NEW YOUTH CHOIR DEBUTS

A Youth Choir debuted at St. Anne Chapel on St. Thomas at
Sunday Mass on February 19. Celina Edwards, Kristi
Greaux, Andrea Magras, Danielle Olive, Gabrielle Quetel
and Christina Show sang "Servant Song" as the post­
communion meditation hymn.

SEMINARIAN BIRTHDAY

Seminarian Ernesto Rodriguez celebrated his thirty-ninth
birthday with parishioners of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Church on St. John on February 22.

RENEWAL OF VOWS

Rodolfo Jacobs and Laurie Thomas-Jacobs celebrated
twenty-five years of marriage by renewing their vows before
Fr. Cecil Corneille at St. Joseph Church on St. Croix on
February 22.

ST. JOHN CALENDAR

SPANISH DAY OF RECOLLECTION

Seminarian Ernesto Rodriguez will lead a Lenten Day of
Recollection in Spanish at Cinammon Bay on Sunday,
April 2, beginning at 9:00 a.m. and concluding with
Mass at Our Lady ofMt. Carmel Church at 5:00 p.m.

PENANCE SERVICE

Fr. Troy Schuster will lead a Penance Service at Our
Lady of Mt. Carmel Church on Monday, April 3,
beginning with Mass at 7:00 p.m.

DISCIPLES IN MISSION

Disciples in Mission, a faith-sharing and evangelization
series, meets in English and in Spanish at Our Lady of
Mt. Carmel Church on Tuesday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m.

BREAKFAST WITH THE PASTOR

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church hosts a pot luck
breakfast on April 7 and all First Fridays after the 7:00
a.m. Mass.

SACRIFICE SUPPER

As a Lenten sacrifice, forego your usual supper and
instead share homemade soup, bread and fellowship at
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church on Friday, April 7, at
6:00 p.m.

HOLY HOUR/STATIONS OF THE CROSS

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church will have a bilingual
First Friday Holy Hour with Exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament, Stations of the Cross and Benediction on
April 7 at 6:30 p.m., followed by Mass at 7:30 p.m.

PALM SUNDAY PROCESSION

On Palm Sunday, April 9, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Church joins Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church
and St. Ursula Episcopal Church in an ecumenical
procession from the National Park to the respective
churches at 9:00 a.m.

DIVINE MERCY

The Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be prayed at Our
Lady of Mt. Carmel Church on St. John on Divine
Mercy Sunday, April 23, at 3:00 p.m., followed by Mass
and Benediction with the Blessed Sacrament.
Confessions will be heard beginning at 2:30 p.m.

HEALING MASSES

A priest lays on hands for physical, spiritual, emotional
and psychological healing at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Church on Fridays at the 8:30 a.m. Mass. On First
Fridays, that Mass is at 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. A
Healing Service in Spanish will be on Monday, April 24,
after the 7:00 p.m. Mass.

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