Weekly Announcements

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SJA NEW CLASSROOM PROJECT Our goal is to reach $225,000. We need your spiritual and financial help. YOU can help our youth become better Catholics! Please see Ron Smith or Trish Speers for more information.

LENTEN RETREATS 

Lenten Retreat 2 Saturday, April 12th | 9 am — 4:45 pm | SJA hall Guest Speaker: Gabriel Castillo Will include light breakfast, lunch, adoration, and conclusion with 5 pm Mass. All are welcome!

DURING LENT 

Please be aware of the following after Mass: • There will be no Recessional • After the St. Michael prayer, Father Preston will go straight into the confessional to hear confessions • All parishioners are asked to quietly leave the church, if not staying to pray, and to rather visit outside or in the narthex to keep a feeling of reverence inside the church

PRIESTS VS SEMINARIANS’ BASKETBALL GAME

The 8th Annual Priests vs Seminarians Basketball Game will be held Friday, April 4th at Tudor Fieldhouse—Rice University. Tailgating begins @ 4:30 pm, stadium doors open @ 6 pm, and the game will begin @ 7 pm! To purchase tickets, visit: houstonvocations.com/events/ Hurry, they’re selling FAST!! We have chartered a bus to the Basketball Game! Please call the office to reserve your spot. The cost is $35 per seat. If you choose to ride the bus, you will have to purchase tickets to the Basketball Game separately! Riding the bus does not automatically get you access into the game.

CHRISM MASS 

The celebration of the Chrism Mass — one of the most solemn and significant events of the liturgical year, will be Tuesday, April 15th at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. During this Mass, priests of the archdiocese will renew their vows and commitment to the priesthood. As part of the Church’s preparation for Easter, the sacred oils are blessed and consecrated for the celebration of the Sacraments throughout the upcoming year. We have chartered a bus to the Chrism Mass! Please call the office to reserve your spot. The cost is $35 per seat.

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME Don’t forget to turn your clocks forward an hour Sunday, if they don’t automatically do so on their own!

THANK YOU FROM THE ALTAR SOCIETY 

Thank you, diners and donors, for supporting the annual Fat Tuesday Chili Supper!

STS. CYRIL & METHODIUS 

Sts. Cyril & Methodius Altar Society in Damon is having their annual Turkey & Dressing Dinner Drive-Thru next Sunday, March 16 in the Parish Hall (603 Parrott Ave, Damon, TX 77430). Serving of Turkey & Dressing with all the trimmings begins @ 10:30 am until 1:00 pm or sold out. Plates are $12.00. There will also be a Bake Sale, KJZT Juniors Craft Sale & KJZT Raffle. (Meal catered by Ben’s Chuckwagon) Come out and enjoy some good food and good company!

NO DAILY MASS THIS WEEK

There will be NO daily Mass this week as Father Preston will be visiting home! Daily Mass will resume next Tuesday, March 18 @ 5:00 pm at SJA. 

TUESDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY 

The meeting on Tuesday mornings is shifting from a bible study, to what will now be called Adult Faith Formation! Currently, the group who meets is watching a series on FORMED called Symbolon: The Catholic Faith Explained. They are learning and discussing the Sacraments, and ways in which we can live out our faith in our lives! If you are available @ 9:00 am on Tuesday mornings, come join them!! The group will NOT meet on Tuesday as it is Spring Break. They will resume next week on March 18. 

TDB RAFFLE DONATIONS 

We are now taking Turkey Dinner/Bazaar Raffle Donations! Please contact Trish at the office if you’re interested in donating 979-548-2020 ext. 6. Reminder, this year’s TDB will be held on Sunday, October 27! 

SJA ROASTERS FOR SALE 

SJA Altar Guild is looking to sell the roasters that were used for the Turkey Dinner! They are $10 each. See the ladies after both 5:00 pm and 10:30 am Mass if you would like to buy one! 

SJA KITCHEN WORKDAY 

Calling all ladies of SJA! There will be a Kitchen Workday on Tuesday, March 18 beginning @ 9:00 am at SJA. The Altar Guild ladies will be there organizing and sorting through things. If you are available, your help would be greatly appreciated.

HAPPENING THIS WEEK

• Sunday, March 9 Daylight Saving Time starts 8:30 am OCIA Rite of Sending during Mass — OLPH
• Monday, March 10 8:15 am Legion of Mary (English) — OLPH hall 6:00 pm Legion of Mary (Spanish) — OLPH hall
• Tuesday, March 11 6:30 pm SVdP Meeting — SJA hall 
• Thursday, March 13 11:00 am SOAR Group Meeting — OLPH hall
• Friday, March 14 5:30 am That Man Is You — OLPH hall 6:00 pm Stations of the Cross — SJA 6:30 pm Stations of the Cross (Spanish) — SJA 
• Sunday, March 16 9 — 10:15 am 1st Communion Class — SJA hall 1:30 pm Social Sunday — OLPH hall

BAPTISM CLASSES

Our next Baptism class will be on Saturday, June 7th.  Please call the church office to register.