Parish of the Most Holy Name of Jesus Elmira, NY March 22, 2020 website: www.ElmiraCatholic.org

Our Mission

We are a community of faith,

rooted in Jesus Christ

and led by the Holy Spirit,

to give glory and honor to Almighty God

through our worship, service

and loving welcome to all.

Our Churches

Our Lady of Lourdes 1100 W. Church St., Elmira

St. Casimir 1000 Davis St., Elmira

Perpetual Adoration Chapel (1012 Davis St)

St. Charles Borromeo 132 Oakwood Ave, Elmira Heights

St. Mary 224 Franklin St., Elmira Southside

St. Patrick 604 Park Place, Elmira

Ss. Peter and Paul 556 St. Joseph Blvd, Elmira

*** Please use the “Most Holy Name of Jesus” on all

checks and correspondence. Mail must be sent to the

Office address below. Do not address to the church

locations. Thank you.

Parish Office / Faith Formation Center

1010 Davis Street

Elmira, NY 14901

Phone: 607-733-3484

Fax: 607-846-3371

Parish Office Hours:

Monday: 7:30 am to 4:30 pm

Tuesday: 8:30 am to 6:00 pm

Wednesday - Friday:

8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Parish Priests:

Fr. Scott Kubinski, Pastor 734-6255 ext. 2

fr.scott.kubinski@dor.org

Fr. Rick Farrell, Parochial Vicar 733-0300

fr.richard.farrell@dor.org

Fr. Walter Wainwright, Assisting 767-1508

4th Sunday of Lent

THIS WEEK:

Penance Service with private confessions

Monday, March 23

and

Lenten Reflection through Music

Wednesday, March 25

See Lenten Calendar page 10

Like us on Facebook:

Please look for “Most Holy Name of Jesus” – for

the up- to- date parish announcements/reminders,

services and Mass times and much, much more.

(Please note that the old “Blessed Sacrament”

Facebook is no longer available.)

