Ascension….typically ascending is considered a positive thing and descending a negative thing. When we rise we assume it is for the better and falling not so good. How did this come to be? These are the types of questions that keep me up at night. “Why is up good and...
Seven seniors from our parish will graduate on Sunday, May 21st — Alex Benhart, Dana Bradshaw, Hailey Brunsen, Dane Balzer, Ryan Crall, Abby Miller, and Dylan Zeller. Congratulations on your graduation and best wishes for your next adventure!
This weekend is First Communion and Confirmation. Our little ones who have reached the “age of reason” (seven years old) will receive their First Communion at Sunday’s 9 am Mass, while Confirmation for our youth will be at 1 pm. It will be a day of celebration not just for...
Congratulations to the students in the First Communion and Confirmation classes! We want to especially thank Stacy Henkelman, (Catechist Leader), Kevin Sinclair, teacher for First Communion, and Jenny Sinclair, teacher for Confirmation, and all the teachers who so faithfully teach our students. We also thank Father Kirby for his faithful guidance...
St. Vincent DePaul is hosting the Phyllis Davis Memorial Linen Drive. Please donate your new or gently used linens in the bins that will be in the entry way of the church. We will extend the drive until May 7th. Also, if you want to purchase raffle tickets (six for $5.00) for nice prizes, please see...
On Thursday, May 11th at 7:00 p.m., Ladies Guild will be celebrating our last meeting of the year with a Girls Night In! All women of the parish are invited! Bring an appetizer (and recipe) to the church fellowship hall. Coffee and tea will be provided. Bring wine if you wish. This...
Imagine the first moment Jesus appears in a locked room, in the midst of his petrified disciples. What are his first words after dying a horrifying death, being betrayed by those closest to him and now rising from the dead? You would think it would be something like, “Wow! That...
Imagine the emotional whiplash the disciples must have experienced in those few days. They were jerked out of their horror and grief of that Friday, to unimaginable shock, joy and happiness. No doubt that they had been dragged through the lowest of the lows of human existence to the highest...
St. Elizabeth is offering a $500 Scholarship to a senior registered and active in our parish. If you are interested, please see either Jenny Sinclair or Stacy Henkelman in the Religious Education Office.
Perhaps looking from the “Lions Gate” across the Kidron Valley toward the Mt. of Olives, you could imagine the scene in today’s Gospel. You would likely see a small group of people following a man riding on a donkey. As the group made its way down the southeastern slope of...