Greetings, Family of families!
Good afternoon! Well, March sure came in roaring like a lion! We pray that you are safe, healthy and ready to begin the weekend. The upcoming week is a busy one starting with our Lenten Mission.
OUR MISSION BEGINS ON MONDAY
KNIGHTLY NEWS
Knights of Columbus, Council 4315 would like to announce that scholarship applications for children or grandchildren of all Knights in good standing with Council 4315 are available in the parish office or from the East Central counseling office.
As their Lenten project, the Knights of Columbus, Council 4315 is once again holding a raffle for the benefit of Padua Place, a retirement home for priests and religious. Tickets can be purchased at our Fish Fry nights, from the parish office or on March 18th and 19th in the church foyer.
LENTEN FISH FRY
No fish fry this afternoon, but we will be back on March 10th to offer more deliciousness. Please note the new start time. We are still in need of volunteers to help serve.
UPCOMING RETREATS
TEEN ACTS SPRING BREAK 2023 RETREAT
Please sign up to pray for our team and retreatants! Prayer poster is in the church foyer.
SAFE ENVIRONMENT/VIRTUS ONLINE
All volunteers and employees for St Jerome must be up-to-date with their safe environment requirements.
To volunteer, one must register online or access an existing online account with Virtus to have a criminal background check, code of conduct, and these three trainings:
-Virtus Protecting God’s Children,
-Virtus Sexual Harassment Course, and
-Virtus Vulnerable Adult Course.
Most of us at St. Jerome completed these trainings in 2019-2020, so the 3-year renewal is up or will be coming up for us. You will be sent an email (the email you used to sign up initially) notifying you of the training/document renewal. Please make sure to be on the lookout for an email (check your spam folder) from VIRTUS.
All trainings and documents are valid for three (3) years from the date of completion.
If you have any questions or need any assistance, please contact Patricia at the parish office or go to https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus to log in to your account to see if you are needing training or to register for an account and begin your training.
THANK YOU for your commitment to ensure a safe environment for our family of families!
**If you have updated your training within the last 3 years, you are good to go!**
Bereavement Committee
This ministry provides a meal after funeral services for family and friends for our parishioners. The parish provides the main dish and parishioner volunteers bring sides. If you would like to be a part of this ministry, please leave your name and number in the sign-up sheet in the foyer of the church or contact Lorraine Ibrom, Jeannie Bricker or Carol Hardy.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
(Adoration) at St. Jerome is every Wednesday at 8:40AM (after the 8AM Mass) until 7PM in the Chapel. The 1st of Wednesday of every month is usually a Night of Reflection with Adoration, prayer and reconciliation until 8PM. Entrance to the chapel is on the east side of the church (the brown wooden door).
If you have any questions or would like to be included in the schedule for Adoration, please contact Frances Zunker at (210) 380-3295
DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET EVERY FRIDAY @ 3PM
ARCHBISHOP'S APPEAL FOR MINISTRIES
You should have already received an invitation to participate in this year's "In receiving the Eucharist, we are called to serve,” Archbishop's Appeal for Ministries.
If you have already received your envelope, we invite you to send in your contribution in the envelope you have been provided. You may either drop the envelope in the collection basket, deliver it to the office or mail your contribution. The address on the envelope is to a company, Letter Concepts that is coordinating with the Archdiocese to process all Appeal gifts. It is safe to send your gift to the address printed on the envelope.
If you have not received an invitation to participate, we have extra envelopes available at church or in the church office.
If you have already sent in your contribution or pledge, thank you!!
To learn more about the Archbishop's Appeal for Ministries, please click on this link to watch a video: https://archsa.org/wp-content/uploads/Appeal-Video.mp4
BIRTHDAYS, BAPTISMS, ANNIVERSARIES, WEDDINGS &
We would like to congratulate the Andersens on the baptism of their son, Joseph
Congratulations also to the Vaders on the baptism of their son, Vader.
May God bless the parents and godparents as they guide, instruct and accompany these newly baptized children on their spiritual journey.
BULLETIN FOR THE WEEK
