March 2019 - Amazing Grace

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Mar 10 1st Sunday Lent 11 Light a candle and 12 Join us for a simple 13 14 Lenten Prayer 15 If you haven’t 16 Lenten Challenge:
Faith Formation pray for someone in soup supper following Faith Formation Experience already, pick up your Give up a favorite app,
Amazing Grace your life today. 5:30 Mass on Tuesdays Amazing Grace Rice Bowl at Mass this just 1. Try it for today.
5-7:30pm in Lent. You can sign up 5:30-8pm Join us for the Stations weekend and give it a That wasn’t so bad, try it
in the gathering space to of the Cross at 6:30 pm special place on your for the rest of the week.
bring a soup to share. table or prayer space.

17 2nd Sunday Lent 18 Spring Break 19 20 21 Lenten Prayer 22 23 Clothing drive this
Feast of St. Patrick Actions: Is there Spring Break Actions Spring Break Actions Experience Spring Break Actions weekend. Bring your
Learn more about St. something in your closet Plant a few seeds in a Today marks the first Bake cookies or donations to the parish
Patrick at that no longer fits? pot and water them. day of spring! What can Join us for the cupcakes & donate hall entrance.
ssjohnpaul.org Donate those items to Watch them grow into your family “clean out” Sacrament of Anointing them to the bake sale at
the clothing drive this new life. to give to others? at 6:30 pm the fish fry.
weekend.

24 3rd Sunday Lent 25 Solemnity of the 26 There is still half of 27 Learn more about 28 Lenten Prayer 29 Is there a kind 30 Lenten Challenge:
Speak less and listen Annunciation. Find Lent left. What can you the CRS Rice Bowl at Experience note you can write What about limiting
more. Give others out more about this do to spend more time crsricebowl.org about each of your phones to no use in
the gift of your feast day at with God? Join us for the family members? bed? Spend the extra
undivided attention. ssjohnpaul.org. Communal Penance Hide them where time, talking with God.
Service at 7 pm they will be found

31 4th Sunday Lent Apr 1 Have you been 2 Join us for mass and a 3 Say a prayer for all 4 Lenten Prayer 5 Remember it is Fish 6 Lenten Challenge:
Make a list of things to adoration? Stop by simple soup supper or those preparing for Experience Fry Friday. Support the Can you give up
you are grateful for in the day chapel from make a simple supper at Confirmation and KC by joining them for hashtags for Lent?
your life. 7-8 pm tonight. home. Ask your family to Eucharist. Join us for the Chaplet of supper or find out how How about for a week?
Remember to thank first give thanks for what Divine Mercy at 6:30 pm you can volunteer at
God for them. you have. ssjohnpaul.org

7 5th Sunday Lent 8 Lenten Challenge: 9 Learn a new prayer 10

Faith Formation Instead of giving up you don’t already Faith Formation
As the Father Has electronics, consider know. Teach it to As the Father Has
Sent Me adding an app to someone else. Sent Me
5-7:30pm benefit you - prayer, 5-7:30pm
steps tracker, etc.

LEARN PRAY DO
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Mark your calendar! Prayer for Mercy
 Stay-at-home Moms meet Thursdays at 9:30 am in the FDC. Contact Jenni
Lihs, jlihs@ssjohnpaul.org, for questions. All parents and children are welcome!
 Knights of Columbus Fish Fries: on the Fridays of Lent (March 8, 15,
22, 29, April 5, 12) . All you can eat fish dinner, plus macaroni and
cheese or cheese pizza for the kids, serving from 4:30-7 pm.
 Lenten Tuesday Mass & Soup Suppers start March 12: Join us each
Tuesday evening for mass at 5:30, followed by a simple soup supper.
Sign up in the gathering space to bring a soup on one of the Tuesdays.
 Thursday Lenten Prayer: The church is open from 9 am-7 pm each
Thursday during Lent for private prayer and self-guided Way of the
Cross. There will also be a communal prayer offering each evening.
Visit the SSJP website for more details.
 Stations of the Cross, Thursday March 14 6:30 pm in the church.
 Young Adult Small Group, March 17, 6:30 pm: St. Patrick's Day party
at the Donner home. Contact Liz Donner for details.
 Youth Ministry Game Night, March 20: Teen Group and JYM meet at
7 pm in the FDC. Bring favorite games or movies, and snack to share.
 Anointing of the Sick: Thursday March 21 at 6:30 pm in the church
 Clothing Drive: March 23-24 Bring your clean, gently used clothing for
St. Vincent de Paul to the parish hall entrance before and after masses
this weekend. Thank you for your generosity!
 Tweens & JP Kidz meet March 24 at 6 pm in the FDC
 Training & Planning for catechists: March 27, 6:30 pm, FDC social room.
 Young Adults, March 27: Roller skating at Skate North at 7:00 pm.
Contact Liz Donner for details.
 Lenten Penance Service: March 28 at 7:00 pm in the church.
 Coffee & Rolls, Sunday March 31: All are invited for conversation and
refreshments after masses in the parish hall.
 Lenten Vespers: Sunday March 31 at 6:30 pm in the church. All are
welcome to participate in this Lenten evening prayer.
 Track 2 Parent/Child Eucharist Meeting: April 3 at 6:30 pm in the church.
 Teen Group and JYM meet April 3 at 7pm in the FDC. Come early, at
6:30 pm, for food and fellowship!
 Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Thursday April 4 at 6:30 pm in the day chapel.
 Young Adults will attend the fish fry April 5. Meet in parish hall at 6 pm. Find additional faith formation ideas and resources by going to
 Lenten Morning of Reflection, April 6: Presenter, Kevin O'Donnell, co-director the parish website, www.ssjohnpaul.org, and clicking on the
of the Emmaus House. Hospitality at 8:30 am, program from 9 am-12 noon. Faith Formation E-Tools button in the middle of the home
 Young Adults, will attend the soup supper following 5:30 mass on April 9
page, right above the calendar. Or go directly to
 Parish Intergenerational Faith Formation, April 7 & 10: As the Father
Has Sent Me, So I Send You. www.ssjohnpaulfaithformation2018.weebly.com.