There are many resources available to help you and your family celebrate a meaningful Holy Week.I’m standing at the table, unwrapping all my Christmas ornaments. As they are opened, they will be rewrapped and placed in another box for Jenn, who will be the new family Official Keeper of The Ornaments. The box was not opened last year, as I had just moved to my present situation, so this will…
Children understand the pure joy of Christmas. Advent teaches them that special things are worth waiting for and are worthy of preparation. Advent candles and calendars mark the longing. Hymns, and especially Plainsong chants, awake ancient drums of hope within. One Christmas Eve night when I was about 4 years old, I heard my dad’s footsteps…
COME LORD JESUS by Bob Doyle (A SHORT HISTORY OF ADVENT) It is ironic that the early Church struggled with establishing the season of Advent. Once the Church settled on a calendar, Lent was kind of a no-brainer. The Crucifixion and Resurrection tell a story that makes perfect sense for a period of penance and…
Maryland Department of Aging is having a 6-week Line Dancing Class in our Parish Hall. Learn to dance on Tuesdays from July 11 to August 22, 2017; 12:30PM to 1:30PM. (*No class on July 25th). You will learn and memorize fun, new dance steps, as you exercise your body and brain. Even if you are…
For all Youth entering 6th-12th grade, we have some Swimming Fun! events. We’re also asking for all YG alumni to come too, and share what’s going on in your lives with us! Cold drinks will be provided, please bring a snack to share. Please RSVP- to Janice Flood or the YG FB Page. YG Swimming dates/locations this Summer-…
As the youngest (by many years) of six children, my earliest and favorite memory of Christmas has always been Christmas Eve. Our family would attend our church service, usually taking up a whole pew, and I had many close relatives who were church members as well, so we presented quite a large group. It was…