ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This website is no longer maintained. St. Paul's information has
been consolidated with the other parishes of our cluster on the new
Cluster Parishes website found at
www.clusterparishes.com. If you
navigated to this page from the Cluster Parishes website, our apologies
-- please return there and scroll further down the main page to find
items such as a consolidated cluster bulletin, calendar, and more.
Lent 2011
Re-Cap of Lenten Opportunities:
Holy Thursday Mass, Thursday, April 21st at 7pm—St. Paul’s
Good Friday Liturgy with Veneration of the Cross, Friday, April 22nd at 7pm—Church of the Resurrection
Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 23rd at 8:30 p.m.—St. Paul’s.
There will be no other Saturday Vigil Masses in the Cluster.
Last Weekend for Easter Flowers and Mass Intentions
Easter Flowers are $10.00 each. Please submit all requests by April 17th. Please mark on your envelope if your flowers are In Memory OR In Honor of your loved one. (Envelopes may be found in your March offering envelopes.) Easter Mass Intentions are also due on or before April 16th. Please print clearly and designate whether your intention for your loved one is In Memory OR In Honor and place your stipend in the envelope. Thank you! (Mass Intention envelopes may be found in the various stands at the exits of the church or in the “Glass Vesting Room” in the back of the sanctuary.)
Lenten Fish Fry at St. Paul's Council 418, 519 County Street, Portsmouth, Virginia 23704.
Come on down and enjoy a dinner of: Fried or Baked Fish, French Fries, Cornbread, Cole Slaw. Cost: $8.00 adult; $4.00 for children 12 years old and under. No Reservation Required - Just come on down, 6pm to 8pm. Fish Fries Up To Good Friday!
Stations of the Cross will be prayed each Friday during Lent at:
Church of the Holy Angels
34 Afton Parkway, Portsmouth
At 5:00 p.m.
and
St. Paul’s Catholic Church at 6:00 p.m.
Please also visit the Cluster website: www.ClusterParishes.com for more information
Blessing of Food for the First Meal of Easter…The custom of blessing food for Easter arose from the
discipline of fasting throughout Lent and the special Easter fast during the Easter Triduum. Easter was the first day when meat, eggs, and other foods could again be eaten. Although not an obligation, the special fast during the Triduum may still be observed as well as the tradition of blessing food for the first meal of Easter. This special blessing of food will take place in each of our parishes on Holy Saturday morning, April 23, as follows: Resurrection and St. Mary’s at 9:00am; Holy Angels and St. Paul’s at 9:45am.
Catholic Relief Services - Operation Rice Bowl
Palm Sunday — Your Attitude Must Be Christ’s
We hear in sacred scripture this weekend how Christ redeemed us not by a one-time small gift, but by becoming one of us and giving His whole self even unto death on a Cross. Through our support of Operation Rice Bowl, Catholic Relief Services gives more than short term assistance to poor countries; it establishes long term, person-focused, sustainable programs that provide better opportunities for each individual, and it remains in communities to help these efforts succeed.
Good Friday Pilgrimage – Join Sowers of Justice, J-Walkers and Voices that Challenge for “Living Stations of the Cross” as we journey through Norfolk, stopping at different sites to prophetically reflect, and pray over our Catholic Social Teachings. Following Jesus’ example, we embrace the cross and the power of love as a way to challenge the powers of injustice, oppression, and exploitation. We will begin our pilgrimage at the front steps of the Basilica of St. Mary’s on Good Friday, April 22, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. and end back at St. Mary’s parking lot by 1:00 p.m. for a light lunch. May God bless you so that you may work for justice, freedom, and peace. (Information Contact: Giselle Weinstein 620-5466)
A Call to Vocations
Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion -- April 17, 2011
“Blessed are they who come in the Name of the Lord!” Are you being called to proclaim Jesus as a priest, deacon, religious brother or sister? If you think this may be so, call Father Michael Boehling (804) 359-5661, or write: mboehling@richmonddiocese.org.