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1 On Laetare Sunday, Father gives a special blessing to our expectant Mothers at the 10a Mass! Seen here is the blessing from Gaudete Sunday 2017, during Advent. A Parish Family of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston Parish Clergy Office hours: Stay connected: Our Mission Welcome! Are you new?

2 From our Pastor Dear Friends in Christ, The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected and be killed and on the third day be raised. At other times when our Lord tells His apostles about His suffering, rejection, and death, we hear that they did not understand and were afraid to ask. We struggle to connect the cross with glory, death with life. But we need to understand these truths so that, by applying them, we might begin to experience a type of resurrection in our lives. St Josemaria Escriva says that in order to understand better the meaning of Christ s death. We must get beyond clichés and external appearances. A cliché is a saying that is true, but which has been so overused that it has lost the force of its meaning. In order to experience the full meaning of the Lord s passion we have to have the courage to delve deeper into it by losing our lives for Him and bearing our crosses in union with Him. I say we must have the courage to do this precisely because we may want to stay comfortably on the surface of the passion to be moved merely in our feelings, to feel sad, even to cry, and then to think that we have shared a great deal in Christ s sufferings. We cannot rest content with thinking human thoughts and feeling human feelings and then imagining that that fulfills my vocation as a Christian contemplative. As St Josemaria continues: We must approach him sincerely and with the interior recollection that is a sign of Christian maturity. The divine and human events of the passion will then pierce our soul as words spoken to us by God to uncover the secrets of our heart and show us what he expects of our lives. It takes courage to contemplate Christ in His passion, courage to receive Him in Holy Communion, because God expects something from us: an increasing conformity to Him in self-giving and self-emptying as we follow the deeper glimpses into His mysteries that He shows us from time to time. In our prayer, Jesus continues to reveal to us a thousand ways in which we may die to self and to the world, so that we can love in ways that are selfless and unworldly. This is a kind of minor resurrection that the Lord wants us to experience even in this life. We often turn away from the opportunities to share in Christ s passion, to carry our cross, even though we know better. There is nothing about a cross in itself that is holy, but when Jesus carries one upon His shoulders and is nailed to it and so uses it as the instrument of our redemption it is transformed, and we must contemplate it in a new light. Here is God at work with human tools, redeeming us. We see God suffering in the flesh, taking a cross upon His back, and now the ancient cross of the Roman empire must change in our mind to become the tree of life. The carpenter s tools don t change; the cross is still a cross. But God s purposes have renewed them. Our Lord calls us through the Cross, the Cross of Christ and our own, to make of all things an offering of love. If He can transform the instrument of execution into something exalted upon church steeples, enshrined in private homes, worn over the heart, and used as a symbol of blessing, then so can all of the misfortunes and evils of life be transformed into occasions for new life and new love. *excerpted from an article by Fr John Henry Hanson, OPraem at Brushy Creek Road 1 Church 2 Adoration Chapel 3 PAC (Parish Activity Center) & PAC Classroom 4 Middle School Building 5 School & School Offices 6 Croghan Hall 7 Parish Offices 8 KofC Building 9 Pope Francis House 10 School Building 2 Parking Lots 11, 12, 13 and 14

