St. Alphonsus Catholic Church

Welcome to St. Alphonsus Parish

Year of the Priest June 2009 – June 2010

What’s New in the Parish

Upcoming Parish Lenten Activities –

Rolling Away the Stones – Adult Faith Formation with Sr. Louise Alff from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Take time this Lent for a one night presentation and allow God to touch you so that on Easter, not only Jesus’ stone, but your stones will be rolled away as well. Monday March 22 at 7:30 in the Church Narthex.

You can still jump in on our Lenten Scripture Study. We will be using the Little Rock Scripture Study series on the “Passion and Resurrection Narratives of Jesus”. Book sets are $10 and can be found in the narthex on the Lenten table. We are meeting in the narthex meeting room at 7PM on Wednesday nights except on March 24 due to Confirmation. The group will meet the next night , Thursday, March 25th.

St. Alphonsus Parish Book Club – Our next book is North of Hope by Jon Hassler. Books are available on line. There is a limited quanity available in the narthex. Discussion groups will meet later in March. Look for details of dates in the upcoming bulletins.

Stations of the Cross are every Friday during Lent at 7:30pm.

Mark you calendars for our Simple Lenten Meal on Friday, March 19 at 6:30pm in the Narthex. Let us come together to share a simple meal with prayer flollowed by Stations of the Cross at 7:30pm. Call the rectory if you would like to contribute to the meal; your home made soup

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops/Stop Abortion Funding in Health Care Reform/Protect Conscience/Ensure Affordable Health Care Coverage

By this time we hope you had a chance to read the special insert that was in the bulletin from the United States Bishops’ Conference. The bishops are asking you to please contact your congressional representatives immediately regarding health care reform. These web addresses, www.house.gov or www.senate.gov allow you to send an email message to Congress with a click of a button. The bishops have asked for our swift action and our prayers. Thank you for your help. We can help make sure that health care reform protects the lives, dignity,conscience and health of all.