Third Sunday of Lent: Nuture
Growth (Luke 13:1-9)
A fig tree doesn’t live up to its name if it produces no figs. The
gardener offers the tree one more year of ultra-special care to see if
there’s any hope for fruit. Locate a fruitless corner of your life.
Smother it with attention.
Chrism Mass
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Thunder Bay, Thursday, March
25, 7 p.m. Sacred oils will be blessed and distributed for parish use
throughout the diocese. Clergy will renew their commitment to ministry.
Chief celebrant: Bishop Fred Colli. Everyone welcome.
Parish Mission
"Burning Bridges and Building Bridges," St.
Peter’s Parish, 615 Connolly St., Thunder Bay. Monday, March 15: Deacon
Armand Danis. Tuesday, March 16: Dale Lane. Wednesday, March 17: Debbie
DeBruyne. Thursday, March 18: Msgr. Pat Stilla. Mission begins at 7 p.m.
each evening. For more information, call (807) 623-8106.
Lenten Mission
Lent is a time for personal growth, a time to listen to
God, and time for spiritual refreshment and invigoration. Leader: Msgr.
Pat Stilla. Monday, March 15, 7 p.m. and Tuesday, March 16, 7 p.m.
Confessions to follow each evening. Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church,
415 W. Victoria Ave., Thunder Bay.
Parish Mission
St. Dominic’s Parish, 130 Redwood Ave., Thunder Bay.
Monday, March 22: Msgr. Pat Stilla; Tuesday, March 23: Msgr. Pat Stilla;
Wednesday, March 24: Fr. Maurizio Maifredi; Friday, March 26: Bishop Fred
Colli. Each evening will begin at 7 p.m. and feature Mass with a mission
talk. Confessions to follow. Each evening will conclude with a social time
and refreshments in the parish hall.
"A Beautiful Italian
Evening"
St. Anthony’s Church, 123 Hilldale Rd., Saturday,
March 27. Symposium, 6 p.m.; dinner 6:30 p.m. Six course dinner including
home made specialty dishes. Tickets: $50. Hosted by St. Anthony’s Parish
CWL to support Northern Cancer Research. Call Mary at the parish office
for more information (807) 768-1878.
Models Wanted
For the Beautifully Modest Fashion Show & Silent
Auction to be held at Pope John Paul II School, 205 S. Franklin St.,
Thunder Bay, on Saturday, March 27, 7 p.m. If interested, please call
Francisco Gomez (807) 472-1668; fjgomezj@lakeheadu.ca.
In support of Thunder Bay Right to Life.
Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner
St. Patrick’s Day festival. Sunday, March 14, 5:30
p.m. St. Andrew’s Church Saunders Hall, 292 Red River Rd., Thunder Bay.
Wear some green and prepare for an evening of good food, friends and fun!
Tickets: $15; children, under five years old, free. Call (807) 345-5202.
Pickerel Fish Fry
Hosted by Knights of Columbus Council #1447. Columbus
Centre, 301 S. May Street, Thunder Bay. Sunday, March 28. First sitting:
5:15 p.m. Second sitting: 6:30 p.m. Adults, $15. Children, 12 years old
and under, $12. Tickets available at the Columbus Centre.
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