Ash Wednesday (March 2) Mass Schedule
8:15 am, Our Lady of the Rosary, Mass
12:10 pm, St. Matthias, Mass
3:30 pm, OLR, Ash Distribution Service
7:00 pm, St. James of the Valley, Mass
7:00 pm, St. Matthias, Spanish Mass
First Communion
First Communion will be celebrated in our region on the following dates:
Saturday, April 30, 1:00 pm at St. Matthias (SPANISH)
Saturday, April 30, 4:30 pm at St. James of the Valley (ENGLISH)
Sunday, May 1, 11:30 am at Our Lady of the Rosary (ENGLISH)
***Attention: These dates are different from the previously published date of Divine Mercy Sunday***
If your child is old enough to receive First Communion (seven or eight years old), please plan on attending the three First Communion Preparation evenings, as well as the one day retreat. The schedule for these is as follows:
March 7 - 7:00pm at Our Lady of the Rosary
March 21- 7:00pm at St. James
April 4 - 7:00pm at Our Lady of the Rosary
April 9 - 11:00am-3:00pm retreat at St. James
We look forward to working with you and your children to prepare everyone for this beautiful milestone of Faith in the life of your family. Know of our prayers for you all, and if there is anyone you know who might miss this information, please be sure to pass it along so that all our young people can celebrate the Sacrament together.
WWPR Lenten Mission
Please join us for this year’s Lenten Mission presented by the Holy Family School of Faith. John Leyendecker and Dave Staples will present at OLR every Tuesday evening of Lent (March 8, 15, 22, 29, April 5, 12) at 7:00 pm. Building on
their 2019 talks on the interior life, this year’s focus will be on Mission and Evangelization. We hope to see you there as we work towards a deeper sense of
participation in the mission of the Church.
WWPR Fish Fry 2022
Our Lady of the Rosary
Fridays, March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8
Drive-thru only, 5:30-7:00 pm
Price: $8.00 (prices subject to change), credit cards accepted
Menu: Fried cod sandwich with choice of bread,coleslaw, and fresh cut fries
Sign-ups for volunteers will be available after Mass in the coming weeks. If you would like to sponsor the OLR Fish Fry, you can mail a check to the parish office or place a check in the collection basket at Mass (please label contributions with “OLR Fish Fry.”) We can’t wait to serve you!
St. James of the Valley
Friday, March 25, Drive-thru only, 5–7:30 pm
Price: $9.00 adult, $5 Children under 12, (prices subject to change)
Meal Train for Our Priests
Just a reminder that everyone is welcome to sign up for the meal train to provide a dinner for our priests! Dinner delivery is Tuesdays at OLR during office hours (9-3). There are plenty of spaces available throughout the months of February, March, and April. Please see the meal train website for details and instructions.
https://mealtrain.com/lzgwrm
CORAM Inglés Básico/Basic English Adult ESL
On Monday, February 7, CORAM Inglés Básico/Basic English Adult ESL restarted at the OLR school building. We still need an army of SafeParish trained volunteers to make these classes a success. If you would like to volunteer or know someone who would like to help, please don’t hesitate to share the signup genius link with them.
No Spanish required to volunteer.