6 | Easter Sunday
Sacramental preparation The Sacrament of First Eucharist is to be celebrated at St. <strong>Paul</strong> the Apostle Catholic Church on Saturday morning, April 30th at 10:30am. Students are asked to be in room B, C and D by 9:45am on that morning. The Sacrament of Confirmation is to be celebrated at St. <strong>Paul</strong> the Apostle Catholic Church on Wednesday evening, April 27th at 7pm. Students are asked to be in Fellowship Hall by 6pm on that evening. Rehearsal for the Sacrament will be Tuesday evening, April 26th at 6:30pm in Fellowship Hall. The Pre-Baptism Classes are normally held on the third Monday of each month. However, due to room availability, Holy Week, and work schedule conflicts, changes have occurred. The new class dates are: 1. There will be no April class. 2. Monday , May 16, 2011 3. Monday, June 27, 2011 4. There will be no July class. 5. Monday, August 15, 2011 The classes will take place at 7:30pm in rooms 7-8 of the Parish Life Center. Generations of Faith Join us for this final event! Sunday, May 1st at noon and 6pm Wednesday, May 4th at 6pm It is very important to <strong>com</strong>e to this final event which will wrap up the study for the year and give us direction for the future. Please join us for this exciting topic Our New Life in Christ The final GOF meal is a cookout with hot dogs, hamburgers and all the fixings. Please RSVP to Jeannine Martin at 295.4696 x225 if you can make this event. Easter Sunday SEEDS OF FAITH There is a brevity, a certain terseness, in the scripture readings for Easter Sunday. Peter’s speech in Acts is built of direct, pointed sentences. <strong>Paul</strong>’s letters are based on straightforward creed-like statements. Even the Gospel story only briefly recounts what will turn out to be one of the most remarkable events in human history— the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Advertising agents call these encapsulated points of information “bullet points.” Scripture scholars call them kerygma, or “kernels” of our faith. Actually, “kernels” or “seeds” are good terms for these statements, since throughout the Easter season, we will hear in the Acts of the Apostles, the Letters of <strong>Paul</strong> and the Gospel accounts of the days following the Resurrection, exactly how these kerygma began to flower, how they continued to grow through the life of the early church. May these Easter “seeds” of faith serve a similar purpose for us, too, so that the life of the Risen Christ will flourish in us and through our witness in the <strong>com</strong>ing days. —Corinna Laughlin, © Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co. He is Risen! Rejoice! April 24, 2011 | 7