Lenten Calendar

Tear-off for this week - Page 10

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Confession Times

Every Saturday weekly 2:45 - 3:45 pm St. Mary

And

Monday March 23 6:30 pm Penance Service

St. Patrick

Tuesday March 24 5:00 - 6:00 pm St. Casimir

Sanctuary Lamps: March 22 through March 28

St. Casimir Vern Cozad (Sonny) by Aunt Theresa & Children

OL of Lourdes William (Bill) Savage by Bob Duffy

St. Charles Rev. Robert MacNamara by Gert Peck

St. Patrick Michael Larkin Murphy by Tom Mold

Ss. Peter & Paul John Scarpi by wife, Jackie

Bread & Wine: March 22 through March 28

7:30 am Mass - St. C Vern Cozad (Sonny) by Aunt Theresa & Children

Call the Parish Office to schedule an Offering

Please make checks payable to Most Holy Name of Jesus Parish

Mass Times & Intentions Saturday, March 21

12:00 pm St. Mary Penance Service with private confessions

4:00 pm St. Mary William Steed & Maryanne Kane by Dottie & Jim Touchner

5:30 pm Ss. Peter & Paul Dolores Dee DeMott by Judy Hambruch

Sunday, March 22 ~ 4th Sunday of Lent

7:30 am St. Casimir David Buchtel by Rounds Family

9:00 am OL of Lourdes The People of the Parish

10:30 am St. Patrick Bill Steed by Wichtowski Family

11:30 am St. Mary Michael Saginario by Robert & Theresa Bower

5:00 pm St. Patrick William Steed by Kathleen & Tony Cannizzaro

Monday, March 23

8:00 am St. Patrick Mike Bevilacqua by M/M Henry Ginetti

12:05 pm Ss. Peter & Paul Hourihan & Troy Families

6:30 pm St. Patrick Penance Service with private confessions

Tuesday, March 24

8:00 am St. Patrick John Mucci by M/M Edward Jaskolka

9:00 am St. Mary Nancy Bolvin by Friends of George

12:05 pm Ss. Peter & Paul Freida Fidurski by George & Paula Welch

Wednesday, March 25

8:00 am St. Patrick Daniel Gingrich by Paul & Mary Ann Baker

12:05 pm Ss. Peter & Paul Theresa DeSanto by St. Anthony’s Group

Thursday, March 26

8:00 am St. Patrick Theresa DeSanto by Josephine Ruggiero

12:05 pm Ss. Peter & Paul Bill Cantando

5:30 pm St. Casimir Lois Kwasnik by Richard & Mary Anne Amisano

Friday, March 27

12:05 pm Ss. Peter & Paul Mary Anne Poland by Ron & Terry Allison

12:10 pm St. Charles Rev. Robert MacNamara by Gert Peck

Weekly Collection Status

Fiscal Year: July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020

Weekend of March 7 & 8

Sunday Collection $24,308

Weekly Budget Needs $26,882

Year to Date Collection Total $804,255

Year to Date Budget Needs $940,870

Surplus or (Shortfall) to Date - $136,615

During Lent: St. Joseph Hospital Chapel Masses at 12:05pm will be held at Ss. Peter & Paul Church

Soup & Scripture during Lent Fridays after 12:10 Mass at St. Charles

Sunday, March 29 ~ 5th Sunday of Lent

7:30 am St. Casimir Vern ‘Sonny’ Cozad by Aunt Theresa & Children

9:00 am OL of Lourdes Emilien & Therese DuPont by Tom & Kathleen

10:30 am St. Patrick Ramona Stermer by Seamus & Rose McLaughlin

11:30 am St. Mary William Steed by Giac & Jane Modica

5:00 pm St. Patrick Rita Wayne by Theresa She & Family

Saturday, March 28

4:00 pm St. Mary Jim Cassidy - 2nd Anniversary by Linda & Family

5:30 pm Ss. Peter & Paul Theresa DeSanto by Bob & Theresa Bower & Family

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Parish Calendar

Mass Readings

Sunday, March 22 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a Psalm 23: 1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41

Monday, March 23 Isaiah 65:17-21 Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-12a, 13b John 4:43-54

Tuesday, March 24 Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 John 5:1-16

Wednesday, March 25 ~ Solemnity of The Annuncia-tion Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10 Psalm 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 11 Hebrews 10:4-10 Luke 1:26-38

Thursday, March 26 Exodus 32:7-14 Psalm 106:19-23 John 5:31-47

Friday, March 27 Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22 Psalm 34:17-21, 23 John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30

Saturday, March 28 Jeremiah 11:18-20 Psalm 7:2-3, 9bc-10, 11-12 John 7:40-53

Sunday, March 29 Ezekiel 37:12-14 Psalm 130:1-8 Romans 8:8-11 John 11:1-45

Date Time Event Title Location Page

Sun, March 22 9:00 am Sunday Religious Ed Faith Formation Center

9:00 am Grade 5 Mass OL of Lourdes

Mon, March 23 5:30 pm RCIC session Faith Formation Center

Tues, March 24 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Food Pantry 161 High St 9

Wed, March 25 4:30 - 6:00 pm Food Pantry 161 High St 9

6:30 pm Lenten Reflection thru Music St. Mary 5

Thurs, March 26 11:30 am Rosary Ss. Peter & Paul

7:00 pm Cursillio Ultreya St. Mary Rectory

Sat, March 28 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Pre Cana Faith Formation Center 6

8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Nocturnal Adoration Ss. Peter & Paul 5

Sun, March 29 9:00 am Sunday Religious Ed Faith Formation Center

Mon, March 30 6:00 pm Family Ed Faith Formation Center

Tues, March 31 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Food Pantry 161 High St 9

Wed, April 1 12:30 - 7:30 pm Day of Penance & Mercy St. Casmir and Ss. P & P 6

Thurs, April 2 11:30 am Rosary Ss. Peter & Paul

Sun, April 5 9:00 am Sunday Religious Ed Faith Formation Center

Sat, April 11 7:30 pm RCIC at Easter Vigil St. Patrick

Tues, April 7 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Food Pantry 161 High St 9

Thurs, April 9 11:30 am Rosary Ss. Peter & Paul

Tues, April 14 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Food Pantry 161 High St 9

Wed April 15 6:30 pm Meeting of the Sunday Catechists Faith Formation Center

We extend our sympathy to the families of the following recently deceased: Jean Ann Cox

~ Mass Intentions ~

The Parish Office is now accepting Mass Intentions for the months of

May & June. Please call or visit the Parish Office to schedule an offering.

