February 2009 News
February 13th: Parish Valentine Dinner
at 6:00pm in O'Hagan Hall
The Sweet Adeline's Quartet wil offer entertainment.
Reservations are required - call the rectory at 234-4994.
Cost is $10.00 per person - ALL are welcome!
Lent begins February 25th.
The three-fold mission of Lent:
Prayer
Fasting
Almsgiving
Ash Wednesday:
Parish Masses at 8:00am & 5:30pm
School Prayer Service at 9:00am in the gym with distribution of ashes.
Soup Supper following 5:30pm Mass:
You are invited to participate in an Ash Wednesday soup supper.
Please drop off a tomato-based vegetarian soup in the church
dining room before Mass.
Join others following Mass for companionship and a simple,
lenten meal. Individuals and families are welcome.
Fast & Abstinence Regulations
1) Catholics who are 14 years of age or older are required to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays of Lent.
2) Catholics who are 18 to 59 years of age
are required to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
This means that only one full meal is allowed on these days,
and we may not eat between meals.
* Those with medical and other health issues are excused from these
requirements and are encouraged to substitute other acts of penance,
works of charity, and prayer.
Raise the Roof
Lenten Parish Project
Sacred Heart School & Religiouus Education families invite the entire parish to help "Raise the Roof" this lent.
We have adopted a Habitat for Humanity house located at 334 Wyoming Street that is being built for a needy family. Our goal is to provide the materials for the roof. Donations are being earned by children doing extra chores or tasks at home or for friends/relatives. Many adults are making monetary contributions as well. Please join us in this special lenten project! Donations may be placed in envelopes and dropped in the collection baskets at Mass or dropped off at the school. Please mark your envelope with "Raise the Roof Project". You may also choose to bring your donations to 5:30 Mass on Holy Thursday because the collection that day is designated for the poor. Thanks for your participation!!
There are LOTS of adult formation
and youth ministry events scheduled for January.
To catch a glimpse of what is going on in the
Waterloo area this month, click on the links below
for a listing of all offerings.
For
a complete listing of Adult
Formation Opportunities contact Dave Cushing
at 234-9912
or go to the Metro Adult Formation page of this
website OR simply click on the following link:
http://www.waterloocatholics.org/
For
a WEEKLY
listing
of adult formation opportunities,
Click
here to read this week's Bulletin Board on your
Internet browser:
www.waterloocatholics.org/adultfaith/bulletin.htm
For a complete listing of Middle
School and High School Youth Ministry activities and
offerings,
contact Kim Huff or Annie Zeets at 233-3358 Ext. 134
OR simply click on the following link:
www.WCYM.net