THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

"Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have." And as he said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. (Sunday’s Gospel)

The last days of KidsRelig are this coming week (April 24, 25 & 26), except for First Communion Rehearsals for our Second Graders (see below). And in these last days, we put flesh and bones on Jesus by gathering in his name to celebrate and sacrifice at the

KidsRelig Annual Funraiser

               • Pizza & Soda for the Middlers


               • Ice Cream Sundaes & Lemonade for the Elementaries


               • Games on the lawn (we have placed an order for sunshine)

That’s the celebration part. The sacrifice is this. Every year, we choose two service organizations (one local and one international) for which we raise funds. This year, we are raising funds for

• Desda’s Grate, a home in New Rochelle for single mothers in need of housing, social, educational and employment support. Desda’s Grate was founded and is directed by Sr. Mary Alice Hanon, OP.


• The Catalyst Foundation (a CNN Freedom Project) helps families in Vietnam break out of the cycle of poverty, which has condemned them to living on their pickings from garbage dumps and victimized them at the hands of human traffickers of children.

$$$ HOW WE RAISE THE MONEY $$$

• MIDDLERS: A couple of Middlers will be in the parking lot when parents come to pick up on Tuesday and Thursday. The kids will have brown bags marked “FUNRAISER.” If parents could throw a couple of dollars in the bags, we would all appreciate it. A few of the teachers and I will be in the parking lot to supervise.

• ELEMENTARIES: Under the front portico, there will be a row of brown bags, all marked with teachers’ names. When parents come to pick up, we ask that they throw a couple of dollars in the bag marked with the name of their child’s teacher. (Although we will have been outside, the kids will be called back to the classrooms for dismissal, so that we can check them off before leaving with their parent.)

The kids have been asked to do one thing to prepare for the Annua Funraiser--pray for good weather.

FIRST COMMUNION NEWS

• Rehearsals for First Communion will be May 1, 3, 8 and 10, at 3:45 to 4:45 pm. There is NO BUS TRANSPORTATION on those days. Tuesday Rehearsals (5/1, 8) are for the 9:30 Mass & Thursday Rehearsals (5/3, 10) are for the 11:30 Mass.

• First Communion: May 12, 9:30 & 11:30

Love,

Deacon Charlie