733-3484 / 1010 Davis Street

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Parish Articles & Insights

Looking Ahead a Few Days

to a Great Solemnity

by Fr. Walt Wainwright

Today, I will be departing from writing something

about Lent to focus on one of the great solemnities of

our faith. On this Wednesday, March 25th, the church

will celebrate the solemnity of the Annunciation of

the Lord. I hope you don’t mind but I just can’t help

letting this wondrous event of the foretelling of the

Birth of the Savior pass by without sharing some

thoughts and words about it with you.

The greatest one in the writings for this feast is the Lord Jesus, but He does not yet appear among us,

rather it is the promise of His coming because the young maiden listened to the message of the angel and with

full faith simply said, “Let it be done to me as you say.” The two other focal figures of today’s celebration

are the angel Gabriel and the maiden Mary. The meeting is truly a mystical one and one that assures that the

Savior of the world will bring to fulfillment the Father’s will.

Let us look for a moment at what this scene might have looked like. Some artists have pictured Mary as

the young maiden at prayer, others as a busy young woman making preparations for the home she would share

with Joseph once they were married, weaving cloths to be used in that home. Others have chosen to depict a

scene much more mysterious with Mary and the angel in hidden veiling. Whatever the scene that took place,

there is the wondrous proclamation by the angel Gabriel and the faith-filled response of the maiden Mary.

For us, we are given to draw what kind of scene we might depict but more than that to capture all that this

Annunciation brought to us. We can turn to Mary and consider what the great gift it was that she brought to us

by accepting the will of God to her. The mystical writer Caryll Houselander describes it beautifully in a little

work she wrote around 1945 entitled, “Lift Up Your hearts.” I would like to leave you with some of the

priceless lines she left to us in that little work.

“Our Lady gave God a human heart. She made it possible for Him, for Christ to love me.

She gave her life to be His life. She gave Him her body, what He asked for.

She gave Christ His capacity for pain. Giving Him life, she gave Him death.

She was made for Christ and then literally her life became His life.

She gave birth not only to the Christ in history, but to the Christ in all of us.

She gave her simple life to be the substance of His life in us.

Her love for Him always radiated always went out, to the whole world; always touched all sinners. When she

held Him to her heart, she took all broken sinful men to her heart.

Giving Him her life, she gave us her life. That is the great reality about her: she can truly say to Him, “I am,

that you shall have life and have it in every Christian heart!”

I hope these words give you much food for thought and reflection for your prayer on this wondrous feast

of the Annunciation of the Lord.

Fr. Walt

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The Divine Mercy Novena begins on Good

Friday evening, April 10 at 7:00 pm in St. Casimir’s

Church, and continues for 9 nights through Saturday.

April 18.

On Holy Saturday only, April 11, the Novena

will begin at 6:00 pm.

The Novena will be at St. Casimir's Church

(7:00 pm) each night and culminate on DIVINE

MERCY SUNDAY, April 19 at 3:00 pm

(St. Casimir’s) with the Divine Mercy Service

(Chaplet Benediction).

Choir Members Welcome

Lent brings many opportunities for us to praise the Lord by “raising our voices” in song.

This is an invitation to all parishioners to help us fill our churches with music.

Tenebrae Service - Wed. April 8 – 7:30 pm. Parish Choir.

Practices: March 24 - 6:00 pm at OLL & March 30 - 6:30 pm at OLL

Holy Thursday – Parish Choir – Thurs, April 9 - 7:00 pm Mass – St. Charles Church.

