Our SIS ministry began in 2004, as we led Emmaus Retreats for the women of St. Clare.

2/7/26

Dear friends,

     Since we have already taken care of the first week in February, I think I can say that Ash Wednesday (Feb. 18) and Lent will be here very quickly.  

   The Men's Faith Formation Group, Brothers in the Spirit, will meet next Saturday, Feb. 14 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the Parish Office downstairs meeting room.  

   The Lenten Sharing Groups are being set up.  The book providing a theme will be Made for Heaven by Fr. Agostino Torres, CFR. The first sharing group will be on Sunday Feb. 15, and the other groups will begin that week.  You can sign up to join a group online or on one of the registration sheets by the church doors.

   The schedule of Lenten services is in today's bulletin. Ash Wednesday services on the 18th will be at 8:30 a.m., 12 noon, and 7 p.m.  Please see the bulletin for scheduling of the Friday Lenten Suppers.  (Easter Day will be on April 5.)

    There will be a Red Cross Blood Drive on Thursday,  February 16 at St. Clare's--in the parish hall .  2:15 to 7 p.m.  

   The ACTS retreat for women will be from March 12 to the 15th. There are still some openings, so it's not too late to join.  

St. Vincent de Paul needs: canned fruit, vegetable oil, tomato sauce and paste, paper towels, and some condiments--especially ketchup and mustard.

This prayer, from Norwich Cathedral in England, seems suitable for our times: O God, whose Son. Jesus Christ, cared for the welfare of everyone and went about doing good to all, grant us the imagination and the resolution to create throughout the world a just social order for the human family.  Make us agents of your compassion to the suffering, the persecuted, and the oppressed, through the Spirit of your Son, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

God bless your coming week with peace and hope,

Sheila Cullen