Hello Everyone,
Sunday we celebrated the Second Sunday of Lent. At the 9am Mass we celebrated the Rite of Enrollment for our first Communion students. Please pray for our First Communion Candidates and their families.
Bingo on Thursday night was another success. A total of 183 people played seventeen games of bingo and we gave out $1100 in prizes. Nobody won the Progressive Jackpot which was at $2,488. We anticipate the jackpot to be around $3,000 at our next bingo night which will be April 13th. Thank you to all the volunteers and participants that made this so successful.
Sunday night Father Jim Horath presented his second meditation on the cross. We will be posting the talks on our website in the next couple of days. Father Jim’s next presentation will be Sunday March 19th at 7pm in the St Francis Xavier worship space. A big thank you to Father Jim for taking the time to come here and do these presentations and to Dan Sczygelski for recording them.
Our school’s Annual Appeal is doing very well. We currently have $22,537 in pledges and donations. This is a really good start…but still a long way from our $40,000 goal. We are happy to announce generous parishioners have pledged $3,000 in matching funds. Starting this week, any donations will be matched by our donors. If anyone else would like to offer a large donation for funds to be matched, please contact Deacon Jim or Tracy Creel. A big thank you to all of you for your donations and continued support of our Catholic school. Please continue to pray for the success of our Annual Appeal and the success of our Catholic school.
St John the Baptist Church will be hosting their final Pancake Breakfast and Bake Sale for the season this Sunday March 12th following the 11am Mass and everyone is invited. We will be serving potato, blueberry, and buttermilk pancakes, scrambles eggs, and sausage links. A free will offering is appreciated. If you would like to donate a baked good to the bake sale, you can drop it off prior to the 11am Mass.
St Francis Xavier Fish Fry total meals:
Week #1 : 563
Week #2 : 613
Week #3: 722
Don’t forget to purchase your St Francis Xavier School Cash Raffle Tickets!!! This year’s cash raffle is being sponsored by a generous donation by Catholic United Financial. This year’s grand prize is $1500! Tickets are on sale at our fish fries, the parish and school office, and the SCRIP table at weekend Mass. Tickets are $5 each, and a book of 4 is $20. Grand Prize $1500, 2nd Prize $750, 3rd Prize $250, 4th Prize $100 (Three winners), 5th Prize $50 (Four winners). The winners will be drawn on March 31, 2023 at 7:00 PM You do not need to be present to win. All proceeds go directly to the school.