Practices: March 31 & April 2 - 6:30 pm - St. CB

Good Friday –Men’s Choir - Fri, April 10 - 3:00 pm Service - Our Lady of Lourdes Church.

Practice time TBA. Please contact Paul Holland or leave contact information with the Parish Office.

Easter Vigil – Holy Saturday – Parish Choir - Sat, April 11 – 7:30 pm – St. Patrick’s Church. Practices: March 26 & April 6 - 6:30 pm - St. Patrick’s

Resurrection Choir – sings at Funerals as an “on call” choir. No practice is required. You are

called when a funeral arises and a choir is requested.

LENTEN MEDITATION WITH MUSIC OF CHRIST'S PASSION

sung by the SCHOLA CHOIR

MARCH 25, 2020

6:30 pm

St. Mary's Church

Questions or contact information – please call the Parish Office and Mary will get back to you.

Reliquary in Adoration Chapel

Please welcome our new Reliquary to the Adoration Chapel on St. Casmir’s church campus. This is a

container to protect the over 200 first class relics it contains. The relics were gifted to us over ten years ago

by Mr. James Lynch. The reliquary has been at St. Joseph the healer chapel. The donor received these first

class relics from Pope John Paul II through the years when he was the lay director of the Secular Franciscans.

A relic usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint preserved for

purposes of veneration as a tangible memorial. Relics are an important aspect of Christianity. Relic derives

for the Latin reliquiae meaning “remains.” The relics in the chapel are there to help us overcome the abstract

and make a connection with the holy. Saints do not perform miracles. Only God can provide miracles.

Come and spend some time as you visit the adoration chapel and pray. Let the saints be companions on

your journey.

NOCTURNAL ADORATION SOCIETY

Eternal Father I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul

and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, our Lord

Jesus Christ. (The Chaplet of Divine Mercy) Please

be with us to deepen your joy of a loving, personal

relationship with Jesus. Our prayer is a special

adaptation of The Liturgy of the Hours, and includes

exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, psalms,

spiritual readings, prayers, and silent adoration.

Everyone is welcome, on Saturday, March 28,

8:00 to 9:00 PM, at Ss. Peter & Paul Church.

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Attention Engaged Couples

– Pre Cana Announcement

One of the requirements to get married in the Catholic Church is to attend Pre Cana. The next Pre Cana session will be on Saturday, March 28 at the Faith Formation Center starting at 8:30 AM and will conclude at 5 PM. The fee is $50.00 per couple which includes materials and refreshments. For information and to register, please call the office at 733-3484. *** The deadline to register is Monday, March 23.

DAY OF PENANCE AND MERCY

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Private Confession

Wednesday, April 1

Churches across the Diocese of Rochester will

open their doors for those seeking the Sacrament of

Reconciliation on Wednesday, April 1. Join the

Diocese in celebrating God’s mercy and love at the

Day of Penance and Mercy.

Locations:

St. Casimir’s: 12:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Ss. Peter & Paul: 4:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Learn more at http://forgiven.dor.org

or contact your parish offices.

Grief Support

(last Wednesday of every month)

next one: March 25, 2020

The Compassionate Friends of the Elmira -

Corning Area is a local chapter of a worldwide

nonprofit, self-help support organization that offers

friendship, understanding, and hope to adults grieving

the death of a child, grandchild, or sibling, of any age,

from any cause. Meetings are facilitated by bereaved

parents who are further down the road of grief, and

are now able to reach out to help others. There is no

religious affiliation and there are no membership dues

or fees. Our meetings are held on the last Wednesday

of the month (except November and December) at

7:00 PM at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church at 2872

Westinghouse Rd. / NYS Route 14 (on the corner of

Westinghouse and Gardner Roads) in Horseheads, NY

14845. Visit our website at http://tcfeca.org, email us

at info@tcfeca.org, or call Peggy at

(607) 737-0777.

Perpetual Eucharist Adoration Chapel

1012 Davis Street - Elmira

Chapel is open for prayer from 6:00 am

to 6:00 pm. Security code available after

these hours.

