Stations of the Cross:
Mondays, after 10 am Mass at Our Lady of Knock.
Wednesdays, 6:00pm at St John the Baptist 
Fridays, soup supper at 5:45pm,
Stations begin at 7:00pm at Sacred Heart
 
For the Week of March 24,
Confessions will be on
Mon., March 25 with Fr. Guido and Fr. Steve at Our Lady of Knock after the 10:00am Mass, 
Wed., March 27 6:00pm Penance Service,
with Fr. Steve and  visiting priests at St. John the Baptist
and 
​Fri., March 29 at Sacred Heart with visiting priest
and Fr. Steve after the 9am Mass.

BEST LENT EVER
If you're looking for something to help you get spiritually ready this coming Lent, sign up for The Best Lent Ever 
at https://dynamiccatholic.com/best-lent-ever,
for daily Lenten videos that will be automatically emailed to you starting March 6. And then, plan on joining us for a 
Best Lent Ever Discussion Group at St Mary’s (East Durham),
Tue., March 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16 at 6:00pm &
Wed., March  20, 27, April 3, 10, 17 at 10:30am. 
 

 
EARLY BULLETIN UPLOAD DATES
All announcements for April 14 Palm Sunday Bulletin are due by 9AM April 4.
All announcements for April 21 Easter Bulletin are due by 9AM April 10.
All announcements for May 5 Bulletin are due by 9AM April 23.  
Save the Dates - 2019
 Confessions before Easter - 10:30 am, March 25, 2019
Communal Penance Service - 6:00 pm, March 27, 2019
Confessions before Easter - 9:30 am, March 29, 2019
Palm Sunday - April 14, 2019
Holy Thursday - April 18, 2019
Good Friday - April 19, 2019
Holy Saturday - April 20, 2019
Easter Sunday - April 21, 2019 
The Ascension of the Lord [Thursday] - May 30, 2019
Pentecost Sunday - June 9, 2019 
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ - June 23, 2019 
 
Pope Francis' New Way to Pray!
Recently, Pope Francis launched an app called “Click to Pray,” which connects Catholics to a global network to share prayer intentions via their smartphones. “Click to Pray” allows users to post prayer intentions and view other prayer requests in six languages. After posting on the social network, one can track how many Catholics around the world have prayed for their request.
The Android and iOS app includes the pope’s monthly prayer intentions, all of the mysteries of the rosary, and daily prayers for morning, afternoon, and night. In each of these sections, users can click a box to indicate that they have completed the prayer and view how many others also prayed. Watch this space for more information on the Pope's new way to pray.
(Catholic News Agency and The Evangelist, the Albany Diocese's Newspaper)
 
​St. (Mother) Teresa of Calcutta (1910 - 1997)
The following version is credited to her and
entitled "Do it anyway" counsel: 
People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. 
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. 
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends
and some genuine enemies.  
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. 
Be honest and sincere anyway. 
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. 
Create anyway. 
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. 
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten. 
Do good anyway. 
         Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway. 
In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.
On the weekend of June 30 and July 1,
Fr. James Ebert the Vicar for Clergy read a letter from
Bishop Scharfenberger announcing the permanent barring of
Rev. Jeremiah Nunan from ministry. 
The full announcement can be viewed at the Evangelist
(the Diocese of Albany Newspaper) at   
http://evangelist.org/ 
or at the Diocesan Website 
https://www.rcda.org/
 
If you have any question please call either parish office. 
​Let us pray for all those effected by the sin sexual abuse.
 
The Albany Diocese urges anyone who as a child was
sexually abused by a Catholic priest or deacon to report the matter to law enforcement agency or to the Diocese. 
To report the incident or to seek help, please contact the Diocese's assistance coordinator, Frederick Jones at
518-453-6646 or by email at 
assistance.coordinatior@rcda.org. 
Thank you!
 
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