LENTEN EVENTS AT IC

STATIONS OF THE CROSS - Friday, March 22, and 29, 7:00pm.

COMMUNAL PENANCE - March 26, 7:00pm. St. Patrick, 313 N. DePeyster St., Kent OH.

CLEAN UP FOR LENT The Care Team will be collecting items in Tobin Hall for Catholic Charities March 16/17 and 23/24. Items needed: Cleaning supplies - laundry and cleaners, Hygiene Supplies - tooth care, deodorant, soaps, etc., Paper Products - toilet paper, paper towels.

TRAVELING VOCATIONS CHALICE PROGRAM The Traveling Chalice Program encourages prayers for vocations. This is a wonderful opportunity for all parishioners! Individuals or families can sign up to take home a special chalice blessed by Father Kraynak, and every day for one week take a few minutes to pray for vocations using special vocation prayer cards. The chalice is to be returned prior to the next weekend's Mass. It will be displayed in the church and then presented at the end of Mass to the individual or family who is taking it home that week. We invite you to prayerfully consider participating in the program. The program kicks off on Palm Sunday. Sign up in the sacristy for your week with the traveling chalice!

K of C"40 CANS FOR LENT" The Knights of Columbus will be conducting their "40 Cans for Lent" food drive again this year. Please bring canned goods between March 6th and April 14th. Last year the Parish helped the K of C collect 1,644 lbs. of can goods. This year they have a goal of 2,000 lbs. Please consider helping us. All donations are going to Catholic Charities.

SUPER CASH BONANZA TICKETS are on sale between now and the beginning of May. The tickets are $5.00 each and support the Ohio State Charity Foundation of the Knights of Columbus. At least half of the ticket price comes back to our Council for local charity donations. To purchase a ticket see a Brother Knight at any of the Masses.

INFANT OF PRAGUE The Infant of Prague Guild will not be meeting in March, but will resume their meetings on April 10.

25-40-50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration The Diocese of Youngtown will sponsor a Wedding Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, June 2, 2:00pm at St. Columba Cathedral in Youngstown, honoring couples observing their 25th, 40th, 50th and over wedding anniversaries in 2019. The Wedding Anniversary Celebration will include Mass with Bishop Murry, renewal of marriage vows and personalized certificate for each couple. (Following Mass there will be a reception for the couples and their families in the Cathedral Hall.) You must make reservations in advance for this event by contacting the parish office by April 29th.

2019 Annual Bishop's AppealOur parish has been asked to join together with the parishes of the Diocese of Youngstown in offering our support to this year's appeal. Our financial need is $4.2 million. Our goal this year is to reach 100% participation. Use the response card you received in the mail OR use an envelope found in your pew to respond. VOLUNTEER your time and talents to any of the ministries of the Church. Please submit a response card even if you are unable to make a gift of any dollar amount. Thank you in advance for your reflection and generous response.

St. Patrick Mission April 7-8-9Plan now to attend Parish Mission entitled "No Greater Love: Reflections on the Seven Last Words of Jesus," to be held at St. Patrick, Kent, on April 7-8-9 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. Friar Johnpaul, from Chicago, will lead us in a reflection on the seven last words of Jesus in his engaging and informative style. His storytelling and humor bring to life the message of Jesus' words to us, who are his disciples in today's world. This will be an enjoyable and faith-strengthening experience for junior high students through senior citizens. Topics such as faith and doubt, addictions and conversion, depressions and surrender, death and new life will be explored. Be sure to make our Parish Mission part of your Lenten spiritual journey this year. Come, and bring a friend or family member for an hour-and-a-half you will not soon forget!

VOCATIONS Most likely, we will never experience God speaking to us in a burning bush. But he does speak to us in the quiet of our prayer where he places in our hearts his call for us. Do you feel God calling you to serve as a priest, brother, sister or as a deacon? If so, call Father Christopher Luoni at (330) 744-8451 or by email: cluoni@youngstowndiocese.org.