3 Prince of Peace Community Calendar sunday, 11 mar fourth sunday of lent (OF year B) laetare Sunday (EF) 8a Mass Pauline Wargo+(FRT) 10a Mass Deceased Members of the Perone Family (FCS) *Blessing of Expectant Mothers at 10a Mass 12p EF Mass For the People of the Parish (FCS) 6p Mass Aurelia Busto+ (FRT) 7.30p Compline monday, 12 mar lenten weekday (OF) feria of lent (EF) 7a Mass Gus Suarez-L (FCS) 12p EF Mass Rev Sac Antonio Santantoni+(FCS) 7p Novena tuesday, 13 mar lenten weekday (OF) feria of lent (EF) 7a Mass Jeffrey Holmes+(FRT) 12p EF Mass Layla J Jean-L (FCS) 6p Confessions (FCS) wednesday, 14 mar lenten weekday (OF) feria of lent (EF) 8.30a Mass Fr Robert Falabella-L (FCS) 12p EF Mass Cole Fraser-L (FRT) 5p Confessions (FCS & FRT) thursday, 15 mar lenten weekday (OF) feria of lent (EF) 7a Mass Richard & Judy Parker-L (FCS) 12p EF Mass Matthew S Theisen-L (FRT) 6p Confessions (FRT) friday, 16 mar lenten weekday (OF) feria of lent (EF) 7a Mass Fr Christopher Smith-L (FRT) 12p EF Mass Lauren E Theisen-L (FRT) 1.30p School Stations 7p Stations of the Cross, Benediction & Confession saturday, 17 mar lenten weekday (OF) feria of lent (EF) 8a EF Mass Lamping Family-L (FRT) 3.30p Confessions (FCS & FRT) 5p Mass Norma Yzaguirre+(FCS) sunday, 18 mar fifth sunday of lent (OF year B) passion sunday (EF) 8a Mass Norma Yzaguirre+(FRT) 10a Mass Cody Kovach+(FCS) 12p EF Mass For the People of the Parish (FCS) 6p Mass Albert M Busto+ (FRT) 7.30p Compline prayer requests All those serving our country, Gena Cunningham, Julie Mallory, Bridgitte Gunnells, Parker Longbottom, Wrenn Calcutt, Jim Bannister, Stephen Wiltberger, Lillie Nesbitt, Kevin Stainton, Doris Pratt, Ron Schichtel, Sarah Williams, Kenneth Price, Helen Pihokker, Kevin McGavin, Joan Rohaley, Ed Smith, Jackie Andrejack, Deacon Bob Smith, Leslie Ziminsky, Shannon & Lloyd Harkins, Ed Meister, John Warga, Jean Casey, Charlie Dustimer, Jennifer DeMaria, Gloria Dussich, Irene Ainsworth, Ed Rauch, Sally Little, Genny Khars, Rose Schillaci, Ed Rauch, Maria Maccini, Josh Rimer, Jim Rimer, Kristina Murphy, Joe Sanda and Amelia Rock. Please contact the Parish Office to request a name be added to the prayer list. We will leave names on the prayer list for two weeks, unless requested otherwise.

4 Happenings & Needs The following hours are available for adoption urgently: 9a Mondays 11a Tuesdays Contact Lisa Buss to obtain the code to the door at or via: Have you ever seen 25,000 dominoes topple? We re getting excited for a fun event to be held on Monday, 9 April in the PAC. All are welcome! Sponsor a domino: $1.00 per domino payable the evening of the event. Reserve your seat $3.00 Tickets will be available at the will call table the evening of the event. Thank you to Mr. John Wickham for his hard work and dedication in bringing a Domino Topple to Prince of Peace! Join a group of moms who meet on certain Fridays between 9.30a-11.30a in Croghan Hall for a rosary, reading the Gospel, coffee and socializing. Their next meeting dates are: 13 & 27 April, 4, 11 and 25 May. Be sure to join their Facebook group: Upstate Catholic Moms for other casual gatherings and conversation online. Questions? Contact Annie Neds at hokiegirl17@yahoo.com. Scrapbookers! Join a free monthly gathering in Croghan Hall the third Friday of the month beginning April 20th (in June we'll meet on 4th Friday). Bring your supplies and work at your own pace as you create memorable scrapbook layouts. Bring a friend (non-parishioners welcome)! Questions? Contat Michelle Grabiec at m_grabiec@hotmail.com. envelopes #431 $16,462 loose cash $2,881 electronic deposits #30 $1,197 total sunday offertory $20,540 weekly budget needed $25,000 surplus/(shortfall) ($4,460) st vincent de paul society $1,003 CDs are available in the narthex and cost $4 each or 3 for $10. Please put money in black box beside CD holder. suggested title: The Passion of Christ In Light of the Holy Shroud of Turin The Holy Shroud of Turin was called the greatest relic in Christendom by Pope John Paul II. In fact, the Shroud is the most studied scientific object in the entire world. Fr. Peffley presents new and detailed scientific and medical evidence for the authenticity of the Holy Shroud. This presentation brings greater clarity as to the depth of the agony of our Lord's sorrowful Passion, which he voluntarily took on for love of us. We re thrilled you re part of our parish family: Sarah Pelicano; and Leonard & Laura Kuczewski. The Adoration Chapel will close at 12n on Spy Wednesday, 28 March. The Chapel will reopen on Easter Monday, 2 April after the 9a Mass. The Chapel will be locked during this time. There will be a watch after the Lord s Supper Mass until midnight on Thursday, 29 March.

