From your Parish Office

One-liner for the week:

 "Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous."

Father is seeking volunteers to assist with a deep cleaning of St. Francis de Sales Church from top to bottom, inside and out!  On Saturday, March 29th from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM we need your help to clean up the church and grounds.  Please bring all cleaning supplies, mops, cloths, dusting material and vacuums for inside cleaning.  For outside cleanup:  gardening tools, brooms, blowers, rakes, etc. If you have any questions, contact the church office.  Please also bring your own lunch.  This is your opportunity to make YOUR church look clean and beautiful again after a long, hard winter.  

4:00 PM Mass at St. Francis de Sales Church MOVED to St. John Church this Saturday, March 29th.

The Arts & Environment (A & E) Committee is meeting Sunday, March 30 at 9:15 AM to discuss decorating plans for Easter.  Due to the recent renovations at St. John Church, changes will need to be made this year.  We need fresh, new, ideas and input.  If you've been to other churches during the Easter season, you may have noticed how they decorate - those are the ideas we'd like you to share with us.  Please contact Susan Craft atscraft089@yahoo.com or call (502) 863-2046.  Look forward to seeing you there!

The A & E Committee is also seeking a new leader. Committee members and volunteers are independent, and capable of decorating the church, but we need someone to take the leadership and organization for this committee.  The leader will attend monthly Worship Committee meetings and work with other liturgical ministers.  Pray to discern if God wants you (or someone you know) to assist in the ministry.  If you would like to assist, please contact the office or email Susan Craft at scraft089@yahoo.com. 

Lenten Video from Our Sunday Visitor (OSV) - celebrate Catholic Lent by clicking here.  This short video reinforces some of the things we should be focusing on during our Lenten journey. 

Lenten Devotionals - Our Worship Committee has been working hard on producing some YouTube videos "starring" several of our own parishioners!  Click here.

Kroger Card - Remember to use your Kroger cardas you make purchases for your Spring Break trips next week. Load (or reload) them up at any Kroger, and then use them for not only groceries, but also for your gas, your prescriptions, and more! Remember, for all purchases made with your Kroger card, they donate 4% of ALL purchases back to us!  It doesn't cost you anything!  Just use your card!  Any questions, contact Jennifer Hernandez at (817) 637-4384.

Vacation Bible School = Totus Tuus - a Latin phrase meaning "totally yours" and it was the motto of Blessed John Paul II.  Mark you calendars NOW for this Catholic youth program to be held at St. John School July 13-18, 2014.  Stay tuned for more information!

Father Robert H. Nieberding elected diocesan administrator - Father Robert H. Nieberding, a retired priest of the Diocese of Lexington, has been elected as diocesan administrator to guide the diocese until Pope Francis names a new bishop for the Diocese of Lexington.  Fr. "Bob" Nieberding, 81, is the former pastor of Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Parish and a former principal of Lexington Catholic High School. He previously served as diocesan administrator from May, 2002, to February 22, 2003, when Bishop Gainer was ordained and installed as the Second Bishop of Lexington. Please pray for Fr. Bob as he accepts his new, temporary duties and continues to help Fr. Linh in saying Mass at our parish periodically.

Mark your calendars for:

• Knights of Columbus Fish Fry Fridays during Lent from 5-7:00 PM in the undercroft.

• Stations of the Cross Fridays during Lent at 7:00 PM; and 7:30 PM in Spanish at St. John Church

• Clean-up Day at St. Francis de Sales Church Saturday, March 29 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

• 4:00 PM Mass at St. Francis de Sales Church MOVED to St. John Church March 29th.

• Arts & Environment Meeting Sunday, March 30th at 9:15 AM at St. John Church.  

• Light is On Wednesdays, April 2nd & 9th - Confession at 6:30 PM at St. John Church

Holy Week Schedule:

• Wednesday, April 16:  "Stabat Mater" Sacred Oratorio at 7:00 PM, St. John Church

• Holy Thursday, April 17:  Mass at 7:00 PM, St. John Church

• Good Friday, April 18:  Stations of the Cross at 3:00 PM, Double Saints Property; Good Friday Service at 7:00 PM, St. John Church

• Holy Saturday, April 19:  Easter Vigil Mass at 8:30 PM at St. John Church

• Easter Sunday, April 20:  Mass at 10:00 AM at John L. Hill Chapel, Georgetown College Campus; Spanish Mass at 12:30 PM, St. John Church; Easter Vespers at 8:30 PM St. John Church