“You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord

Fourth Sunday of Lent — March 30, 2014
“You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.” Ephesians 5:8
REFLECTION
ADDITIONAL CONFESSION
FAITH FORMATION REGISTRATION
REFLECCIÓN DOMINICAL
On this Fourth Sunday of Lent, sometimes called Laetareor
“Rejoice” Sunday, we have passed the halfway point of
Lent, and we rejoice and give thanks to God for having
helped us to come this far on our Lenten journey. This is a
good Sunday to take stock of how our Lenten practices are
going, and to get started if we have been delayed. How are
we doing at changing our hearts this Lenten season? Let us
pray today for God’s help and guidance along the way.
There will be an additional individual confession time on
Friday, April 4 and Friday, April 11 at 6:00 p.m.
Faith Formation registrations for the 2014-2015 year will
begin mid-April for continuing students and June for new
students. It will continue through September. All sacrament
classes are two years with First Communion starting at 1st
or 2nd grade and Confirmation starting at 7th grade. Any
questions regarding which class your child should be in,
please call the office and schedule an appointment.
En este cuarto domingo de Cuaresma, a veces llamado Laetare o “Alégrate”, hemos pasado ya la primera mitad de la
Cuaresma, y nos alegramos y damos gracias a Dios por
habernos ayudado a llegar a este momento de nuestro camino cuaresmal. Éste es un buen domingo para estudiar nuestra situación y ver cómo van nuestras prácticas cuaresmales
o empezarlas si es que se nos ha hecho tarde. ¿Cómo cambiará nuestro corazón en este tiempo de Cuaresma? Oremos
hoy para que Dios nos ayude y nos guíe en nuestro caminar.
NDS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
Our Sunday offering for the weekend of March 23
was $12,859. Thank you for your generous offering. May
your love and sacrifices be greatly rewarded.
Notre Dame School is accepting applications for Kindergarten through eighth grade for the 2014-2015 school
year. Forms are available in the school office or on our
website (notredamevacaville.org). Notre Dame School
does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, or
national/ethnic origin in admission policy or employment
practices. For more information call the school office at
(707)447-1460, office hours 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
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Fourth Sunday of Lent
Week of March 30, 2014
Theme: We are children of the Light
Question for Adults: Share how you, as a child of the light,
in the power of Christ, produce goodness, justice, and
truth for the world. What specific actions do you take to do
this?
Question for Children: What are the things that Jesus
wants you to do as his friend?
PREPARING PALMS
Join your parish community on Saturday, April 12 at 9:00
a.m. (following the 8:15 Mass) in Parish Center Meeting
Room #1 (PCMR1) to prepare palms for the Palm Sunday
services, both for decoration and distribution. Many hands
do make light work. Even if you can only give 30 minutes it
will make a difference. We plan to be done by noon. Refreshments will be provided. Any questions—call the office
at 447-2354.
SPRING TEA
LET’S CELEBRATE SPRING! Mark your calendar for May 10,
for our Fourth Annual Spring Team and Fashion Show to
be held in the Parish Center from 1-4 p.m. TREAT YOUR
LOVED ONES TO A GATHERING THEY WILL NOT FORGET.
Tickets are on sale after all the Masses. Price is $25 per
ticket or a table of six for $125. You can also purchase tickets in the office. Don’t wait until the last minute; PURCHASE NOW. We have so many beautiful things planned
for this event.! Volunteers are also needed to help on the
various committees. Please stop at our table in the Narthex to find out more.
Next weekend after each Mass Notre Dame students will
be selling coupon books to help support the school. The
books cost $20 and have coupons from over 90 merchants in Solano county. They pay for themselves many
times over! Please consider purchasing one of these valuable books to benefit the Notre Dame Community.
KITCHEN CLEANING - THANK YOU!
Many thanks to the members of our parish and to the
Knights of Columbus who recently did a spring cleaning
of our parish center kitchen. We appreciate your hard
work getting the kitchen sparkling clean!
