE, PRAY (FOR):
- The Rev. Can. John Taylor, Bishop Coadjutor-elect of the Diocese of Los Angeles
- continued healing for Bishop Jon Bruno, Mary Bruno, Mary Jane, Diane, Gerda, Lyra, Jai Joseph, Anthony Joseph, Rose Quaye, Ben, Beverly, Mauricio, Gloria, Carlos, Maria, Sr. Rosina, Edgar Weaver, Shola, Peter, Christian Swayne, the Clergy and people of St. James the Great Episcopal Church, Newport Beach.
- all who are being prepared for baptism at Easter
- all who are battling clinical depression, alzheimer's or any form of addiction .
- the repose of the souls of Grace Brown, Richard C. Hall, priest, Jeff VanSlyke. May their souls rest in peace and rise in glory.
- Natasha, Vincent, Larry Jr, Jeffrey, Simone, Obed, Audrey, Michelle, Yasmine, Jason, Annabelle, Biko Lisustha, Amani Lisustha, Rohan (Andrew), Oscar Antonio, Diego, Ezra, Sebastian, David
8. FOR NEWS ABOUT
- the Palms Emergency Preparedness Coalition, please, visit and Like us on Facebook: PepC90034
- the Diocese of Los Angeles: www.ladiocese.org
- the Episcopal Church: www.episcopalchurch.org
- the Palms Neighborhood Council: http://palmsnc.la/
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Fr. Vincent
