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This Week at Risen Christ

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FAMILY SERVICE PROJECT

Serving Christ with a Servant’s Heart

Sat. Mar. 23, 9:30 a.m. in the gym
Help us make Easter baskets for residents of Holly Heights and Rowan nursing homes.  This is a great project for families with small children.  Please bring Easter candy to stuff the plastic eggs (we will provide the plastic eggs and the baskets), and help us assemble the baskets.
DIGGING DEEPER INTO SUNDAY SCRIPTURES
Joyful Knowledge of the Risen Christ
Sun. Mar. 24, 10 a.m.
Join a small group study to read, listen, pray, reflect, and share ways God’s Word relates to our everyday lives. Talking about our faith brings clarity. Hearing what others have to say brings insight. Join fellow parishioners to reflect on the Sunday readings. No registration is required.
PALM SUNDAY
Mar. 24
Procession at the 11:00 a.m. Mass.  Gather on the sidewalk outside of the Adoration Chapel before Mass.
INTRODUCTION TO CATHOLICISM 
Wed. Mar. 27, 6:30 p.m.  in the parish hall 
If you are an adult interested in becoming Catholic or being confirmed, we invite you to join our RCIA program  Please register online on our parish website, or contact email Jason at  jasoncox@risenchristchurch.org.
TENEBRAE
Mar. 28-30, 5:45– 6:45 a.m.
Tenebrae (which means ‘darkness’ in Latin) is the morning prayer of the church on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. It involves extinguishing candles one by one as Christ goes through his passion. While the majority of the ceremonies of the Catholic Church are joyous and celebratory, Tenebrae is sorrowful, from beginning to end, complete with darkness, earthquake, and Our Lord symbolically hidden from our view. Join us for this powerful event.
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES
Serving Christ with a Servant’s Heart
Thur. Mar. 28,  2 p.m.
Volunteers are needed to unload the truck from Food Bank of the Rockies, pre-box the food for our guests, then distribute the food with our drive-through process. We’ll need about 30 volunteers. To volunteer, email Rick c/o parishinfo@risenchristchurch.org.
HOLY THURSDAY
Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Thur. Mar. 28, 7:00 p.m. (livestreamed)
 
Spend time with the Blessed Sacrament in prayer  8:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. in the parish hall after Mass.
(NO 6:30 a.m., 8:00 a.m., or 12:15 p.m. Masses and Adoration Chapel closed; parish office and church will close at 12 p.m.)
The Adoration Chapel will be closed Holy Thursday through Easter Sunday.
GOOD FRIDAY
Fri. Mar. 29,  3:00 p.m. (livestreamed)
 
Liturgy of the Word, Adoration of the Holy Cross, and Holy Communion.  There will be a special collection for the Holy Land. To make a donation to this special collection, donate online or drop a check into the collection boxes in a clearly marked envelope.
FASTING & ABSTINENCE ON GOOD FRIDAY
Remember that Good Friday is a day of fasting, which means that those between the ages of 14 and 59 may eat only one full meal and two small snacks. Everyone aged 14 and up is obligated to abstain from meat. (More info on the norms for fasting and abstinence HERE)
The parish office is closed. (NO 6:30 a.m., 8:00 a.m., or 12:15 p.m. Masses and Adoration Chapel closed)
STATIONS OF THE CROSS 
Fri. Mar. 29, 7:00 p.m.
 
Come walk with the Lord through the Way of the Cross as we remember and meditate on His Passion every Friday evening during Lent.  Stations of the Cross are at 7 p.m. in the church. 
BLESSING OF THE EASTER FOOD
Sat. Mar. 30,  10:30 a.m.
Bring your Easter meal to the church for a special blessing. The blessing of the food is a Catholic tradition and a festive occasion. People take special pride in preparing a decorative and tasteful basket with crisp linens, symbolizing Christ’s burial shroud. The basket could be decorated with colorful ribbons, greenery, or dried flowers to sym­bolize spring, renewal and the Resurrection. The cre­ativity of the parishioners brings a special joy to this event.
Click here for an explanation of the symbolism of the basket contents.
EASTER VIGIL
Sat. Mar. 30, 8:00 p.m.  (livestreamed)
No Confessions nor daytime Masses other than the Easter Vigil.
EASTER SUNDAY
Sun. Mar. 31
Masses: 6:00 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m.
(livestreamed) and 11:00 a.m.   in the church 
NO 4:30 p.m. Confessions and NO 5:30 p.m. Easter Sunday Mass
DROP-IN CHOIR
Sun. Mar. 31, 9 a.m. Mass (8:30 a.m. warm-up; optional rehearsal Wed. Mar. 27 at 7 p.m.)
Meet in the choir room at 8:30 a.m. to warm up and review the music, then go upstairs to sing at the 9 a.m. Mass.  The choir will sit in the second and third pews in the front section on the west side. Please email John@RisenChristChurch.org to RSVP so that there is enough music for everyone!
EASTER MONDAY
Mon. Apr. 1
The office is closed for Easter Monday. Masses will be at 6:30 a.m., 8 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. IN THE GYM.
EASTER EGG HUNT
Sun. Mar. 31,  2:15 p.m.
Children of the parish are invited to participate in a simple Easter egg hunt on Easter Sunday in the afternoon.  Come join the children of the Myanmar community following their Easter Mass.  Meet by the statue of Jesus.

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