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For Your Information Retrouvalle is a lifeline for troubled marriages. A Retrouvalle weekend will be held February 29th in Virginia Beach. For more information call Bruce or Colleen at 800-470-2230 or 804-639-1870 or website www.HelpOurMarriage.com . Star of the Sea Regional Catholic School in Virginia Beach is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Principal. The complete position description and application information are available at www.richmonddiocese.org/human / St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Hampton is offering a Lenten Program with Soup Suppers on Wednesdays at 6:00 pm. 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. Join the Knights of Columbus Assembly 2430 on February 29th from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Columbian Center on Nettles Drive for a Lenten Fish Fry. Dinner will be $7.50 per adult and $5.00 per child. On February 22nd, at 6:30 pm Stations will be led by the Youth Group and they will also prepare corn chowder for our dinner. Please mark your calendars and plan to join us each week for nourishment of both body and soul. Parish Nurses What can you do when you or someone you know feels anxious and depressed? Helpful information at the parish nurses bulletin board. If you would like to donate flowers for Easter in memory of a loved one, please pick up a Flower Envelope from the table in the Commons. Envelopes can be returned in the collection basket. We want to be certain to spell everyone’s name correctly, so we ask that you please print clearly so that your gift can be acknowledged in the bulletin. Thank you. Our Prayer Shawl Ministry is in need of yarn! If you have yarn sitting around your house that you can donate to this wonderful ministry, please drop it off at the office or in the box marked in the foyer of the church. The ladies and those receiving the shawls thank you! Christian Formation
On 21 February, Karen Kurilko 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! Children’s Liturgy of the Word will take place during the 9:30 Mass every Sunday. 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. If you are interested in this program, please e-mail 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! (oh, and bring a dessert!) 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
If you haven’t picked up a rice bowl, please be certain to get one. Your participation is this Program supports Catholic Relief Services projects around the world. Rice Bowls will be collected after Lent.
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 We need to cultivate a universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share. © Copyright 2008 Saint Jerome Catholic Church, Newport News, VA |
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