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Come and join us this summer for Vacation Bible School 

Beginning May 29^th, you can register your children online for this fun and popular week at the parish. Look for more information in the bulletin and on our blog.

 WHO:    Children in grades K-5

WHAT:  Five days of morning sessions from 9:00 – 12:30

WHEN:  THE WEEK OF JULY 9^TH 

WHERE: St. Edward the Confessor Church, Dana Point

COST:    $75 per child

 We need volunteers!  Middle & High School students may earn Christian service hours by helping us run this awesome program. We need adult leaders too. If interested contact:  Caitlin Malec, Coordinator.

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Registration available in late May

Imagine kids trusting God forever... the sky's the limit!

WHO: Children in grades 1-5

WHAT: Five days of morning sessions from 9:00 – 12:30

WHEN: THE WEEK OF JULY 9^TH

WHERE: St. Edward the Confessor Church, Dana Point

COST: $75 per child

We need volunteers!  Middle School and High School students may earn Christian service hours by helping us run this awesome program. We also need adult leaders so if interested, please let us know ASAP. Contact:  Caitlin Malec, Coordinator – cmalec@stedward.com

ALL ARE WELCOME ~ Look for registration information coming in late May.

First Holy Communion will be celebrated at the following dates/times. Please make a note of it!

Saturday May 5th 10:00am  

Sunday May 6th 9:00am Mass

Saturday May 12th 10:00am and 5:30pm Mass

Sunday May 13th 9:00am Mass and 12:30pm Mass

Be sure to join us tomorrow evening for Lamentations, a Reflective Prayer Service 

Good Friday, April 6th, at 7:00 pm in the Church

What is lamentation? It is a human response to pain, a crying out to God in faith until help arrives. Lamentation is found throughout Scripture and is focused on human suffering and injustice as a continuation of Christ’s suffering.

We come together to lament with anyone who is suffering from pain or loss,anyone who stands with others who are suffering, anyone who feels the pain and suffering of the world.

Our purest response is hope, love and compassion which in turn empower us to be agents of change for Christ in the transformation of the world. This will be a truly memorable evening, full of music, readings, images and places to weep over the injustices and absurdities of life. Please join us.

Mark your calendar for the next Serenity Day -Tuesday, May 1, 2012 from 8:15 until noon. Angie Lake, Teacher and Author, from Encinitas will be the presenter!

You are invited to attend a special retreat at Mater Dolorosa Retreat Center on the weekend of March 30-April 1, 2012. Join your fellow parishioners for this weekend of spiritual enrichment and growth. The Passionist retreat team offers inspirational talks on the theme, as well as time for quiet prayer, Mass, Reconciliation and Stations of the Cross.  

This year’s theme is : “CATCH THE FIRE! Responding To God’s Touch”.  Our retreat begins Friday evening with a buffet supper and concludes Sunday at 12:30 p.m.  Please contact Liz Mojica, (949) 422-1241 for information or to make your reservation. Requested donation: $195.00. A $50.00 non-refundable deposit completes registration. No one is turned away due to inability to make this donation. See www.materdolorosa.org for more information.

Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, March 7th at 7:15 P.M.

Join us every Wednesday, from 7:15 until 9:15 for Psalms: The School of Prayer, in the School Lower Lunch Room – East Side Door. Materials fees will be $25.00, for the eleven week series. This study is a part of the Great Adventure Bible Studies, which features Jeff Cavins, as the DVD presenter. The talk will be followed by small discussion groups. This is a great way to grow in your prayer life and get to know your fellow parishioners!

UPDATE MARCH 24, 2012 - THE PILGRIMAGE TO ENGLAND HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO LACK OF PARTICIPATION

Dear Fellow Parishioners;

As we move into this season of Lent, the idea of retreats, extra prayer time, refocusing our priorities, all become part of our conversations.  Another image might also come to mind: Pilgrimage.  Pilgrimage can be as simple as a walk on the beach to a journey to a faraway place.  It is something different than a tour.  There is a different set of expectations on a Pilgrimage, ones that are open to the working of the Spirit all along the way of the journey.  To hear and see things in new ways that we carry in our hearts is one of the fruits of a Pilgrimage.  Our parish is offering two opportunities for a special Pilgrimage this year 

Fr. Loc will be the priest chaplain on a Pilgrimage to Medjugorje as well as Lourdes.  This springtime pilgrimage will give pilgrims the opportunity to draw closer to the Blessed Mother in shrines that are known all over the world.  I have been to both sites many years ago and I found them to both to be places of prayer, reconciliation and profound peace. Click here to view the itinerary and registration information on Medugorje.

Later in May, Fr. Leon Hutton (Church History Professor at St. John’s Seminary) and I will be the chaplains on a Pilgrimage to England.  England?  What could there be outside of bangers and mash?  Well, there is great history of the Catholic Church in England from St. Edward the Confessor, the patron saint of our parish, to the persecution and martyrdom of many Catholics, to the Oxford Movement and to the place of Blessed John Neumann, a convert to the Catholic Faith.  A Pilgrimage should be much more than just running from site to site (remember the movie, ‘If it’s Tuesday, it must be Belgium’) but a time of considerable options that allow one to be open to the movement of the Spirit.  This is what we are hoping and planning for.

I realize that Pilgrimages like this are not cheap, but I believe they are certainly worth the investment, because they can be life changing.  If you would like more information, view the brochure here or pick up a flyer in the glass case outside the parish office.  We would love to have you  be part of the Pilgrimage experience!

Together in Christ;

Fr. Steve Sallot