HEALING TOWARD FORGIVENESS
Dolly Braida will be here to speak on Thursday, April 10
at 7 p.m. in PCMR1. Dolly helps people heal from abuse
and other kinds of pain that may have affected their lives
in some way, by letting go of their anger, so that they will
one day be able to forgive those who have hurt them.
Dolly shares thoughts and feelings that come from her
own experience of abuse and the steps she took to heal
her pain and let go of her anger. Hope to see you there!
FIRST COMMUNION
First Communion will be held on April 12 and May 3 at 11
a.m. in English and on April 13 at 5:00 p.m. in Spanish. Any
questions, call the office or email Josephine.
LENTEN SOUP SUPPERS
Lenten soup suppers and Stations of the
Cross continue this Friday, April 4. The soup
supper will be at 5:30 in PCMR1 (next to the
gym) followed by Stations at 7:00.
INSCRIPCIÓN DE CATECISMO
Inscripción para clases de catecismo para 2014-2015 empezará en la mitad de abril para estudiantes ya en el programa
y en junio para estudiantes nuevos. Continuará hasta septiembre. Todas las clases de sacramentos duran dos años. La
Primera Comunión empieza en primero o segundo grado y
Confirmación empieza en séptimo grado. Si tiene preguntas
por favor llame a la oficina o programe una cita.
MAINTENANCE FUND COLLECTION
PRIMERA COMUNIÓN
Due to the ONE Campaign, there will be no second collection for the Maintenance Fund until further notice.
La Primera Comunión tendrá lugar el 12 de abril y el 3 de
mayo a las 11:00 a.m. en inglés y el 13 de abril a las 5:00 p.m.
en español. Si tiene preguntas, llame a la oficina o mande un
correo electrónico a Josephine.
MINI-RETIRO PARA SEMANA SANTA
Se invita a todos a un Mini-Retiro organizado por el Sr. Luis Mendez de la Radio Santísima Sacramento. El evento será Sábado
Santo, el 19 de abril, de las 9:00 a las 12:30
en los salones de la parroquia de St. James
en Davis (1275 B Street, Davis). Habrá talleres de la llamada a la santidad para casados y de la cruz y el
sacrificio como medios de santidad. Si tiene preguntas por
favor
mande
un
correo
electrónico
a
Radio.Activo.Luis@gmail.com.
CENAS CUARESMALES
La cena cuaresmal y Estaciones del Vía Crucis continúan este
viernes, el 4 de abril. La cena será a las 5:30 en el cuarto 1 del
centro parroquial (al lado del gimnasio), seguida por las Estaciones a las 7:00.
COLECTA DE MANTENIMIENTO
Debido a la Campaña UNA, no habrá una segunda colecta
para el Fondo de Mantenimiento hasta nuevo aviso.
TÉ DE PRIMAVERA
Memorial Easter Lilies
Flowers will adorn our church during the Easter
Season this year. Please consider purchasing an
Easter Lily in memory of a loved one. Names of
loved ones and donors will be acknowledged in
the Easter Sunday bulletin. The cost is $25. Please
return this form to the Parish Office with your payment.
In Memory Of: ______________________________________
Donor Name:________________________________________
¡Celebremos la primavera! Marque su calendario: el 10 de mayo para el té y desfile de moda
que tendrá lugar en el centro parroquial de
las 1:00-4:00 p.m. Lleve a sus amados a un
evento inolvidable. Se venden boletos después de las misas. Los boletos cuestan $25
cada uno o una mesa de seis por $125. También se puede
comprarlos en la oficina. No espere hasta el último minuto.
También se necesitan voluntarios para los comités del evento.
Azucenas para la Pascua
Flores van a decorar nuestra iglesia durante la temporada de Pascua este año. Por favor piense en
comprar una Azucena para la Pascua en memoria de
un amado. Se reconocerán los nombres de los amados y de los donantes en el boletín del domingo de
Pascua. Cuestan $25. Por favor traiga este formulario a la oficina con su pagamiento.
En memoria de: ______________________________________
Nombre del donante:_________________________________