Meetings & Happenings Sunday, April 23 9am Children s Liturgy of the Word 12:30pm Jr. High RE (parents & students) Monday, April 24 7pm Rite of Creed

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6 Meetings & Happenings Sunday, April 23 9am Children s Liturgy of the Word 12:30pm Jr. High RE (parents & students) Monday, April 24 7pm Rite of Creed Tuesday, April 25 9am Mass/Senior Breakfast 10:30am Book of the Month 7pm Adult Choir Wednesday, April 26 10am New Day Bereavement Group Thursday, April 27 9:30am Bible 101 Friday, April 28 10:30am Bible Study Saturday, April 29 9:30am Sacrament of Reconciliation Sunday, April 30 9am Children s Liturgy of the Word 5:30pm Rite of Creed Blessing at Mass Mass Intentions Monday, April 24 7am Alice Benning Tuesday, April 25 9am Margaret Feledy Wednesday, April 26 7am Msgr. Patrick Brown Thursday, April 27 9am Wilbur & Hazel Hinds Friday, April 28 7am Msgr. John Corr Saturday, April 29 9am Mildred Paine 5pm Joan Kearns Malone Sunday, April 30 7am James McCloskey 9am Jim Tierney 11am Mary Lacombe 5:30pm William Davidson Pray for the Sick Frank Alai, Terry Zimmer, Joan Dagostino, Jerry Trent, Kristen Johnson, Kathryn Olden, Grant Martin Scruggs, Anne Galdieri, John Allen, Paula Dugan, Randy Brooks, and all those listed in Our Lady s Chapel prayer book of intentions. The Sanctuary Lamp burns this week in memory of Ana Marie Acosta at the request of Bob and Debra Conte. Polish Dinner with Fr. Artur Friday, May 19 6:30 to 10pm Join us for an evening of dance, pierogi, kielbasa, accompanied by a DJ and our beloved Fr. Artur. RSVP by Tuesday, May 12 See flyers at the back of the Church! Saint of the Week St. Catherine of Siena April 29 S t. Catherine of Siena was one of the most remarkable women in the Church of the Middle Ages and is one of only a few female Doctors of the Church. Though she began her life as an unlikely messenger of God, her influence eventually spread beyond the Catholic Church into politics. Catherine was the youngest of 25 children. From the age of six she began to have visions and mystical experiences showing that God s hand was upon her. She refused the efforts of her parents to find her a husband, and instead became a member of the Third Order of St. Dominic. Soon followers began to gather around her, attracted by her holiness and penitence. Catherine never learned to write, which was not uncommon for women in her era. She dictated her visions and messages from God to a secretary. At the time she was living, there were two popes who each claimed to be the official one. Catherine traveled to Avignon, in France, to persuade the true pope to return to Rome. Her persuasion proved fruitful and Pope Gregory XI did return to Rome. Because of the Crusades and the divisions in the Church, Catherine spent herself working for unification. In the course of her work, she received the stigmata (the wounds of Christ). When Catherine died she left a huge collection of letters and her best known work, the Dialogues. St. Catherine was said to have converted thousands of people by the sheer force of her personality. Of course her holiness must have been the magnetic force of attraction. It is said that for the last years of her life she lived solely on Holy Communion and never ate food. St. Catherine died on April 29, 1380 when she was only 33 years old. She was canonized in 1451 and declared a Doctor of the Church in We pray to you, dear St. Catherine, to intercede for our Holy Father and for the unity of the Church today. Teach us the value of prayer and how to be faithful to the Will of God. Amen.