LENTEN BIBLE STUDY – LIVING EVERYDAY WITH PASSION AND PURPOSE – A DVD Presentation by MATTHEW KELLY -- bestselling author of “Seven Pillars of Catholic Spirituality” – will begin Sunday, March 1st, at 4:00pm in the School Library. Six weeks, one hour each. No advance registration is needed.
ST. THERESA CIRCLE – meets at the home of Eva Hofman, 903 Missouri Ave, Wed., February 11, 7:00pm.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY – Saturday, February 14th. (2-meat buffet). Social begins at 6:00pm, dinner will be served at 7:30pm. $10.00 per person/$20.00 per couple. Entertainment provided. Invite a friend or two or three. Open to the entire parish. RSVP to Tony (345-4457), Don (340-4303), or Bob (345-7447) by February 9th.
2 WEEKS TO SIGN UP FOR RETROUVAILLE – Do you feel alone? Are you frustrated or angry with each other? Do you argue … or have you just stopped talking to each other? Does talking about it only make it worse? This program has helped tens of thousands of couples experiencing marital difficulty at all levels including disillusionment and deep misery. For confidential information about or to register for the February program beginning with a weekend on February 20-22, 2009, call 1-888-317-5654 or www.retrouvaille.org.
UPCOMING DATES, Mark your Calendar:
n February 3 – Feast of St. Blaise
n Saturday/Sunday, ,February 7/8.-- blessing of throats.
n February 11 – World Day of the Sick. Anointing of the Sick Saturday/Sunday, February 14/15.
n February 14 – Knights of Columbus Sweetheart Dance
n February 22 – Annual Spaghetti Supper
n February 25 – Ash Wednesday
n February 28 – Rural Parish Conference at McCook
n Sunday, March 8/ Monday, March 9 – Parish Mission (Msgr. Raymond Hain)
ST. PATRICK TRACK TEAM – needs assistant coaches to help with field events during the 2009 track season. Practices start after 5:00pm. If you are able to spare a couple of days a week for 30-45 minutes it would be a tremendous help. Track practice will start March 2nd. For more info or if you would like to help, please contact Becky Meixner at 345-2945. High school and college students are also welcome to help.
GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP: Are you an adult who has recently lost a loved one? Consider Community Hospital’s grief support group to help you find healing.
For: Hospice families or any adult who has experienced a recent loss of a loved one.
Where: Community Hospital Nebraska Conference Room.
When: 8 sessions beginning February 24. Meetings on Tuesdays from 4:30-6:00pm. (This is a closed support group, new members will not be added after September 24th.)
Cost: No charge to attend. – Support for this program has been generously supplied by Community Hospital Health Foundation. Register with Community Health Care & Hospice, 344-8356 or Becky Mai, Social Worker, 344-8221.
FUNDRAISER!
(FREE WILL DONATION)
WHO: Some members of the high school choir
WHAT: Serving Chili Soup
(Door prizes, Raffle & Silent Auction)
WHEN: Sunday, February 15, 2009
WHERE: Knights of Columbus Hall
WHY: To raise funds for McCook High School Varsity Choir trip to New York City in May.
The Future of Our Rural Parishes:
What Is Your Role?
Much of the Diocese of Lincoln is rural. How do we prepare for the future in those areas? Most importantly we need to pray for God’s guidance. Additionally, our own actions and proper planning will allow each family to have role in the future of the Diocese of Lincoln.
The season of Lent is a great time to renew our faith and our mission in the Church to welcome our Risen Lord.
Please plan to attend this conference to learn about your role in stewardship, planned giving and end of life issues here at St. Patrick Church in McCook. The conference will start at 2:00pm and end with a Mass celebrated by Bishop Bruskewitz at 6:00pm.
ITINERARY
2:00pm....................................................................................................................................... Introduction (Les Mach)
2:05pm................................................................................................................... Prayer & Praise (Fr. Scott Courtney)
3:05pm....................................................................................................... Living Your Faith out Loud (Jody Paulsen)
4:05pm................................................................................................. Planned Giving: Leaving a Legacy (Les Mach
& Michael Henkenius)
5:05PM End of Life Issues: Living Wills vs MPOA
(Fr. Christopher Kubat)
6:00pm................................................................................................... Mass (Most Rev Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz)
7:00pm Soup Supper in the basement of St. Patrick’s
(St. Patrick Stewardship Committee)
SACRAMENTALS – Sacred signs, bearing a certain likeness to the sacraments, by which spiritual effects are signified and obtained by the intercession of the Church (Canon 1166). Some sacramentals are objects (i.e. holy water, scapulars, medals, rosaries). Others are actions (e.g. blessings and exorcisms). Sacramentals differ from sacraments in several ways, chiefly in the manner of institution. Christ instituted the sacraments, whereas the Church institutes and can abolish sacramentals and the manner of imparting grace. A sacrament imparts grace in virtue of the rite itself, while the grace of the sacramentals depends on the disposition of the recipient and the intercession of the Church.) The number of sacramentals is variable. (Catholic Encyclopedia)