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For Your Information Centering Prayer Groups and Friends will meet at the Well Retreat Center in Smithfield, February 24th from 2:30-4:30. Please RSVP or inquire by phone 255-2366 or e-mail staff@thewellretreatcenter.org Natural Family Planning instructor training in the Harrisburg Sympto-Thermal Method will be held in Charlottesville at St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish on March 8 & 9 and March 29 & 30. To register call Laura Hall at 434-384-1798 or mrs.laura.hall@gmail.com . Peninsula Catholic High School is accepting applications for the 2008-09 school year for grades 8 – 12. High School Placement Test for incoming 9th grade students will be administered on February 23, 8:30 am – 11:30 am. For more information www.peninsulacatholic.com . Star of the Sea Catholic School in Virginia Beach is seeking a faith-filled instructional leader to serve as principal commencing July 1, 2008. For more information or application, www.richmonddiocese.org . Catholic Daughters of the Americas invites all woman of the parish to a day of Recollection on 26 February at Holy Family Retreat House in Hampton. Cost including morning coffee with danish and a full lunch is $35. Call Jan at 877-2189 for reservation. An excerpt from Sr. David Ann’s letter to the parish “There are no words, no words to adequately express my heart-felt gratitude to you for your generous support of the work done by the Housing Development Corporation of Hampton Roads to purchase a home for a deserving family, Mom, Dad, six year old boy and a new baby due on February 8th. My thanks and sincere appreciation to each member of the parish for the generosity that has brought such happiness to this family.” Thank you for your generous support of Souper Bowl Sunday. The Peninsula Rescue Mission will receive $1,476.00 because of your generosity. The Prayer Shawl Knitting Group will meet on 10 February at 6pm upstairs in the Faith and Life Center. All are welcome to come and join us for fellowship, techniques, help and laughter. Questions? Email Margie at margie@stjeromennva.org or call the office at 877-3771. Parish Nurses Find the cause of your depression and get help. Christian Formation On 21 February, Karen Karoka from the Immigration and Refugee Office will talk to the St. Jerome parish about refugee in our area, what changes in government are happening and what can we do to help those moving to our area. Please join us in the Faith and Life Center at 7pm. Call the office for more information. All Catechists that have not completed Pathways are invited to attend a home based Bootcamp on 22 and 23 February. We will meet in the Faith and Life Center after the Soup Supper on Friday night. Saturday’s session will begin at 9:30am. Please email Margie if you are able to attend. These 2 days should allow you to complete 92% of your packet! Beginning on 10 February, we will begin Children’s Liturgy of the Word during the 9:30 Mass. The children will pick up nametags prior to the Mass, sit with their parents during the opening song and then be dismissed with the lead catechists and helpers before the reading begin. The children in grades kindergarten through 2nd are invited to go to the classroom and hear the readings from Mass and discuss them with the catechists. During the offertory, the children will return to their families. This program is liturgical and is connected to the Mass readings and the prayers. Currently we need some additional helpers for this program. If you are interested in this program, please email Margie margie@stjeromennva.org or call the office. If you would like to see this program offered at the 11:30 Mass and are willing to help, please email Margie. Come to CORE! The topic this month is Centering Prayer with Father Peter Creed as the presenter. CORE will be on 24 February from 5 – 7pm and is an event for everyone. Please RSVP Margie if you can attend so that we have an accurate count for dinner. This is a great chance to give your Lenten commitments a boast of energy! YOUTH On Sunday Feb 17th will be going to the WINTER JAM 2008 Concert tour at the ODU Convocation Center. Admission is $10 at the door. We will be traveling down by bus which will be leaving at 4PM SHARP!!!. If you choose to ride on the bus, please be in the parking lot on time. Doors open at 5pm and the Concert begins at 6pm. Afterwards we will be offering a lock in for all 8th grade students and above. This will take the place of our normal Life Teen events for that night. Bus riders will need to complete a permission slip prior to getting on the bus. These will be handed out at 9:30 Mass on Sunday and at Life Teen Sunday evening. On Feb 20 – 22nd we will be having a “MEDIA OUT” to raise awareness of poverty in America. This will be a media fast (you must abstain from cell phones, mp3 players, computers, TV’s, radio, etc……) will last for three days. WHO’s up for the challenge in this media rich society? This is open to youth and adults. If you want more information, you can pick up a packet at Mass or during Life Teen. You can also contact Grimm at youth@stjeromennva.org
During this solemn season of Lent, we ask that you leave church in a spirit of silent prayer. Please stay in your pew until the priest has reached the commons area, and then process out in silence.
Each month St. Jerome parish conducts Bingo at Riverside Regional Convalescent Center on the second Monday of the month (February 11th) at 2:30 pm. Many of the residents need assistance to play the games and volunteers are needed to lend a hand. Please help to show these people, (many who are former parishioners of St. Jerome) that they are valued and appreciated. If you can help, please be at the Center at 2:15. For questions call Bob Sanford at 872-9108.
BAPTISMAL SCHEDULE The next Baptism Class will be held on Monday, February 25, at 7:00 p.m. Please call the Parish Office to register before the class. Godparents must attend class also.
Please pray for the sick of our parish Dan Paxson, Ellen Petterson, Rose Maio, Danny Vanderbeck, Nick Cheruka, Patrick Lewis. Please pray for the deceased Isabel Nettles Thank you Marine Jason McAdam, grandson of Greg and Mary McCarthy, would like to thank the parishioners for all the coloring books and crayons they supplied to be given to the Iraqi children. They were able to send out 4 boxes. © Copyright 2008 Saint Jerome Catholic Church, Newport News, VA |
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