5 Happenings & Needs Come learn about the Catholic faith! Classes meet Tuesday nights at 7p in Croghan Hall. For questions, contact Sean Chapman at Celebrating the Paschal Mystery: Holy Week in the Roman Liturgy Join Fr. Smith for a 4-week lecture series that will best prepare you to enter Holy Week - in Croghan Hall on Thursdays at 7p in March. The weekly topics include 1 March on Palm Sunday, 8 March on Maundy Thursday, 15 March on Good Friday and 22 March on the Paschal Vigil. This week s topic is Good Friday (15 March at 7p in Croghan Hall)! Expect to learn about: The Name of the Day and the Name of the Chief Liturgy of the Day Theological Considerations About the Day Historical Development of Good Friday s Mass of the Presanctified Vestments and Color Schemes, Time Extraliturgical Devotions on Good Friday Mass of the Catechumens or Liturgy of the Word General Intercessions Adoration of the Cross Liturgy of the Presanctified, Properly Speaking The Easter Sepulchre Some Observations About the Theological Import of the Reforms of Good Friday The class Syllabus is posted on our website and recommended reading is included within it. Consider being an usher/greeter at one of our many masses! Contact Marco De Maria at or at mad4jen@msn.com to discuss how you can help us with this important ministry. Join two of our parish foster families for a presentation with time for questions about the foster parent process! We'll host 2 presentations in Croghan Hall - 10a & 7p on Friday, 13 April. Come to the one that suits your schedule! Parents desiring Baptism for their children must attend a Baptism Class. The next class will be held on Tuesday, 13 March, at 7p in Croghan Hall Conference Room. Questions? Contact Gus Suarez at or at baptisms@princeofpeacetaylors.org. Join the Men s Bible Study meeting on Tuesdays at 7p in the Middle School Building. The group is studying Isaiah. For questions, contact Michael Thompson at Epic: A Journey through Church History meets weekly for 5 weeks at a time across 20 total weeks in Join us! There are two sessions pick one or switch back and forth as your schedule allows: Thursdays at 10a or 7p in Croghan Hall. Next section: 12, 19, 26 April & 3, 10 May. Contact Angela Calabro. Compline (Night Prayer) is the final church service (or office) of the day in the Christian tradition of canonical hours. The prayers are always the same, so it is very easy to learn! We will have Compline on Sundays at 7.30p beginning 18 February-18 March, in the Church. *No Compline on Palm Sunday The Prince of Peace Gym (PAC) will be closed beginning 30 March 2018 and re-open on 10 April, During the Lenten season, the schedule for confession is as follows: Tuesdays 6-7p Wednesdays 5-6p Thursdays 6-7p Fridays 7-8p Saturdays p *no confession on Holy Saturday or Wednesday, 4 April. The ladies lunch bunch will meet on Tuesday, 13 March at 11.30a at Red Lobster. Please RSVP to Dorothea Jones at