Questions or wish to sign up as a regular

Adorer? Call 734-8691.

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Most Holy Name of Jesus Parish Goal: $ 202,424.

As of 3/10/20: 74% of the goal with $ 150,347.

Catholic Ministries

Appeal

2019-2020

You can find more information at www.dor.org

** Please note: NO gifts to the CMA are used to satisfy legal fees

or settlement costs associated with abuse.

Please consider giving to the Catholic Ministries Appeal

between now and May 31. There are cards in the pews

and at all the entrances to mail back to the Diocese

with your pledge or payment. Thank you.

Anointing of the Sick

What is Anointing of the Sick? Is it “Last Rites” or

“Extreme Unction”? When should someone receive it?

As an old car commercial used to say “it ain’t your father’s Oldsmobile anymore.” While Anointing of the Sick

(or just Anointing), Last Rites and Extreme Unction (final anointing) are all the same sacrament, our theological

understanding has changed and grown over the years.

Often, when we think of Last Rites or Extreme Unction, we think that we need to wait until someone is at the point

of death before we can call a priest and ask for the person to be anointed. In the “old days” a person who became

seriously ill rarely recovered. Not so today.

Today, modern medicine offers much more hope for recovery, so anointing is done earlier in a sickness and with

the hope of recovery. The sacrament of Anointing of the Sick (note the name “of the Sick” not “of the Dying”) offers

prayers for possible physical recovery, and most importantly, for strength for the soul of the sick person.

The sacrament is rooted in the Bible in James 5:14 “Is anyone among you sick? Then they should summon the

priests of the church, and the priests should pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord…”

Who can be anointed? Anyone who is seriously ill or in danger of death, about to undergo a serious surgery, elderly

who are frail, and persons with chronic illness or disability, including mental and emotional illness. And, while the

sacrament is not meant for frequent reception, it can be received more than once if the condition worsens, or someone

has recovered and become ill again. People who have chronic conditions that are not life-threatening would be

encouraged to receive a couple times a year.

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Catholic Questions … and Answers …

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* Early Bulletin Deadlines

Bulletin articles and information for

publication should be sent in 10 days prior to

the Sunday that you are requesting via email.

(Sorry no phone or verbal requests).

Send bulletin information to our Email address:

eParishBulletin@gmail.com

* Early Deadline for the April 5 bulletin is

12:00 noon on Wednesday, March 25.

* Early Deadline for the April 12 bulletin is

12:00 noon on Wednesday, April 1.

* Early Deadline for the April 19 bulletin is

12:00 noon on Monday, April 6.

Friday Night Fish Dinner

Italian-American Veterans Club 1070 Magee Street; Elmira, NY

(607) 732-5377

Fried Fish

Baked Fish

Mac & Cheese

Fish Sandwich

Chicken Tenders

Children's Portions Available

Take Out Available

Serving 5:00 – 7:00 PM every Friday through

Good Friday, April 10, 2020

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When the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is given, the hoped-for effect is that, if it be God's will, the person

be physically healed of illness. But even if there is no physical healing, there can be emotional and spiritual healing;

the sick person may receive the Holy Spirit’s gift of courage and/or peace to deal with the difficulties that accompany

serious illness or the frailty of old age. There is an option during the sacrament for the person to receive the Sacrament

of Penance, including, of course, absolution for any confessed sins. For those unable to go to Confession at the time,

the Sacrament of Anointing also can absolve any previously unconfessed sins which the person would have confessed.

(The Sacrament of Penance component is why only priests can validly administer the Sacrament of Anointing.)

You may see someone, surrounded by a small group of friends, anointed privately after Mass, or the priest may visit

them in their home or a medical facility. Occasionally, there is a scheduled Mass of Anointing where the anointing rite

is incorporated into the Mass. Our parish has two Masses of Anointing each year.

