Sunday Family A session for February 1 has been postponed due to weather

Sunday Family A session and Sunday preschool, originally scheduled for tommorrow, February 1 has been postponed due to worsening weather conditions.

Session A will meet next Sunday, February 8 in a double session.  Both A and B will meet next Sunday, February 8.

Confirmation Meeting on Sunday, February 1 has been delayed due to weather

The Confirmation Meeting for 8th grade (and older) youth and their parents and sponsors for Sunday, February 1 has been postponed due to worsening weather conditions.

Parents and youth (and sponsors), please plan on attending one of the following Confirmation meetings:
Wednesday,  February 4 at 6:30 p.m. or Sunday, February 8 at 3 p.m. in the Parish Activities Center (PAC).

Is there a Snow Day this Sunday, February 1?

What happens if the snow comes in as predicted for tomorrow, Sunday, February 1?

Watch this space...just in case, we're planning alternative dates for our Sunday activities...and will be watching the weather....and will let you know...

Ellen Ward
ward@stfrancisa2.org

All Confirmation Candidates: Sunday, January 11 at 2 p.m.

St. John Paul’s Theology of the Body:  For High School Youth and all Confirmation Candidates, and Middle School (grades 7 & 8):  Sunday, January 11 (2 p.m.-4:50 p.m.) in the Parish Activities Center

In  1979, Pope John Paul II begin a series of Wednesday audiences about the Catholic vision of the human person and love between spouses.  133 Wednesdays later, the Pope had completed a well developed but not quite yet understood philosophy on a sacramental view of all of life, especially relationships.  30 years later, the world has begun to revisit what is now considered a masterpiece where matter, creation, the body, everything in the universe is a metaphor for communicating something about God.  Our relationships reflect the love of a personal God for us and not simply a legal view of rules.  The theology of the body, matter and spirit, created and valued by God, is a beautiful Catholic vision of life.

We will be exploring this masterpiece , John Paul’s Theology of the Body, especially for 8th grade and High School Youth.  This workshop is diocesan led.  All Confirmation candidates, please set aside:

Sunday, January 11

2 p.m.—4:50 p.m.  (all Confirmation Candidates)

(High School youth are invited for the 3p.m.-4 p.m. talk)

In the Parish Activities Center (PAC)

For more information, please contact Ellen Ward at ward@stfrancisa2.org or 734-476-5640 (cell).

Have a Joyous Christmas!

Thank you for the many blessings you have given this year through your kind words, mighty deeds, and loving commitment to sharing and living out your faith with the St. Francis of Assisi Parish community.  Have a blessed Advent and Joyous Christmas!

St. Nick and Homemade Donuts: Sunday, December 21

If your plans include attending the 8:30 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. Masses on Sunday, December 21, then stop by the Parish Activities Center (PAC) for:

A Visit from St. Nicholas (with a small gift for the children)

and homemade donuts, courtesy of John and Cici Miller (our bakers)

A Blessed Advent!

St. Nicholas this morning after the 8:30 a.m. Mass!

Important Religious Education Class & Sacramental Dates

Sacramental Dates (for Religious Education & St. Francis school children):

Upcoming Confirmation (8th grade) meetings:  Sunday, September 21 at 3 p.m. or Wednesday, September 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Activities Center (PAC)

The Celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation:  Sunday, June 7 at 2:30 p.m.

Upcoming First Reconciliation parent & child meeting:  Sunday, October 5 at 3 p.m. or Wednesday, October 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Activities Center (PAC).

The Celebration of First Reconciliation (also called Confession or Penance):  Saturdays, January 10 & 17 ( 9 a.m.-12 noon)

The Celebration of First Holy Eucharist (Communion):  Saturday/Sunday, April 25/26

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RE Class Dates:

Family Religious Education Sunday A 2014-15 dates are: 
September 21, October 5 & 19, November 2 & 16, December 7, January 4 & 18, February 1 (& 15), March (1 & 15) & 29, April 12, and May 3.

Sunday Preschool 10:30 a.m. classes begin September 21.

Toddlers & 2s (nursery, during the 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Masses) begin Sunday, September 21.

Family Religious Education Sunday B 2014-15 dates are: 
September 28, October 12 & 26, November 9 & 23, December 7, January 11 & 25, February 8 (& 22), March 8 & 22 & 29 April 19, and May 3.

Monday 4:30 p.m. RE classes begin September 29 with a parent and child gathering in the Parish Activities Center (PAC)

Wednesday 6:30 p.m. RE classes begin October 1 with a parent and child gathering in the PAC.