6 Happenings & Needs Through 25 March, our community will take part in 40 Days for Life a groundbreaking, coordinated international mobilization. We pray that, with God s help, this will mark the beginning of the end of abortion in our city and beyond. Prince of Peace Catholic Church s day to pray at the Greenville Women s Clinic, located at 1142 Grove Road, Greenville, is every Monday from 8a-8p. Go, pray, as your time allows. We cannot stand in the driveway of the Clinic but can stand slightly to the left on the public right-ofway. Closing Celebration Saturday, 24 March :30a: Public right-of way at Greenville Women s Clinic. Summer Choral Theatre Camp is June for rising 1st-8th graders. The cost is $85 per child, $200 family maximum. Deadline for registration is 11 May. Contact Kelly Herd with questions! Save the date! The much anticipated Spring Craft Fair will be on Saturday, 14 April from 9a-3p in the PAC. And, our Columbiettes will host their annual flower sale that day in the parking lot! Bring a basket of food to be blessed for our Easter feast on Holy Saturday, 31 March at 9a! Join us in celebrating St. Joseph's Feast Day! We'll have Mass at 6p on Monday, 19 March followed by a procession behind the St. Joseph altar to the PAC where we'll enjoy a feast of BBQ, potato salad, coleslaw, chips, and drinks catered by Little Pigs BBQ. Bring bread to be blessed! Cost is $8 per person, up to $30 per family. Pay at the door! RSVP by Wednesday, 14 March by midnight to: Questions? Call Angela Calabro at or angela.calabro@princeofpeacetaylors.org Lenten Fridays School Stations of the Cross and Benediction (check calendar weekly as times change) 5.30p Friday Knight Dinner (previously Fish Fry, changed due to the menu including non-fried food) Adults are $8* Seniors over 65 are $6 Children under 12 cost $6* Children under 4-Free Max $30 for Immediate Family 7p Stations of the Cross, Benediction and Confessions 7p Friday, 23 March A solemn Celebration of the Stations of the Cross with the Parish and School Children s Choirs Lenten Sundays 7.30p Compline Palm Sunday on 25 March 8a Low Mass 10a Sung Mass, Blessing of Palms & Procession 12.30p EF Mass, Blessing of Palms & Procession *note time is different 6p Quiet Mass Monday, 26 March 7a Mass Tuesday, 27 March 7a Mass [Chrism Mass in Charleston at 11a] Spy Wednesday Tenebrae, 28 March School Mass 8.30a Tenebrae 6p Confessions 7p Maundy Thursday, 29 March Mass of the Lord s Supper 7p Adoration 8p until Midnight Good Friday, 30 March Stations of the Cross and Divine Mercy Chaplet 12p Liturgy of the Passion 3p Procession of the Dead Christ 7p

7 Happenings & Needs The present laws of the Church regarding fast and abstinence during the Season of Lent are as follows: 1. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast. On days of fast, one full meal is allowed. Two lesser meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one s needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted. Catholics who have completed their 18th year are bound by this law until the beginning of their 60th year. 2. Ash Wednesday and all Fridays of Lent are also days of abstinence. On days of abstinence, meat should not be eaten at any meal. The law of abstinence binds all Catholics who have completed their 14th year. The Obligation to observe, as a whole or substantially, the penitential days specified by the Church is a serious obligation. The Code of Canon Law states: On these days (of Penance), the faithful are in a special manner to devote themselves to prayer, to engage in works of piety and charity, to deny themselves, by fulfilling their obligations more faithfully and especially by observing the fast and abstinence... If you wish to donate toward the cost of the Easter flowers in memory or honor of someone, please use the envelope provided in your March/April packet that should be arriving this month, or a plain envelope with your name, the name of your loved one and amount, and place it in the collection basket. Donations will be published in the Easter bulletin. Deadline is Monday, 26 March at 12p. Contact Maria Barontini with questions or if you are able to help in any of the following ways: Provide a home & feed breakfast to our Totus Tuus team 2 males from July dinner hosts are needed for our 8-person Totus Tuus team. You may host dinner in your home, at a restaurant, donate funds or have a meal delivered. Adult volunteers are needed to help supervise during the vacation bible school week! A donor board will be posted in May for specific requests! Parishioners! Please volunteer to make (or buy) dinner for our approx. 30 youth attending CYO. Meals are eaten on campus. Contact Stephanie & John Lasitter at s.j.lasitter@gmail.com with questions! Our wildly successful Vacation Bible School, Totus Tuus, will be returning again this Summer! Mark your calendars now for all entering 1st- 12th graders (evening program for 7-12th graders). We have 180 slots for our elementary program. Sign up by ing Maria Barontini. The Totus Tuus Potluck is scheduled for 25 July All parishioners are welcome to enjoy an evening of fellowship, even if you do not have children participating in the program. Questions? Contact Maria Barontini. Roy & Catherine Araujo James & Grace Cline Tom & Estee Rudski Kristina Murphy