Regardless of the place of the sacrament, during the Anointing Rite the priest lays hands on the person’s head while

praying for the coming of the Holy Spirit. He then uses the Oil of the Sick, one of the three holy oils blessed by the

Bishop during Holy Week, and anoints the person’s forehead and palms. As with other sacramental anointings, such as

baptism and confirmation, the oil is a sign of being chosen by God.

If you are aware of a family member or friend who is seriously ill or about to undergo a serious operation, please

call the parish so that an anointing can be arranged.

Icon Retreat

April 13-17, 2020

St. Joseph’s Hospital Chapel,

555 St. Joseph’s Blvd. Elmira

Iconographer: Peter Pearson,

Author of “A Brush with God”

This year we will be writing St. Michael or other

Angel Icon. The retreat is an invitation to be open to

the presence of God in the writing of the Icon. Peter

will walk us through the basic method that all icon

painters use. We will discuss technical methods and

questions, historically pertinent considerations,

theological principles and the essential role of prayer

in creating icons faithful to the canons of iconography

based upon Peter’s 50 years of the study. An Icon is

an image of a person or event taken directly from

Christian Scripture or tradition. For almost two

thousand years Christians have created images that

record the faith of those gathered around Jesus and His

followers. Painting is praying when we are doing an

icon. All you really need to do is to learn how to work

in a way that carries you toward God. Writing an icon

is a way to the Sacred. There is nothing you need to

bring; just your prayerful self to St. Joseph’s on April

13th. If interested and have questions or you want to

join us, please call Deacon George at 607-731-6170 or

email at George.Welch@dor.org. I need your name

and contact information and your commitment to join

us. The cost of the retreat is $225. You may bring the

registration to the first day April 13th. Peter has been

joining us now for over ten years. There are 15 spaces

available. Register early; mail your intention to join

us to 48 Dry Run Rd. Pine City NY 14891.

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FOOD FOR NEIGHBORS-IN-NEED

For Our Parish Food Pantry

tuna, cereal, fruit, canned & packaged foods,

toilet paper, monetary donations. Please drop

donations in boxes at all our churches on

weekends or Tuesday at our pantry on High

Street. Open Tuesday 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM &

4th Wednesday of the month 4:30 - 6:00 PM

For Our Parish Outreach Ministry at Elmira Community Kitchen

Our parish community prepares three meals

each month: dinner on third and fourth

Wednesdays; and lunch on the third Thursday;

as well as dinner on fifth Monday in months

with five Mondays.

Could you help?

We invite you to bake cookies, cake or brownies

for dinners: March 25 or March 30.

We invite you to donate food needed for dinner

on the fourth Wednesday of each month:

spaghetti, tomato sauce, grated Parmesan cheese,

Italian salad dressing. Please place in the bins

at each church.

Interested in volunteer service at Elmira

Community Kitchen? Please call Kathy Dubel

at 734-9784 x2135

For Catholic Charities Samaritan Center Pantry peanut butter, jelly, rice, pasta, sauce, tuna,

canned fruit/vegetables, pudding, sandwich

spread. Please place in the bins at

St. Mary’s Church. We are also collecting

reusable cloth grocery bags for Samaritan

Center pantry.

Diapers for Babies Needed Year-Round

Please bring to any Mass.

We journey through Lent

with

Catholic Relief Services

(CRS) Rice Bowl

A good education allows us to pursue our dreams and

use our gifts and talents to help people in our community.

Maria Ana is an elementary school student in

Honduras where her favorite subjects are math, science,

and physical education. She dreams of becoming a

nurse. Her father, Don Cristobal, works hard and makes

sacrifices to earn money to pay for school for Maria Ana

and her two younger brothers.

The Catholic Relief Services school lunch program

provides nutritious food for Maria Ana and the other

students at the school and they are able to bring some

of the nutritious food home to share with their families.

Adequate and nutritious food is essential for children,

helping them have enough energy to learn and keeping

them healthy. Learn more about CRS Rice Bowl:

www.crsricebowl.org.

