Come pray with us at St. Theresa every Monday for our country and our leaders. The Rosary starts at 6 pm. Everyone is welcome! Let's pray together across our tri-parish as a sign of unity for our country.
Let's celebrate Earth Day a little early and ask for God's guiding hand that we may be good stewards of all He has entrusted to us. Please come on APRIL 10 at noon to pray for the care of God's creation. Every one is welcomed. Let's make this a time of prayer we that share with our tri-parish family.
NOTICE regarding the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine: the recently approved (FDA 2-27-2021) vaccine produced by Janssen/Johnson & Johnson used abortion-derived cell lines in the design, development, production and lab testing. This Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine is morally compromised and therefore unacceptable for any Catholic physician or health-care worker to dispense and for any Catholic to receive due to its direct connection to the intrinsically evil act of abortion. No one should use or receive this vaccine but there is not justification for any Catholic to do so. Two morally acceptable vaccines are available and may be used. As always no one is bound to receive this vaccine, but it remains an individual and informed decision.
There will be server training for current servers as we begin to reinstate ministries. If you are a current server you need to come to the "refresher" training. Training will be on Saturday February 20. St. Lawrence will meet at 9 am CT; St. Theresa will meet at 11 am MT; and St. Gertrude will meet at 6:30 pm CT. All servers will need to attend the training and have a permission slip signed by their parents before they will be added back on to the schedule.
Lent is a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fasting and abstinence. This means no snacking between meals and no meat. Fridays in Lent are days of abstinence (no meat). The Stations of the Cross will be prayed before the evening Masses; starting at 5:15 pm. The PREP program will be involved in the Rice Bowl program. Consider adding a personal practice for Lent instead of "giving up" something (unless you're giving up a bad habit). consider reading the Bible every day, saying a family Rosary, or a daily or weekly act of kindness. Going to Reconciliation is another practice important to Lent. All Catholics are required to receive the Eucharist during the Easter season. But, you also need to go to Confession in order to properly receive the Eucharist. Plan to go a couple of time during Lent so you have the assurance of forgiveness of all your sins.
Lent begins on February 17, 2021 with Ash Wednesday. Mass will be celebrated at all three parishes. St. Lawrence will have Mass at 7:00 am CT. St. Gertrude will have Mass at 5:00 pm CT. St. Theresa will have Mass at 6:30 pm MT.
Bishop Kagan is lifting the dispensation from attending Mass starting on the first Sunday of Lent, February 21, 2021. All Catholics are obligated to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days. Regular seating and Holy Water fonts are also reinstated. Come join your faith family worshipping God!
The March First Saturday Rosary will be a Healing Rosary for Families. We will gather at St. Lawrence Church on March 6, 2021 at 12:00 noon CT. Come pray for the different needs of families and our faith community.