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Join us for a special event: FAMILY CATECHESIS FOR LENT As part of the Faith Formation Program and the Archdioceses of New York, our Family Catechesis  is an event for all to attend. Friday, March 31st, 2023 Doors Open at 5:30 pm In the Auditorium-gym Bring the entire family to share some activities centered on The passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ A light dinner will be provided, and donations will be accepted. (see information below) The event will conclude with the Stations of the Cross Starting at 7:00 pm  “Shadow Stations of the Cross” Guided by the 7th & 8th grades. ____________________________________________________________________ FAMILY CATECHESIS FOR LENT

Two of our parishioners introduced Fr. Ron to an excellent television series from the BBC called “Broken.” It has six episodes, which illustrate the brokenness of different areas of society and the tension and frustration that this brokenness creates, not only for the persons directly involved, but for the people around them who are trying to help. This includes “Fr. Michael Kerrigan,” assigned to an urban parish in northern England, who tries to apply the principles of the Gospel to the broken systems he encounters while also struggling with the brokenness within himself. A different episode will be shown each week during Lent followed by discussion with a suggested Biblical passage appropriate to each episode and it’s topic. Week One: Suggested Bible Passage: Luke 6:20-31 This episode raises the issue of what being desperately poor can drive a person to do. WARNING: This series is not for the faint of heart and not for children! It shows the raw pain of people’s experience and contains plenty of foul language and themes of death, suicide, abuse and violence. This can be very upsetting to some people. It is never easy to look at brokenness in others, in society, or in ourselves. Viewer discretion is advised.