MARCH, 2009

Dear Member,

Our next monthly mass and breakfast meeting is scheduled for Sunday, MARCH 8, 2009. Mass will be celebrated at 8:30am in the upper church. All are welcome to attend. Please use the front pews, which will be reserved for our Holy Name Society.

After mass is ended, we shall have a very informative and enjoyable business meeting in our school auditorium, at about 9:30am. Hot coffee, juice, tea, hot chocolate, buns and rolls will be served! All are welcome!
 

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  Saint Patrick is the Patron Saint of our Archdiocese of New York. We honor him with the world renowned parade that occurs on 5^th Avenue in New York City. We also celebrate his feast through various prayer services and social gatherings this time of year. Let us remember that Patrick was a man of great faith, inspired by God to bring the Word of Christ to a pagan people on a lonely outpost island of Europe in the Dark Ages. He is remembered in his use of the tiny shamrock, a three-leafed plant native to Irish soil, in his illustration of the trinity of God. “St. Patrick, Pray for us!”

St Frances de Chantal Parish Concert Series – Our St Frances Parish concert of Irish and Italian music, celebrating the feast days of St Patrick and St Joseph, will be Sunday March 22nd at 3:00pm! All are invited, admission is free.

NOCTURNAL ADORATION SOCIETY – Our next all-night adoration will be on First Friday, March 6^th.  We invite any reader of this newsletter, if you are not already a member of this society, to join. Each First Friday evening of adoration starts with 8pm mass and ends with the 8am mass on Saturday morning. If you have any questions, please give a phone call to Pat Lynch (718 931-321) or email him at patricklynch245@optonline.net. 

“PARISH MEN’S RETREAT” –I   is the weekend of Friday, April 17^th through Sunday, April 19^th, at the Passionist Spiritual Center in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.  More information will be available about this year’s program at this Sunday’s Holy Name meeting. 

“PARISH CEILI” – This great evening of fun for all the family, in commemoration of St. Patrick’s Day, will be on Saturday, March 21st^th, 7pm to 11pm, in our School Auditorium (2962 Harding Ave). Music will be provided by John Nolan, Linda Hickman and Keith Samut. The “MC” and Dance caller will be Mary Holt-Moore! Admission is $15 for adults, children (under 14) are $1, Students (HS/College) are $5 each. Coffee, Tea, Cakes, Scones and Irish Soda Bread will be provided. Get your dancing shoes on for a terrific night.  ALL PARISHIONERS are cordially invited!

“INSPIRATION”         "St. Patrick's Breast-Plate"

Christ protect me today
Against every poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against death-wound,
That I may receive abundant reward.

Christ with me, Christ before me,
Christ behind me, Christ within me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ at my right, Christ at my left,
Christ in the fort,
Christ in the chariot seat,
Christ in the poop [deck],
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks to me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.

I bind to myself today
The strong virtue of an invocation of the Trinity,
I believe the Trinity in the Unity
The Creator of the Universe.

BLESSED BE GOD, BLESSED BE HIS HOLY NAME"
Yours in Christ,

            Joseph March (President),            Theresa Chirinos (Vice president),
            John Quinn (Secretary),                 John Connolly (Treasurer)