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9 Contact Us Fr. Christopher Smith Pastor Fr. Richard Tomlinson Parochial Vicar Deacon Robert Smith Deacon *contact Deacon Bob about annulments Phil Head Director of Administration Mark Pulley Director of Finance/Bookkeeper Maria Rauch Parish Secretary *contact Maria R. about facility reservations and requesting Anointing of the Sick prior to surgery or when gravely ill Angela Calabro Director of Catechesis & Evangelization *contact Angela about marriage preparation (call at least 6 months in advanced of proposed wedding date) Maria Barontini Pastoral Associate for Children s Catechesis maria.barontini@princeofpeacetaylors.org *contact Maria B. about first confession, first communion, and confirmation Alan Reed Director of Music alan.reed@princeofpeacetaylors.org Elizabeth Eger Organist elizabeth.eger@princeofpeacetaylors.org David Connors Maintenance Supervisor david.connors@princeofpeacetaylors.org Marianne Tully Interim Principal marianne.tully@popcatholicschool.org Tammy Lopez Office Manager tammy.lopez@popcatholicschool.org Basketball Maria Rauch maria.rauch@princeofpeacetaylors.org Boy Scouts Marty Yigdall Columbiettes 9184 Michelle Zimmerman columbiettes@princeofpeacetaylors.org Communications Director Kylee Jean Heap communications@princeofpeacetaylors.org CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) John & Stephanie Lasitter s.j.lasitter@gmail.com Guild of Our Lady and St. Gianna Suzanne Gubitosa sgubitosa108@gmail.com. Foster Families Sara Hinson fostercloset@princeofpeacetaylors.org Food & Financial Assistance St. Vincent de Paul Society Knights of Columbus 9184 John Olson gk.kofc9184@gmail.com Lucis Via (young adults 18-39) Giovanni Calise lvgreenville@gmail.com Natural Family Planning Gus & Andrea Suarez Respect Life Tanya Wersinger tanya.wersinger@gmail.com Sick & Homebound Mark Thompson Spiritual Direction Lisa Buss spiritualdirection@princeofpeacetaylors.org Widows/Widowers (BOUNCE) Jean Casey

10 Diocesan & Other Parish News The next weekends for Marriage Encounter are: July 2018 in Fort Mill, SC and 3-5 Aug 2018 in Chapel Hill, NC. Early sign up is recommended. For more information visit our website at: SCMarriageMatters.org or contact us at or Luck of the Irish benefit for Birthright of Greenville is scheduled for Saturday, 17 March starting at 6p at Greer Cannon Centre in downtown Greer. Attendees will enjoy an evening of casino-style games, a silent and a spirited live auction, food and fun. Anyone wishing to contribute either items or services for auction or donations to assist the Knights efforts for Birthright of Greenville can contact Meg Kocher at (864) or brgreenille@gmail.com For tickets or more information go to the Knights' website kofc9184.org. On Saturday, March 17, at 6:00pm, a Pontifical Divine Liturgy (Mass) in the Byzantine Rite will be celebrated at St. Rafka Maronite Catholic Church, 1215 SC-14, Greer, SC On this occasion, the Bishop will establish a new Eastern Catholic Mission for Greenville. We cordially invite you, along with your family and friends, to celebrate with us. Questions? Contact Fr. Joseph Malak: frjosephmatlak@gmail.com, Rachel s Vineyard Retreats bring spiritual healing and strengthening of faith to individuals who have had or participated in an abortion. Join us on the journey to healing, peace and reconciliation. English: March 16-18, 2018 For information and registration call Christy or Kathy please call Sarah for Spanish or grace4healing@gmail.com

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