Our parish relies on your generosity. Your donations each year directly impact our ability to minister to those in need, to provide special programs such as Alpha and CGS, to offer small group faith studies, to maintain our buildings, and to grow our parish school. Political and economic instability, poverty, and discrimination make it difficult to live in the lands where Christ once walked. On Good Friday, March 29, there will be a special collection to support the Church of the Holy

Our parish relies on your generosity. Your donations each year directly impact our ability to minister to those in need, to provide special programs such as Alpha and CGS, to offer small group faith studies, to maintain our buildings, and to grow our parish school. This Lent, Development and Peace—Caritas Canada, the official international solidarity organization of the Catholic Church in Canada, invites you to stand with small-scale farmers and peasant communities through their Create Hope: Reaping our Rights campaign. Your generosity

Lenten Highlights Reflections & Events 3rd Lenten Sunday March 3 The Ache of Emptiness REFLECTION What was your experience as you fast? When you felt the hunger, did you compensate for it in another place? When you felt the ache and the emptiness, did you give in and promise to make up for it later? Or did you push away the ache, and just ignored it without engaging your heart? Our hearts are always trying to tell us something. And these clues lead us