Dear Parishioners and Friends -
A very Blessed Friday to you all! Can you believe we are halfway through Lent? It amazes me how time goes by. Either way, we have a lot of fun still coming up, so check out what is happening below!
Coming to the end of our Lenten season; we have a few more opportunities for Friday evening Fish Fries/Stations/Bingo. There is also more information below about our Rise Against Hunger project, so sign up to help with this amazing opportunity. We are also just one week away from the Remember and Rejoice event! Finally, a few more fun events for our youth have been announced below!
Have a joyous weekend, and I will see you in next week's news!
-Victor at St. Gabriel Parish
Lenten Opportunities!
Pray, Fast, Give Alms
See the flyers below for all of the Lenten opportunities at our 5 parishes!
This week, we have our first 3 Lenten Reconciliation services of Neenah-Menasha. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, we have the opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Our parish will host the final one next week, on April 8th, so stay tuned!
TONIGHT is the next St. Gabriel Fish Fry. Join us for your favorite meals from years past plus desserts, bingo at 7pm, and great fellowship!
New this year, we invited St. Gabriel students to take part in our Fish Fry Logo Contest! We'd like to thank all the kids that submitted unique and thoughtful drawings. DRUMROLL PLEASE... the winner is 4th grader, Itzel! You will find her logo on our menu and volunteer T-shirts this year. We've ordered a few extra T-shirts, too (first come first serve) so purchase yours tonight!
Lastly, we cannot do this without the help of many amazing volunteers. Thank you to those who have already committed their time and talents. Help is still needed, even for tonight, so please sign up if you are able, by clicking on the image below.
Pray with us this Lent!
Stations of the Cross is held each Friday until Good Friday in the Church at 6:00pm. Come join us to pray together, or check out the prayer guides in Stingle Hall to pray them at any time!
Our final guest musician at Tuesday adoration is this Tuesday! Join us for prayer with the Lord, and special music for this Lent.
Remember & Rejoice is next Weekend! Anyone can join us as we honor all those who have made the great gift of organ donation, as well as celebrating those who have received organs. Click below to RSVP. Unable to make it that day? We will also be livestreaming on the St. Gabriel YouTube page, so you can join us virtually!
Conversations with Sara and Father Bob
Faith and science are at odds. and I choose science. If science and faith really are at odds, nobody told the Catholic heroes of scientific discovery. Listen to Father Bob and Sara to discover more.
Kwik Trip Scrip Tip
Available for purchase at the Scrip Desk in Stingle Hall at weekend
Masses or in the parish office during the week! The parish buys these cards
at a discount so each purchase you make generates a profit of 5-40%.
This is an easy fundraiser for our parish that costs you nothing extra!
Masses or in the parish office during the week! The parish buys these cards
at a discount so each purchase you make generates a profit of 5-40%.
This is an easy fundraiser for our parish that costs you nothing extra!
Youth and Young Adult Updates
There are NO Faith Formation classes this week. Have a wonderful Spring Break! Classes resume next week on 4/9.
Grades 6-8: Join us for the Minecraft Movie on Tuesday the 8th!
Grades 9-12: Join us for a St. Gabriel Fish Fry and Bingo teen night! A reserved bingo table just for our teens; and a chance to get a free dinner if you volunteer!
Young Adults: Join us for Prayer, Fellowship, and Food at Cor Jesu this Thursday!
Next week is our monthly Brunch, click below for more info!
Music Notes
Oftentimes, while walking along, a song comes to mind which really seems to express how we are feeling. This is also true for the life of faith, which is a pilgrimage toward the light of the Risen Lord. The Sacred Scriptures are steeped in song, and the Psalms are a striking example: the prayers of the people of Israel were written to be sung, and it was in song that the most human events were presented before the Lord. The tradition of the Church has continued this, making music and song one of the lungs of its liturgy.
The Jubilee, also uses song as one of the ways of expressing its motto, “Pilgrims of
Hope”. With each step of our daily pilgrimage believers trustingly rely on the source of Life. The song that arises spontaneously during the journey is directed to God. It is a song charged with the hope of being freed and supported. It is a song imbued with the hope that it will reach the ears of the One from whom all things flow.
Christian hope is dynamic and enlightens the pilgrimage of life, revealing the faces of brothers and sisters, companions on the journey.
This excerpt is from Peregrinantes in Spem MMXXV (Official Jubilee Website)
We will introduce this song for communion this weekend, on Laetare Sunday. Throughout the Jubilee Year we will incorporate the Pilgrims of Hope Hymn.
Tim Laurin, Music Director
Pilgrims of Hope (Jubilee Hymn)
Refrain
Like a flame my hope is burning,
may my song arise to you:
Source of life that has no ending,
on life’s path I trust in you.
Like a flame my hope is burning,
may my song arise to you:
Source of life that has no ending,
on life’s path I trust in you.
Ev’ry nation, tongue, and people
find a light within your Word.
Scattered fragile sons and daughters
find a home in your dear Son.
God, so tender and so patient,
dawn of hope, you care for all.
Heav’n and earth are recreated
by the Spirit of Life set free.
dawn of hope, you care for all.
Heav’n and earth are recreated
by the Spirit of Life set free.
Raise your eyes, the wind is blowing,
for our God is born in time.
Son made man for you and many
who will find the way in him.
for our God is born in time.
Son made man for you and many
who will find the way in him.
Closing Prayer
As I said above, we are now halfway through Lent! This weekend is Laetare Sunday, or Rejoicing Sunday, coming from the very first words of this weekend's Mass: "Laetare Ierusalem", or the English, "Rejoice, O Jerusalem" The color above, Rose, will be used, a brighter color and a more exciting theme than we have for most of Lent. As the Roman Missal (the book with the prayers of the Mass) says, that unlike most of Lent, this Sunday may have instrumental music on it's own, and the altar may be decorated. So it is quite an exciting feast! Today, my closing prayer will be from this weekend.
God our Father,
your Word, Jesus Christ, spoke peace to a sinful world
and brought mankind the gift of reconciliation
by the suffering and death he endured.
Teach us, the people who bear his name,
to follow the example he gave us:
may our faith, hope, and charity
turn hatred to love, conflict to peace, death to eternal life.
We ask this through the same Christ, our Lord.
Amen.