Stations of the Cross:
Tuesdays during Lent (3/9, 3/16, 3/23) at 7:00 p.m.
Reconciliation will be available on March 9th following Stations of the Cross until 9:00 pm
Pray the Stations anytime with our Stations of the Cross video
05 March 2021
A Word From Your Pastor
Thanks to all for the kind birthday wishes, cards and gifts. I do appreciate them all very much. While on the subject of birthdays, the following was included in a card. I loved it because I did think of my mother who died in 1961 at the age of 50 – I still miss her.
“I don’t know why the child gets all the attention on his or her birthday. It really should be the mother, who suffered, that should be praised. So today, even though my mother is no longer here, (she died at the age of 63), I want to praise her for not only bringing me into this world, but in bringing me up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. She didn’t have that many “happy returns.” Today my life has exceeded hers by three years. I really don’t know if they will have birthdays in Heaven or not, but I do believe in Heaven and I know that I will see my mother again. Eternity will have just one happy return after another as we live in peace, joy, and love.” (And they will reign forever and ever.” Revelation 22:5)
So far, we’ve had 135 takers for the diocese’s survey. We’ve got until March 21st to complete them, so please take the time to go on-line or pick one up in the gathering space. The more the better! I’ll be anxious to see the results of this anonymous tool down the line.
On Tuesday, March 9, Confessions will be heard after Stations of the Cross until 9 PM by Father Gribble and myself.
God bless
Msgr Enke
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Death of Parishioner
Parishioner John Grayson passed away this past week. A private Mass of Christian Burial will be held for John R. Grayson. Please keep his wife Clodagh and his family in your prayers.
Please keep the soul of R. Gary Stansbury who passed away last week in your prayers. Gary was the father of parishioner David Stansbury. Keep David and his family in your prayers too.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them
There is no 9:00 am Mass on Tuesday March 9, 2021
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The Diocese of Columbus announces Real Presence, Real Future, a strategic initiative aimed at expanding the presence of Christ throughout the Diocese over the next two years and preserving the Faith for future generations. Watch the message from Bishop Brennan:
This initiative aims to re-imagine how the Church serves her people through a process or listening to the needs of the people, hearing their ideas, concerns, and desires. This planning and consultation phase will be held throughout 2021 and the findings will be implemented over the next few years. The full scope of the Real Presence, Real Future initiative will prepare the Diocese to increase its Catholic presence over the next 10 to 20 years and is intended to meet the many needs of the Diocese of Columbus’ diverse areas and ethnicities, emphasizing the utilization of active diocesan priests and deacons, mission-oriented parishes and schools, and all other available resources.
Real Presence, Real Future Priorities:
- Engaging all Catholics to reflect upon the real presence of the Lord in their lives and how they can share that presence with others.
- Articulating a plan for a comprehensive Catholic presence for each county/deanery by integrating missionary outreach, parish and school footprints, and leadership requirements for the next five years.
- Defining and developing the necessary Diocesan resources structures to support priests, deacons, and lay leaders in parishes and schools.
Real Presence, Real Future will be driven by six evangelization subcommittees:
- Forming parish missionary disciples
- Increasing the Catholic presence and outreach to university campuses
- Using digital and social communications for evangelization
- Deploying lay missionaries in parishes and schools
- Forming Catholic school faculty and staff in missionary discipleship
- Creating a soft-entry center focused on outreach to the religiously non-affiliated
We Want Your Feedback!
Throughout Lent, parishioners at every parish are being given the opportunity to participate in diocesan-wide survey called the Disciple Maker Index that looks at all aspects of parish life. This 75-question survey is available in hard copy at all parishes and digitally on all parish websites as a survey link between now and March 22. Don’t miss your chance to participate! Take Survey --> HERE
Stay informed about Real Presence, Real Future
- Log on to the Real Presence, Real Future website www.realpresencerealfuture.org as the primary source for information about this initiative and will be routinely updated to provide the latest information and opportunities for feedback and consultation.
- Attend parish-level consultations in the fall to hear first-hand how this will impact your parish and grow the presence of the Church throughout the Diocese of Columbus.
- Read information in The Catholic Times, as well as other news sources such as St. Gabriel Radio AM 820/FM 88.3.
- Subscribe to the monthly Real Presence, Real Future e-newsletter. This monthly email will provide updates about this initiative and keep people informed throughout this two-year process. You can sign up here: https://realpresencerealfuture.org/stay-updated/
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BULLETIN - ONLINE!
Sponsor of the Week- Waste Away
Last Weeks Sponsor of the Week - Grand Monuments
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Rice Bowls are available beginning Ash Wednesday - Please pick one up from the table in the Gathering Space and take home to fill. Rice bowl contributions can be made through Online Giving or returned with your Rice bowl.
Third Sunday of Lent, Cycle B
Sunday, March 7, 2021
Gospel Reading
John 2:13-25
Jesus drives out the moneychangers from the Temple and says that he will destroy the temple and raise it up again.
John 2:13-25
Jesus drives out the moneychangers from the Temple and says that he will destroy the temple and raise it up again.
Family Connection
Today’s Gospel invites us to reflect upon our worship of God. For Jesus and his Jewish contemporaries, the Temple was an important, holy place where they gathered to worship God. The Christian understanding of worship was transformed in light of Jesus’ Resurrection. In the Christian understanding, God is worshiped in a person, the person of Jesus Christ. As we read in today’s Gospel, Jesus is himself the Temple that will be destroyed, but in three days God will raise him up again.
As you gather as a family, talk about places and times when you have experienced God’s presence. After his Resurrection, Jesus’ disciples understood that Jesus was present with them as they gathered to pray and especially when they gathered to share a meal. Read together today’s Gospel, John 2:13-25. Jesus teaches us in today’s Gospel that he is God’s presence with us. Thank God for Jesus’ presence with us, especially in the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Pray together the Lord’s Prayer.
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2021-22 ST. EDWARD’S PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION - NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
~Please see the Enrollment tab on the Preschool page on our parish website.
SPRING FLING!
Moving our 20/2021 Spring Fling auction to an ONLINE ONLY virtual acution ~ May 6, 2021
see attached flyer for more detail!
WWP Rosary Call for Revival of the Church - March 19
Rosary Call for Revival (on Zoom)
March 19, 2021 2 pm EDT / 11 am PDT
March 19, 2021 2 pm EDT / 11 am PDT
St Edward Church Fish Fry is on!
While the traditional St. Ed’s Lenten dine-in Fish Fry is not possible during these times, as a small step towards normalcy, a drive-thru order and pickup will be offered for two weekends. Meals will consist of our famous hand battered, deep fried ocean perch, french fries, coleslaw, roll, and tartar sauce.
Orders will be taken from and delivered to your car.
Meals served until supplies are sold out.
THANK YOU!
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Weekend Mass Schedule
SATURDAY 5:00 p.m.
SUNDAY 8:15 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.
Reconciliation is available Saturdays from 4:00 to 4:30 pm
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Reconciliation will be available on March 9th following Stations of the Cross until 9:00 pm