The Marian Society will meet on Thursday, March 8, at 7:00pm, in Berg Hall. Members are reminded that yearly dues of $10.00 are payable at this time. The program will be presented by Kerrylynn Whalen Rodriguez. Kerrylynn has been a pharmacist for nearly forty years and has gone on twenty-six humanitarian/medical trips to Peru and the Amazon. She recruits, trains and escorts volunteers through her organization Casa de Salud Peru (House of Health Peru). She will be leaving on another mission to South America in July. She is in need of the following items: colored pencils, girls’ hair accessories, toothbrushes, dish towels, handmade baby hats and blankets and pot holders. We will be collecting these items at the meeting — please be generous. All ladies of St Joseph and St Mary are invited to attend.
Ladies Guild
Ladies Guild Meeting St Mary Ladies Guild will meet on Wednesday, March 7, at 6:30pm in the Holy Family Community Center. This meeting will be a planning meeting for the 2018 year. Contact Linda Nott: 815-235-4575 or glnott@comcast.net
Doubting Sola Scriptura: My Road to Rome, Part 1
Steven D. Greydanus
As a young Evangelical in college, I wasn’t impressed with the Catholic arguments I encountered. On one point, though, I wasn’t entirely satisfied with my own answers either.
Two of the most important books in my journey from Evangelicalism to Catholicism were a pair of older apologetical works — one anti-Catholic and one Catholic — which I found laughably unconvincing when I first encountered them in college some 30 years ago, and which I set out to refute at length. …
http://www.ncregister.com/blog/steven-greydanus/road-to-rome-1
Aquin Open House for ages 3-5
Be an Aquin Puppy!
On Sunday, March 11, our Preschool programs at St. Joe’s will host an Open House for new and prospective students. If you have–or know someone who has–students who will be 3-5 next fall, please plan to attend and help us spread the word. Our doors will be open from 11am-1pm and our enthusiastic Mrs. Veitch and Mrs. White will be there to welcome any guests. Older students–who are interested in coming to St. Joe’s in Kindergarten through Grade 6–are welcome also!
If you can’t make it, check out the Preschool Facebook page for…
https://www.smore.com/scbq0-open-house-for-ages-3-5?ref=email-content#w-1751496095
If You Give Everything, You’ll Gain Everything
Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Being brought up in a Bible-believing Protestant home, I had to memorize verses from the King James Version of the Bible. I’m glad I did. Not only did I learn God’s word by heart, but the words were written in my heart. They’re in there. Down deep.
One of the verse I had to learn was, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things shall be added unto you.” It is a question of priorities, and it is really very simple: Put God first and everything else falls into its proper place. Put God first and you shall have all things according to their worth.
The converse is therefore also true: Put something else first and you will lose all things, and the surprising thing is that you will eventually also lose the thing that you put first. Here are some examples: …
http://www.ncregister.com/blog/longenecker/if-you-give-everything-youll-gain-everything
Ten Commandments and Love of God
Mar 6, 2018
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Bible: Acts of the Apostles 10
Chapter 15 of the Acts of the Apostles begins with the first Church Council the Catholic Church has ever had. The Council of Jerusalem made a major pivotal decision on the issue of circumcision. Circumcision was established by God as mandatory for all Jewish men in order to partake of the covenant God offered to Abraham (Lv 12:3 &Gen 17:1-14). But in this process, the people are becoming more and more aware that they are not a sect of the Jewish faith. Peter challenges those present to put their faith in the promise of the grace of Jesus the Christ (Acts 15:7 & 11). Continue reading “Bible: Acts of the Apostles 10”
Domingo III de Cuaresma ciclo B 2018
Nosotros los cristianos, cuando nos reunimos para celebrar nuestras eucaristías, no debemos olvidar que el único que nos congrega es Jesús, que nos reunimos en torno a su cuerpo. Jesús fue el verdadero cuerpo de Dios y los cristianos, por nuestra comunión con Cristo, somos verdaderos cuerpos de Dios. San Agustín, que conocía muy la doctrina del Cuerpo místico de Cristo, decía a los cristianos de Hipona que, cuando el sacerdote les daba el cuerpo de Cristo y ellos respondían <amén> debían ser conscientes de que realmente recibían lo que eran: “recibís lo que sois: el cuerpo de Cristo”. Esa es nuestra mayor responsabilidad como cristianos: vivir conscientes de que somos cuerpos de Cristo, templos de Dios, y saber ver a las personas como templos de Dios, con todo el respeto y amor que esto conlleva. En un sentido más amplio, podemos incluso decir que todo el universo es cuerpo de Dios, como dice el himno litúrgico: “encarnación es todo el universo”. Continue reading “Domingo III de Cuaresma ciclo B 2018”
Pancake Breakfast
Thank you for your wonderful support of the amazing Blue Nuns in helping to purchase a new boiler for their convent! To continue to help, we are having a pancake breakfast on Sunday, March 4, from 9:00am – 12:30pm, at Holy Family Community Center.
Menu: Pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, applesauce, and beverages
Adults: $8 – Children Age 5-12: $5 – Under 4 years: Free
St Mary Pancake Breakfast
Thank you for your wonderful support of the amazing Blue Nuns in helping to purchase a new boiler for their convent! To continue to help, we are having a pancake breakfast on Sunday, March 4, from 9:00am – 12:30pm, at Holy Family Community Center. Menu: Pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, applesauce, and beverages Adults: $8 – Children Age 5-12: $5 – Under 4 years: Free
