Did You Know? Teachers from SKD were recently trained in the warning signs of dyslexia,what dyslexia is (20% of the population is dyslexic) and accomodations to make int he classroom to help students be successful. Teachers will also be receiving training in March and April in effective teaching strategies for students diagnosed with dyslexia.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HELP OUR SCHOOL: St. Katharine Drexel School Collects:
Box Tops for Education,
Campbell’s Soup Labels,
Kemp’s Caps,
Labels for Learning Receipts,
Tyson Project A+ Labels,
and Metal Pop Tops
Celebrate With Us This Summer!
Beginning May 13th, Sunday Masses will be clelbrated at 8 AM and 10:30 AM. Our regular Sunday schedule will resume on August 26th.
Building Bridges
We have seen so many wonderful celebrations this Easter Season. First Communion in all three parishes. Confirmation recently for our parishes at the Cathedral. Many, many baptisms at Sunday Masses throughout the season. Special celebrations of First Communion with older children. Even a wedding was celebrated on a Sunday morning at the Cathedral.
Over and over, these celebrations of all the sacraments have reminded me that Easter is a season of great joy! We live in a culture that struggles to abide in present experiences. It seems we run from one event to another event, maybe without ever truly allowing ourselves to be transformed by the reality in front of us.
Now the weather has turned again to bright sunshine and warmth. Nature too joins in to encourage our lightheartedness and happiness. It seems to say, Abide in Easter joy!
Today, as we celebrate the Feast of the Ascension, we are inspired by this mystery that seeks to expand the horizon of our imagination and our experience of gladness. The joy we encounter in the mystery of Christ’s resurrection from the dead is a joy not bound by time, space, or any other present event. This is a joy that is ultimate, expanding out into eternity where what is real becomes really real!
Along the journey, even in the midst of Easter celebrations, we encounter difficulties, hardships, disappointments and cause for discouragement. Jesus’ ascension into eternity proclaims for us that his victory over sin, all that is dark and death itself is what is most true, ultimate, and finally lasting. The seed of Easter joy is destined, for those who lean into the truth of Christ and his way of life, to expand always outward and upward!
May your Easter joy know no boundaries, riding on the Ascending Lord Jesus!
Fr. Tony
Readings for the Week of May 20
Sunday:Ascension: Acts 1:1-11/Eph 1:17-23 or
4:1-13 or 4:1-7, 11-13/Mk 16:15-20
Monday:Acts 19:1-8/Jn 16:29-33
Tuesday:Acts 20:17-27/Jn 17:1-11a
Wednesday:Acts 20:28-38/Jn 17:11b-19
Thursday:Acts 22:30; 23:6-11/Jn 17:20-26
Friday:Acts 25:13b-21/Jn 21:15-19
Saturday:
Morning: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31/Jn 21:20-25
Next Sunday:
Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ez 37:1-14
or Jl 3:1-5/Rom 8:22-27/Jn 7:37-39
Extended Vigil: Gn 11:1-9/Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b/Ez 37:1-14/
Jl 3:1-5/Rom 8:22-27/Jn 7:37-39
Day: Acts 2:1-11/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or
Gal 5:16-25/Jn 20:19-23 or
Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15
Stewardship of Prayer
As we celebrate your Ascension Lord, help us understand how we are now the sign of your presence in the world, your hands and heart.
Summer Schedule Begins May 13
Beginning May 13th, Sunday Masses will be clelbrated at 8 AM and 10:30 AM. Our regular Sunday schedule will resume on August 26th.
Weekend Masses
Sunday 8:00 & 10:00 am
May 13 thru August 19,
Sunday Masses will be celebrated at 8:00 & 10:30 am
Weekday Masses
8:15 am Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday
8:30 am 1st, 2nd & 4th Thursday
3rd Thursday - student Mass at Sacred Heart 9:00 am
Reconciliation
Friday Mornings:
7:45 - 8:05 am
Lenten Reconciliation Service:
Thursday, March 22, 7:00 pm
Sign up for Electronic Funds Transfer
Choose to give to St. Augustine's electronically through EFT. Funds are transferred from your checking or savings account on the 15th of each month. Download and fill out a form and return it to the parish office. Or call the parish office at 251-8335 if you have further questions.
