Click on the news event to hear a blessed Palm Sunday message. It can't replace being together physically as a faith community, but we will stay together spiritually. We hope everybody is safe and healthy. Keep the prayers going.

"To protect creation…is to bring the warmth of hope."

Remember that Our Holy Week Services have been canceled until further notice. The April 5 Bulletin is available on the bulletins page. Click on the news link to see this week's update.

Food Drive Thursday April 2, 1 pm-2 pm in St. Thomas Church Parking Lot. CLICK ON THE NEWS ITEM TO SEETHE DETAILS OF THE LATEST UPDATES

Even with events cancelled by COVID-19 precautions , we can still care for creation at home

Take part online: March 28, 2020, 8:30 PM

Together we filled Ted’s truck and our van with supplies! Thank you all for sharing HOPE & MAKING A DIFFERENCE! Tracie Killar Director of the Café who is pictured here with Ted Witting St. Thomas volunteer THANKS YOU! Blessings to you and those you love! Stay WELL! PRAY! And WE will be in touch with our next outreach activity!

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Yesterday, Pope Francis held his Wednesday morning General Audience at 9:30 am in the Library of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace – a different location than his normal spot in Saint Peter’s Square because of the coronavirus. At the end of his address, he made an appeal by the Italian Bishops global and urged the Faithful the world over to pray the Rosary with him at the same time today (Thursday March 19th) for protection against the coronavirus. “I make my own the appeal of the Italian Bishops who in this health emergency have promoted a moment of prayer for the whole country. Every family, every faithful, every Religious Community, all united spiritually tomorrow at 9:00 pm for the recitation of the Rosary, with the Mysteries of Light. I will accompany you from here.” Pope Francis said that through this worldwide Rosary on the Feast of Saint Joseph we ask the Early father of Christ to guard our families, the sick, and all those taking care of the sick amidst the global pandemic. Mary, Mother of God, Health of the Sick, leads us to the luminous and transfigured face of Jesus Christ and to His Heart. We turn to Her with the prayer of the Rosary, under the loving gaze of Saint Joseph, Custodian of the Holy Family and of our families. And we ask him to guard our family, our families, in a special way, in particular the sick and the persons taking care of the sick: the doctors, the men and women nurses, the volunteers, who risk their lives in this service.” Speaking on Saint Joseph, Pope Francis said we must always call on him in difficult times like these. “In life, in work, in the family, in joy and in sorrow, he always sought and loved the Lord, meriting Scripture’s praise as a just and wise man. Invoke him always with trust, especially in difficult moments, and entrust your existence to this great Saint.”

Mark your calendars for April 4

Our whole parish is a Creation Care Team. Let's help each other remember reusable shopping bags

In addition to announcements pertaining to Lent, we remind anyone who has outstanding Bishops Appeal pledge balances to send them in by March 15, the end of the 2019 Bishop's Appeal. Click on the news item to see complete details.

Learn recycling rules at free Bethlehem Town classes. Bethlehem Faith Communities Creation Care Team meeting: March 12

Starting March 1, 2020, plastic carryout bags are banned from distribution in New York

In addition to Lenten Announcements, we have congratulations to our newly baptized and new parishioners and a reminder to send in all pledges to the Bishop's Appeal by March 15 which ends the 2019 campaign. Finally, the new ministry schedules through May 31 have been posted to the website. Click on the news event to view all the details.

Ash Wednesday is Wednesday February 26, the beginning of Lent. The Mass and Distribution of Ashes schedule follows: 7:30 AM, 12:15 PM and 5:30 PM Click on the news link for more Lenten information.

Diocesan newspaper dedicates this year to caring for creation

Parish Office Closed - Presidents’ Day ~ The parish office will be closed on Mon., Feb. 17 in observance of the Presidents’ Day holiday. There will be no 12:15 p.m. Mass.

Chocolates? Flowers? Dinner? Choose to care for Creation and your Valentine