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Today's Reading and Reflection
Tuesday, May 21
9:30 a.m. Teach Me to Pray
3:15 p.m. Children’s Choir
7:00 p.m. 8th Grade Graduation
Wednesday, May 22
6:00 a.m. Yoga Fitness
9:30 a.m. Tai Chi
1:00 p.m. Rosary Making
6:30 p.m. Teach Me to Pray
6:30 p.m. Women’s Guild
7:00 p.m. Outreach Meeting
Thursday, May 23
7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts
7:00 p.m. Legion of Mary
7:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal
8:00 p.m. Finance Council
Saturday, May 25
7:00 a.m. Yoga Fitness
9:00 a.m. Bible Study
9:30 a.m. Tai Chi
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Pastor's Note
This
weekend we are celebrating confirmation with our eighth graders. We
should be overjoyed for them as they receive the gifts of the Holy
Spirit and are invited to live their faith in a deeper, more public way.
If any group needs the power of the Holy Spirit, it is our young people
who are growing up in a culture that is less Christian every year. They
are surrounded by other young people who do not believe and do not
practice their faith.
In 2005 the National Study of Youth and Religion was conducted. It was
the most ambitious study of American teenagers and religion ever
conducted. They gave extensive interviews to more than 3,300 American
teenagers. The study involves a longitudinal aspect for 2,500 of them,
so more data should continue to flow from this study. Let me share with
you some of the highlights that have been published so you can see why
our young parishioners need the Holy Spirit now more than ever:
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