I am very disappointed to announce the cancellation of the Lenten Retreat that was scheduled for next weekend, April 8-10 at St. Dominic Savio in Bass Lake. It was due to a total lack of interest. Only three people expressed an interest, and thus I felt that we had to cancel. There will be a one day Day of Recollection on Saturday, April 9th at our Church and Retreat Center in Bass Lake for the RCIA Elect, their godparents and sponsors, and for the Confirmation students preparing for Confirmation this May 15th at Our Lady of the Sierra Parish. If you would like to join this Day of Recollection, please call the office. I want to thank the committee who planned a wonderful weekend: Wayne St. John who was to be chef of the weekend, Deacon Ernie who was to help with reflections, Virginia Molloy, Kevin Jonas, Barbara Ross, and all others who assisted in planning. We pray that we might all continue to grow in our spiritual journey this Lent.
Next weekend (April 8-10) we will welcome Father Kim from Korea who will be visiting the Allen Family and will be staying at the parish house in Bass Lake and presiding at the 9:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday April 10th.
We again congratulate those members of the RCIA, the Elect: Danielle and Chuck and the Candidates for Continuing Conversion: De and Donna all of whom were presented to Monsignor Cotta, our Diocesan Administrator, at St. Anthony of Padua Church last Monday evening at the Rite of Election ceremony. Danielle and Chuck will be baptized, confirmed and receive their first Eucharist at the Easter Vigil. De and Donna will be making their Professions of Faith, confirmed and are receiving their first Eucharist also at the Easter Vigil. Matt and Sara from Southern California will be joining them. We are so proud of their spiritual journey.
De from our RCIA program has become involved in the running of our Parish Store, and will henceforth be the coordinator of the store. We will be announcing the store hours in the coming weeks. Should you be interested in helping De, please call the parish office.
On Sunday, April 17th, we celebrate Passion Sunday of the Lord's Passion and thereafter Holy Week. The schedule for Holy Week will be published in next weekend's bulletin and an Easter Letter will be sent to every registered parishioner. The celebration of the Sacred Triduum (The liturgy which begins on Holy Thursday, continues through Good Friday and culminates on Holy Saturday with the celebration of the Great Easter Vigil) is the celebration of our highest holy days. Make plans to come and celebrate these sacred days with us. Also pass the news to other Catholics who we might not see regularly and to those who might be visiting the mountains those days. Fr. Mike
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