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STATIONS OF THE CROSS ​will be held this Friday, March 30, at 3 p.m. in the church. All are welcome. FAST AND ABSTINENCE ~ Good Friday is a day of fasting (limiting the consumption of food) and abstinence (refraining from eating meat). Therefore, all Catholics, 14 years of age and older are obliged to refrain from eating meat. All Catholics who are 18 years of age but not yet 59 are obliged to fast on Good Friday. By retaining these traditions for our Diocese, we do not intend that they be interpreted as laws binding under pain of sin, but as customs from which we will not hold ourselves lightly excused. PARISH OFFICE CLOSED ~ The Parish Office will be closed on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Monday following Easter. There will be services on those days. HOLY THURSDAY ~ Mass of the Lord’s Supper will be on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. The church will remain open for adoration until 10:00 p.m. GOOD FRIDAY ~ The Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord will begin at 7:00 p.m. EASTER VIGIL AND SUNDAY ~ The Easter Vigil is scheduled for after sunset, so this year it will be on Saturday evening at 8:00 p.m. We will have the regular Mass schedule on Easter Sunday: 8:00, 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. REHEARSALS ~ There will be a rehearsal for participants in the Holy Thursday liturgy on Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. in the church. The rehearsal for the Good Friday service will be on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. There will be a rehearsal on Saturday at 11 a.m. for the participants in the Easter Vigil. LENTEN RICE BOWLS ~ Your donation will be accepted at the Holy Thursday Mass. If you can’t attend that Mass, you may place your donation in any offertory or drop it off at the parish office. We will share our parish almsgiving with our sister parish in Mexico and send the remaining half to Catholic Relief Services. If you would like to issue a check for the total collected instead of handing in a box of coins, that would be appreciated.  Just be sure to note "rice bowl" in the memo line.  Thank you for your generosity. . 

STATIONS OF THE CROSS ​will be held this Friday, March 23, at 2 and 7 p.m. in the church. All are welcome. LENTEN RECONCILIATION SERVICE ~ This year the Lenten Reconciliation Service for the local parishes will be held on Tuesday evening, March 20 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Matthews Church, Voorheesville. All are welcome. LENTEN RICE BOWLS ~ We encourage you to continue to use your Rice Bowl throughout Lent to put aside money for those in need. We will share our parish almsgiving with our sister parish in Mexico and send the remaining half to Catholic Relief Services. We will be happy to  accept your contribution at any time during Lent, and if you would like to issue a check for the total collected instead of handing in box of coins, that would be appreciated.  Just be sure to note "rice bowl" in the memo line.  Thank you for your generosity. WELCOME NEW PARISHIONERS: Erika and Michael Russo and their children, Owen and Zoey and Jennifer; Brian Buchanan and their daughter, Nola; Carol-Ann and James Bedford and Brian and Marjorie Shields. FAST AND ABSTINENCE ~ Good Friday is a day of fasting (limiting the consumption of food) and abstinence (refraining from eating meat). As a sign of our penance, the Diocese of Albany also preserves the custom of not eating meat on the Fridays of Lent. Therefore, all Catholics, 14 years of age and older are obliged to refrain from eating meat on the Fridays of Lent. All Catholics who are 18 years of age but not yet 59 are obliged to fast on Good Friday. Fasting refers to the quantity of food eaten. Traditionally, fasting allows for eating only one full meal per day. Two additional, smaller meals may be eaten and there is no eating in between meals. By retaining these traditions for our Diocese, we do not intend that they be interpreted as laws binding under pain of sin, but as customs from which we will not hold ourselves lightly excused. LOST AND FOUND ~ Last Friday at the 2 p.m. Stations of the Cross one of our STA school girls found a small, silver Eifel tower charm in one of the pews. If it’s yours please see Father Berberian. . 

STATIONS OF THE CROSS ​will be held the Fridays of Lent. at 2 and 7 p.m. in the church. All are welcome. LENTEN RECONCILIATION SERVICE ~ This year the Lenten Reconciliation Service for the local parishes will be held on Tuesday evening, March 20 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Matthews Church, Voorheesville. All are welcome. LENTEN RICE BOWLS ~ We encourage you to continue to use your Rice Bowl throughout Lent to put aside money for those in need. We will share our parish almsgiving with our sister parish in Mexico and send the remaining half to Catholic Relief Services. We will be happy to  accept your contribution at any time during Lent, and if you would like to issue a check for the total collected instead of handing in box of coins, that would be appreciated.  Just be sure to note "rice bowl" in the memo line.  Thank you for your generosity. WELCOME NEW PARISHIONERS ~ Chelsea and Thomas Moore and their children, Kiernan and Thomas; Beth McCrea and Patti and Lou Corsi.

ABSTINENCE ~ As a sign of our penance, the Diocese of Albany preserves the custom of not eating meat on the Fridays of Lent. Therefore, all Catholics, 14 years of age and older are obliged to refrain from eating meat on the Fridays of Lent STATIONS OF THE CROSS ​will be held with the children of St. Thomas the Apostle School on the Fridays of Lent, at 2 p.m. (in the church); there will also be Stations of the Cross at 7 p.m. (also in the church). All are welcome. LENTEN RECONCILIATION SERVICE ~ This year the Lenten Reconciliation Service for the local parishes will be held on Tuesday evening, March 20 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Matthews Church, Voorheesville. All are welcome. LENTEN RICE BOWLS ~ We encourage you to continue to use your Rice Bowl throughout Lent to put aside money for those in need. Please see detailed information under "Creation Care Team" in this week's bulletin. We will be happy to  accept your contribution at any time during Lent, and if you would like to issue a check for the total collected instead of handing in box of coins, that would be appreciated.  Just be sure to note "rice bowl" in the memo line.  Thank you for your generosity. .