Please pray for
I have to admit that I love pizza. As a matter of fact I love it so much that I rarely order it because I will eat as much as I can hold and more. And then I have to be even more compulsive about exercise to get rid of the carbs. But, oh my, there is nothing quite so wonderful as good pizza. I know that many of you like pizza as well. Now, you and I have a really good excuse to indulge. When you go to Papa Murphy’s between now and Sunday, June 9, and order pizza, it will be of benefit to our building fund. Just leave your receipt in the “Pizza for the Parish” box and 10% of the value of your purchase comes to Emmaus. So, eat lots of pizza between now and June 9. Eat it often. Maybe everyday…? If you have kids they will love you for it! And the need for more exercise will be good for you.
By the way, you can get a start on your pizza eating by coming to Pizza for the Parish in the Great Hall on Friday, March 15, 29 and April 12. Papa Murphy’s will be with us, offering pizza and salad for just $5.00 per person.
Like the Knights’ Fish Fry on the other Fridays in Lent, Pizza for the Parish is directly before Stations of the Cross. This means time for fellowship with food and in prayer. I encourage attendance at both.
- Brent Palin, who died on February 28. His funeral Mass will be at Emmaus on Saturday, March 16, at 1:00 PM,
- Tom Linbeck, who died on March 4. His funeral Mass was at Emmaus on Thursday,
- Ruth Jacobi, who is in the hospital, and
- Jim Wade, who is having surgery on Tuesday.
I have to admit that I love pizza. As a matter of fact I love it so much that I rarely order it because I will eat as much as I can hold and more. And then I have to be even more compulsive about exercise to get rid of the carbs. But, oh my, there is nothing quite so wonderful as good pizza. I know that many of you like pizza as well. Now, you and I have a really good excuse to indulge. When you go to Papa Murphy’s between now and Sunday, June 9, and order pizza, it will be of benefit to our building fund. Just leave your receipt in the “Pizza for the Parish” box and 10% of the value of your purchase comes to Emmaus. So, eat lots of pizza between now and June 9. Eat it often. Maybe everyday…? If you have kids they will love you for it! And the need for more exercise will be good for you.
By the way, you can get a start on your pizza eating by coming to Pizza for the Parish in the Great Hall on Friday, March 15, 29 and April 12. Papa Murphy’s will be with us, offering pizza and salad for just $5.00 per person.
Like the Knights’ Fish Fry on the other Fridays in Lent, Pizza for the Parish is directly before Stations of the Cross. This means time for fellowship with food and in prayer. I encourage attendance at both.
Report on the 4 X 4 Campaign
Thank you to everyone who has turned in your Count on Me pledge forms. If you have not yet done so, you can simply put it in the collection this weekend at any Mass or mail it in. Of the forms that we have received so far, 215 individuals and families have made commitments to the 4X4 campaign. That is excellent. Our calculations now are that 25% of the parish has given support to the building fund campaign in its various phases and this exceeds what research studies have reported for parish campaigns in the USA. So far, for the 4X4 campaign, we have received pledges amounting to $97,898. Of that, we have in hand $57,520. For the building project we now have a total of $2.4 million in the bank. Again, thank you so much for your support. Together we continue to build for the future of our parish.
This week I am reading…
…the second in the John Madden series by Rennie Airth. Last week I recommended the first book, River of Darkness, as an excellent classic murder mystery. His second novel, The Blood-Dimmed Tide, so far, is even better than the first.
Your in Christ,
Fr. Samuel
Thank you to everyone who has turned in your Count on Me pledge forms. If you have not yet done so, you can simply put it in the collection this weekend at any Mass or mail it in. Of the forms that we have received so far, 215 individuals and families have made commitments to the 4X4 campaign. That is excellent. Our calculations now are that 25% of the parish has given support to the building fund campaign in its various phases and this exceeds what research studies have reported for parish campaigns in the USA. So far, for the 4X4 campaign, we have received pledges amounting to $97,898. Of that, we have in hand $57,520. For the building project we now have a total of $2.4 million in the bank. Again, thank you so much for your support. Together we continue to build for the future of our parish.
This week I am reading…
…the second in the John Madden series by Rennie Airth. Last week I recommended the first book, River of Darkness, as an excellent classic murder mystery. His second novel, The Blood-Dimmed Tide, so far, is even better than the first.
Your in Christ,
Fr. Samuel