Job Opening
The Diocese of Saint John is currently looking for someone to fill the part-time position of Coordinator of Spiritual and Religious care at the Saint John Regional Hospital. Job description and contact information are available here.
Finance Committee
The finance meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 19th has been cancelled.
Pre-Authorized Debit
We would like to thank parishioners who have decided to sign up for our Pre-Authorized Debit (PAD) program in the last few weeks. Your assistance will help the parish lower costs and ensure that our revenue is more consistent.
For those considering switching to PAD: If you have any questions/concerns, please feel free to contact the office.
Catholicism – Episode IX
Thursday, March 14th, 7pm in the Saint Joachim’s Parish Center
“THE FIRE OF HIS LOVE: PRAYER AND THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT”
In this lesson, Father Barron explores Catholic spirituality, which is centered on prayer. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “Prayer is the lifting up of the mind and the heart to God.”
On pilgrimage to the places where the great saints and spiritual masters lived, Father Barron explores the different types of prayer: contemplation; adoration; petition; and intercession. In telling the stories of Catholics like Thomas Merton, St. Theresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, Fr. Barron demonstrates how the human person can be transformed through prayer that manifests a deep, spiritual commitment centered in Christ.
Cursillo
Monthly Ultryea will be held tonight, Thursday, March 7th, 7:30pm at St. Joachim’s. Please use main church entrance.
Catholicism – Episode VIII
Thursday, March 7th, 7pm in the Saint Joachim’s Parish Center
“A VAST COMPANY OF WITNESSES: THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS”
The story of the Church is told in the examples of those men and women who dedicated their lives to knowing and serving Jesus Christ. The Catholic Faith is made visible in real human lives.
Father Barron gives consideration to some of the Church’s greatest heroes, and demonstrates how their extraordinary examples display both the passion and creative potential of the Catholic Church. Highlighting Katharine Drexel, Therese of Lisieux, Edith Stein, and Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Father Barron tells the story of the Church as a vast company of witness who are called by Christ to be a Communion of Saints.
Catholicism – Episode VII
Thursday, February 28th, 7pm in the Saint Joachim’s Parish Center
“WORD MADE FLESH, TRUE BREAD OF HEAVEN: THE MYSTERY OF THE LITURGY AND THE EUCHARIST”
Father Barron explores the ancient practices of the Church’s worship that endure to this very day, and the notion that “all value is summed up in the liturgy, the supreme act by which we commune with God.”
Considered by the Catholic Faith to be “the source and summit” of its identity and mission, the Eucharist is the central practice of the Church’s culture. Father Barron describes all the parts of the Mass, and shows how the Sacred Liturgy embodies the whole of the Faith in diverse places as Jerusalem, Rome, Chicago, Orvieto, Mexico City.
Parish Council
The next Parish Council meeting will be on Wednesday, March 6th, 7pm.
