Bulletin February 9, 2014

All Souls Saturdays: The first of the 5 Memorial Saturdays dedicated to prayer for the Faithful Departed occurs this year on February 22nd. Please note on the “All Souls” envelopes any additions or corrections to your list of departed family members. Please submit all names by next Sunday, February‚ 16th, for inclusion in this year’€™s Hramoty.

Fast/Abstinence: Most Fridays throughout the year are designated as days of penance — abstinence from meat or an equivalent penance. This Friday (February 14th), however, is one of the “exempt”€ or “fast-free” Fridays. We are dispensed from fasting during this week in order to avoid the kind of hypocritical and proud fast of the Pharisee who vainly praised himself for fasting twice a week.

Cheesefare Sunday:

  • Cheesefare Sunday is just three weeks from today (March 2nd). As in the past, we will gather for lunch following the Divine Liturgy and then celebrate Vespers which liturgically
    ushers in the Great Fast.
  • In preparation for this parish event, I request your help on Saturday, March 1st, following the Divine Liturgy (at about 10:00 AM). There will be some light cleaning and ordering, Social Hall set-up, and a bit of food prep. We should be finished quite early if a sufficient number of volunteers respond.
  • Plan on staying for the Divine Liturgy, lunch and Vespers on Cheesefare Sunday. Please bring a cold dish, finger foods, hors d’oeuvres, crudités, or a sweet, gooey, decadent dessert for a pre-Lenten treat (in order to cut down on preparation work and clean up, we will stick
    to cold dishes such as salads, sandwiches, etc.).

Food For The Needy: Please keep in mind that food collections are not limited to the holiday seasons. Donations of non-perishable food items are needed year round to assist our neighbors in need.

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