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Worship God - Serve Others - Grow Disciples
Mass Times: Saturday 4 PM, Sunday 8 AM, 10 AM, 12 PM
Confession Times: Saturdays 2:30 - 3:45 PM & the Thursday before the First Friday of each month 7:00 - 8:00 PM
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SCS strives to integrate religious truths and values with knowledge and skills in order to provide a quality education for all students. This vision motivates our students to not only grow academically, but physically, culturally, and socially.
Our school mission is to develop our students to live their lives as a Witness to Jesus. We believe our school exists to teach the mandate of Jesus: "Love one another as I have loved you."
We believe that we share the vision of Jesus within an atmosphere designed to celebrate and practice the love of God and neighbor. We motivate students to grow academically, culturally, and socially. Jesus remains with the community He formed, and we are privileged to witness and share that Presence.
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There is no better investment in the world than the local Catholic parish. It is where people meet Jesus and lives are changed. We are called in faith to be good stewards, and there are many ways to do that. Stewardship is simply recognizing that everything we have and everything we are is a gift from God, and being grateful and generous with those gifts weather they be in time, talent or treasure. When a steward loves God above all, God provides the grace for the steward to love to an even greater depth.
At St. Columbkille, we believe that stewardship and giving should be well thought out and easy to do. Please visit our "Giving" tab for more information, or click one of the buttons bellow to explore how to contribute to our great legacy.
PALM SUNDAY
HOLY WEEK BEGINS WITH PALM SUNDAY!
Today begins the greatest week in human history: Holy Week starts with Palm Sunday – Jesus’ triumphant entry into the City of Jerusalem – preparing to die for our sins. “The tragedy of the passion brings to fulfillment our own life and the whole of human history. We can’t let Holy Week be just a kind of commemoration. It means contemplating the mystery of Jesus Christ as something which continues to work in our souls.” –St. Josemaria Escriva
This week, Jesus knocks at the gates of our souls. What will our reaction be? Will we set all things aside to be with our Savior? In committed and silent prayer, invite Jesus to speak while we listen. Let us prepare our hearts to hear by surrendering our worries, anxieties, and family into God’s hands. With a quiet mind and silent home, I invite you to become aware of Jesus’ voice in your life.
This Sunday’s readings remind us that Jesus is not just one god amongst many, nor is he merely the new King David. Jesus shares a name with the unspeakably Holy One who reigns from eternity, uncontested and immeasurably glorious. This same God embraced not only a painful death, but also an immensely shameful one. Crucifixion was used on bad slaves and horrible criminals. Symbolically, crucifixion meant that THIS MAN did not deserve citizenship, was not trusted to own property, could not even direct his own life, and finally, was a bad slave. Jesus accepted what was given him: an absolutely humiliating death.
He accepted this because he knew and loved his Heavenly Father. He accepted this because he knew and loved you and me. Jesus sought his comfort in God alone. God seeks us this Holy Week. Journey with him to the cross by meditating and reflecting on the Palm Sunday Gospel. Receive what the Lord seeks to share with you in prayer. Give him an open heart, an open mind, and open ears. May this Holy Week invite you into a more intimate encounter with God. May you, like Jesus, seek comfort in God.
Will we trust a God-Man who trusts His Father so perfectly? What might Jesus bring into our home? Crosses? Glory? Humility? Love? Whatever Jesus brings, remember the great gift of himself that he gives us and his promise to be with us always.
“O souls! Seek refuge, like pure doves, in the shadow of the crucifix. There, mourn the Passion of your Divine Spouse, and drawing from your hearts flames of love and rivers of tears, make of them a precious balm with which to anoint the wounds of your Savior.” -St. Paul of the Cross
Today begins the greatest week in human history – Please join for Holy Week Confessions at 7 PM this Monday April 14th and 7 PM this Wednesday April 16th at 7 PM this Wednesday, Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:30 PM this Thursday April 17th , The Passion and Adoration of the Holy Cross at PM pm on Good Friday April 18th and our Easter Vigil celebration at 9pm on Holy Saturday April 19th and Easter Sunday Masses at 8 AM, 10 AM, and 12 PM on Sunday April 20th.
CONGRATULATIONS TO LUKE CHANDLER, KYLE HOFFMAN, MARY ROSE, AND ROBIN KOSMOWSKI!
This year at the Easter Vigil Mass we welcome four new members of the Catholic Faith. Kyle, Mary, and Robin will receive all three Sacraments of Initiation Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Eucharist at the Easter Vigil Mass next Saturday at 9 PM. Luke is already one with us in baptism and will be confirmed and receive holy communion for the 1st time at the Easter Vigil. Congratulations to you and your families, we are so blessed to have you all as members of our parish family. Please keep all the newly initiated Catholics in your prayers this Easter!
Never forget, the Lord is with us, always!