Annual Catholic Relief Services (second collection) this weekend—March 21/22

This weekend our parish will join with Catholic

parishes across the Diocese and the country to take up the

annual Catholic Relief Services (CRS) collection. This

annual second collection used to be called the Bishops

Overseas Appeal and helps support the U.S. Catholic

community’s global social ministry carried out in our

name by six U.S. Catholic agencies, including Catholic

Relief Services, Catholic Migration-Refugee Services,

U.S. Bishops’ Justice, Peace and Human Development

Ministry, and the Holy Father’s Relief Fund.

These agencies touch the lives of more than

100 million brothers and sisters all over the world

annually. This annual second collection is different from

the Lenten Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl program.

The alms we contribute through Rice Bowl provide

funding for specific projects while the annual CRS

collection provides basic funding for the Catholic

agencies named above.

Thank you for your generous spirit.

SAVE THE DATE!

Thursday - May 14, 2020

DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER

SOCIAL MINISTRY CONFERENCE

Notre Dame Retreat Center (Canandaigua)

Mass - Lunch - Workshops

Meet Social Ministry Leaders

from across the Diocese!

More details coming soon.

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Fasting Rules

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition,

Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence.

For members of the Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When

fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal. Two smaller meals may also be taken, but not to equal a

full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Catholic Church

from age 14 onwards. “How to Go to Confession” materials available in all churches during Lent

Lenten Calendar: March 22 through March 28

Ss. P & P = Ss. Peter & Paul, Elmira OLL = Our Lady of Lourdes, West Elmira St. MOM = St. Mary Our Mother, Horseheads

St. P = St. Patrick’s, Elmira St. C = St. Casimir’s, Elmira St. M = St. Mary’s, Elmira Southside

St. CB = St. Charles Borromeo, Elmira Heights FFC = Faith Formation Center, 1010 Davis St., Elmira

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Sunday Masses

7:30 am - St. C 9:00 am - OLL 10:30 am - St. P 11:30 am - St. M 5:00 pm - St. P

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Monday Masses

8:00 am - St. P 12:05 pm - Ss. P&P

Rosary 11:30 am - Ss. P&P

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Tuesday Masses

8:00 am - St. P 9:00 am - St. M 12:05 pm - Ss. P&P

Rosary 11:30 am - Ss. P&P

25 Annunciation

Wednesday Masses

8:00 am - St. P 12:05 pm- Ss. P&P

Rosary 11:30 am - Ss. P&P

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Thursday Masses

8:00 am - St. P 12:05 pm - Ss. P&P 5:30 pm - St. C

Rosary 11:30 am - Ss. P&P

Divine Mercy

Chaplet 5:10 pm - St. C

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Friday Masses

12:05 pm - Ss. P & P 12:10 pm - St. CB* *Followed by Soup & Scripture - St. CB Hall

Stations of the Cross 11:30 am - Ss. P&P 1:30 pm - St. M* *with H.F. school 5:30 pm - St. P

28 Saturday Masses

4:00 pm - St. M 5:30 pm - Ss. P&P

Confessions 2:45 pm - St. M

Faith Formation Lenten Challenges

This month our Family Ed program is putting Jesus’ call to visit the sick and lonely into practice. Our

families have four opportunities to visit with residents at Villa Serene and Woodbrook. They are learning

about the value of companionship and compassion. It is wonderful to see them living their faith in this way.

Our Faith Formation Lenten Challenge of collecting 1000 rolls of toilet paper for our parish Food Pantry,

is proceeding with great gusto. Our toilet paper tower is growing bigger and bigger. We are making great

progress on our goal. We have great expectation of meeting or exceeding our 1000 roll challenge.

Our children are also joining in with the parish’s long-standing Lenten tradition of the Rice Bowl

collection. So they have the opportunity to contribute to a worldwide need with the Rice Bowls, while

supporting a local need through the toilet paper challenge.

Scripture Study

7:00 pm

FFC

Deacon George

Lenten Reflection thru Music sung by Schola Choir

6:30 pm St. Mary’s

Penance

Service: 6:30 pm

St. Patrick’s

w/ private

confessions Private Confession

St. Casimir’s 5:00 - 6:00 pm