Join us June 17th-20th! We will once again be offering VBS at Sacred Heart and St. Malachy for children entering PreK-4th grade. Sacred Heart: 8:45am-Noon, St. Malachy: 5-7pm. Cost: Free Will Donation. Register on the parish website. Volunteers are needed. Please let us know if you can help!
“Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.” (H. Jackson Brown, Jr.) “Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.” (St. John Chrysostom)
Silvio Jose Baez, Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua, has attempted to shepherd the Catholic Church in a country that is the second poorest in the Western Hemisphere.
With such a brief interlude from the ending of Christmas season (with Epiphany) to Ash Wednesday this week, we’ve had little to consider our efforts of renewal these upcoming forty days.
We are creating an email group for individuals wishing to receive more faith-based information via email. This could be Novenas, ways to grow in faith, video series for specific times in the Liturgical year (Lent/Advent), etc. Emails would be limited to an additional 2-3 emails per month. Click the image to add your email to the list.
We now have a page devoted to all things Lent. Find our Stations of the Cross, Fish Fry dinners, and all our Holy Week Services. Click here or find it under the Prayer tab.
Please see the attached information for the revised retreat schedule. The time frame will be 12-5 pm, later than planned for our original date. We are so glad that our youth will be able to be a part of our parish mission with Eucharistic Revival speaker Anthony Digmann in addition to hearing from our Sioux City friends Fred & Kara from Draw Near. Please see the attached flier. This is a part of our Confirmation program and 9th and 10th graders, but 11th and 12th graders are welcome to attend too!
St. Malachy's Knights of Columbus Fish Fry's: February 16th & 23rd, March 8th & 22nd. Serving times: 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm. Carryout available. More details to come! **Dessert donations needed! If willing/able to help, please fill out the form in the pews at church. Leave in pew or return in collection basket.**
With all the activities and gatherings and preparations culminating this weekend—with a deep breath and pause to receive the peace of that holy night in Bethlehem—I extend a sincere thank you on behalf of Ascension Parish.
“The church is not a theological classroom. It is a conversion, confession, repentance, reconciliation, forgiveness and sanctification center, where flawed people place their faith in Christ, gather to know and love him better, and learn to love others as he designed.”