Our next Movie Night is scheduled for Sunday, March 7th, 2021 at 7:00 pm in St. Christopher's School gymnasium. The featured film will be "The Passion of Christ"-- Mel Gibson's masterpiece depicting the passion and death of Our Lord. Starring Jim Caviezel. Appropriate for high school students and older. Rated R for subject matter. Please sign up in the school lobby or in back of the church so we can make appropriate accommodations. For more information, please call Barbara at 845-597-5226.
Our Lady's Guild has sponsored the Lenten and Easter banners that will adorn our altar at St. Christopher's School. We thank them for their generosity.
Each Lent, Catholic families unite to put their faith into action through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Your donation to CRS Rice Bowl helps families experiencing hunger an malnutrition. Please pick up your CRS Rice Bowl in the back of the church or school on February 17th and return them at the end of Lent. You can also donate online at crsricebowl.org.
Our Holy Name Society will be hosting three take-out Fish Fry Events on the following Fridays during Lent: February 26th, March 12th and March 26th. From 5-7 pm at St. Christopher's School, 30 Benner Road, Red Hook. $15 per person ($18 for combos) and $9 for children under 12. Menu: Choice of fried cod, fried clams, or fried shrimp. All dinners include fresh cut French fries, coleslaw, dinner roll and dessert.
February 17th is Ash Wednesday, a day of Fast and Abstinence. The schedule is as follows: 9:00 am Mass in the church, 12:00 Noon Service with Ashes in the church, 6:00 pm Mass at St. Christopher's School/30 Benner Road. Have a blessed Lent!
If you have not already done so, be sure to sign up for Flocknote. This Lent we will be sharing many inspiring messages and video content from Bishop Barron that will spark your interest and renew your faith. See the Flocknote sign-up below to provide your email address and mobile phone number. It's easy and it's free!
The Alight Center would like to thank our parish for the generous donations to their 2020 Baby Bottle Drive. With your help the Alight Center has reached thousands of women since first opening it’s doors in 1991. Through their services, women have not only learned what options they have when faced with an unplanned pregnancy, but have also been equipped to make better choices for themselves and their children.
Watch the Lourdes Virtual Pilgrimage Experience on EWTN: Thursday, February 11th, 2021 at 10:30 am-- Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes and World Day of the Sick
Fr. Eloy Romero-Rojas of Cross Catholic Outreach will be visiting our parish the weekend of February 6th & 7th to speak at the Masses on behalf of the poor in developing countries. Cross Catholic Outreach was founded to create a meaningful link between parishes in America and the priests and nuns working in the Church overseas in the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Central and South America.
The clothing shed at St. Christopher's School, 30 Benner Road, which was temporarily closed due to global effects of the pandemic, has now been reopened to the public. Accepted items are clothing, shoes, belts, purses, blankets, sheets, curtains, pillowcases and stuffed animals. With over 1,300 clothing drop-off sheds in place, St. Pauly Textile Inc. collects over 90,000 pounds of clothing every day. In 2019, the company was able to help keep over 20 million articles of clothing out of landfills, which clothed an estimated 2.5 million people worldwide.
Our Lady Queen of Peace Prayer Group meets on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 pm in the church to pray for each other, our community, our country, and the world. This Holy Hour includes Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, the Rosary, and the Divine Mercy Chaplet. On the third Wednesday of the month, the hour is offered up for priests.
Watch "They Might Be Saints" on EWTN on Thursday, January 21st at 5:30 pm. This episode will be about Mother Angelina, the Foundress of the Carmelite Sisters, and part of it was filmed at St. Sylvia!
Our next Movie Night is February 7th at 7 pm in the St. Christopher school gymnasium at 30 Benner Road. The featured film will be "Little Boy": This is a heartwarming tale of hope, love and forgiveness as a little boy tries with all his might to achieve the impossible-- end World War II to bring his father home. A great movie for middle and high schoolers! Hope to see you there!
"Remain with Me: Unpacking the Teaching of Samaritanus Bonus" will premiere on the Catholic Faith Network on Monday, January 18th at 9:30 pm and will repeat throughout the week. It can also be viewed on CFN's website, www.cfntv.org. Watch this informative and enlightening offering surrounding the care of persons in the critical and terminal phases of life.
Will You Follow Jesus to Calvary? Our next Adult Faith Formation study is "No Greater Love", by Dr. Edward Sri. This course will meet on Mondays at 6:30 pm from March 1st to March 29 in the Parish Center at St. Christopher School. Please order your course materials on ascensionpress.com (No Greater Love Study Set, $24.95). Filmed on location in the Holy Land, No Greater Love is a biblical pilgrimage that reveals Christ’s amazing love for us. Best-selling author Edward Sri guides you through the last hours of Christ’s life. You will walk step-by-step with Jesus from the garden of Gethsemane to Mount Calvary. Every step of the way, Old Testament prophecies, messianic expectations, biblical symbolism, and historical context shed light on the mystery of Christ’s suffering and death. Experience a deeper understanding and appreciation of God’s immeasurable and unconditional love for you—grow closer to Jesus than you ever have before.
Our next Movie Night is Sunday, January 10th at 7:00 pm in the St. Christopher School Gym, 30 Benner Road. Our featured film is "October Baby". "October Baby" is the story of a woman named Hannah, who learns as a young adult that she is a survivor of a failed abortion attempt. She then embarks on a trip to understand the circumstances of her birth. The movie was inspired by the YouTube video chronicling the life experiences of Gianna Jensen, who is born after a failed abortion attempt. This movie is appropriate for middle schoolers and up (rated PG-13).