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March 2008 Calendar
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Services

Sunday, March 2  -  11:15 a.m.
   Fourth Sunday in Lent

Friday, March 7  -  6:00 p.m.
   Stations of the Cross

Sunday, March 9  -  11:15 a.m.
   Passion Sunday
   5th Sunday in Lent
   Daylight Savings Begins!

Friday, March 14  -  6:00 p.m.
   Stations of the Cross

Sunday, March 16  - 11:15 a.m.
   Palm (Passion) Sunday

Thursday, March 20  - 6:30 p.m.
   Maundy Thursday, Washing of Feet
   Holy Eucharist

Friday, March 21  - 6:30 p.m.
   Good Friday Service
   Fast & Abstinence

Sunday, March 23  - 11:15 a.m.
   Easter Service
   Parish Dinner at the American Legion Hall following the service

Sunday, March 30  - 11:15 a.m.
   2nd Sunday of Easter


Birthdays/Anniversaries
Mar 14: Lilly Linkous - Birthday
Mar 16: Justin Rice - Birthday
Mar 17: Fr Jim and Bobby Sue - 17th Wedding Anniversary
Mar 23: Adam Linkous - Birthday
Mar 30: Sandy Snyder - Birthday


Special Days

Mar 1: Observance - St David of Wales

Bishop and Confessor, patron of Wales. He is usually represented standing on a little hill, with a dove on his shoulder. From time immemorial the Welsh have worn a leek on St. David's day, in memory of a battle against the Saxons, at which it is said they wore leeks in their hats, by St. David's advice, to distinguish them from their enemies.

Mar 7: Observance - St. Perpetua & Felicity

Perpetua and Felicity are two 3rd century Christian martyrs venerated as saints. Perpetua was a 22 year old married woman, while her co-martyr, Felicity, was her slave. Their date of martyrdom is traditionally given as March 6, 203. As a result of refusing to renounce Christianity or to sacrifice to the gods for the safety of the emperor, both were condemned to be torn to pieces by wild beasts, for which they gave thanks to God.

The details of their trial, and subsequent deaths were committed to writing by Saturus (their teacher and martyr) in a genre of text that is technically called a "Passion."

Mar 10: Observance - St. Gregory of Nyssa

Date of birth unknown; died after 385 or 386. He belongs to the group known as the "Cappadocian Fathers", a title which reveals at once his birthplace in Asia Minor and his intellectual characteristics. Gregory was born of a deeply religious family, not very rich in worldly goods, to which circumstances he probably owed the pious training of his youth.

Mar 12: Observance - Gregory the Great

Born at Rome about 540; died 12 March 604. Gregory is certainly one of the most notable figures in Ecclesiastical History. He has exercised in many respects a momentous influence on the doctrine, the organization, and the discipline of the Catholic Church.

Mar 17: Observance - St. Patrick

Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 493.

Mar 19: Observance - St Joseph

Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster-father of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Mar 20: Observance - St. Cuthbert

Bishop of Lindisfarne, patron of Durham, born about 635; died 20 March, 687. His emblem is the head of St. Oswald, king and martyr, which he is represented as bearing in his hands. His feast is kept in Great Britain and Ireland on the 20th of March, and he is patron of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, where his commemoration is inserted among the Suffrages of the Saints.

Mar 21: Observance - Thomas Cranmer

Cranmer was archbishop of Canterbury (1533 - 1556), a leader of the English Reformation who was responsible for establishing the basic structures of the Church of England.

Mar 25: Observance - Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The fact of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is related in Luke 1: 26-38. The Evangelist tells us that in the sixth month after the conception of St. John the Baptist by Elizabeth, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to the Virgin Mary, at Nazareth, a small town in the mountains of Galilee. Mary was of the house of David, and was espoused (i. e. married) to Joseph, of the same royal family. She had, however, not yet entered the household of her spouse, but was still in her mother's house, working, perhaps, over her dowry.




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