Sexagesima Sunday
PARKING FOR SUN, FEB 8
During this penitential season of Pre-Lent, the Lord has allowed winter weather to give us some opportunities for sacrifice. Let's use this opportunity fruitfully!
If you can...
Please Park at Flat Rock Square
A 2 min walk from the Church
The owner is graciously allowing to park in their paved lot, which is clear of snow and ice.
(corner of Greenville Hwy & W. Blue Ridge Road, where Flat Rock Cinema & Sharewell Coffee are located)
- Friday's warm weather melted some of the snow and ice in the parking lot, but what the water is refreezing, resulting in large icy areas.
- For families, we are suggesting that fathers drop off their families using the upper turnabout. This is completely clear. Please arrive early to allow time for drop off, parking at Flat Rock Square and the two minute walk to church.
- For those needing to park close: please check in with our parking attendant. We have a few parking spots that we can use in the upper lot, or we can arrange to shuttle you from Flat Rock Square both before and after Chruch.
- To that end, we are asking for volunteers at both the 8:30 & 11am Mass. Please contact David Curry: (423-802-1167/jdcurry05@gmail.com) if you can help with shuttling or assisting those in need before and after the Mass you attend.
Fellowship this Sunday -
Potluck/Snack Sunday Super Bowl Party theme!
We have missed out on our traditional Sunday gathering for the past two weeks, so let's make up for it with a Super Bowl Party themed gathering after the 11am Mass on Sunday! Bring your favorite Super Bowl party food - chili cheese dip and chips, cheese balls and crackers, chicken wings and sauce, hot dogs, brownies, cookies - whatever seems right to you!!
(If you will be at the church early for Mass and can help if people need to drop items off before parking at Flat Rock Square, please let us know at the parish office. Thank you!)
Pre-Lent:
A Penitential Mini Season
- The Gesima Sundays - Septuagesima Sunday, literally meaning 70 Days before Easter; Sexagesima (today) 60 days before Easter; and Quinquagesima 50 days before Easter - all these Sundays are a part of ancient Pre-Lenten season.
- This penitential “mini season” is a warm-up for Lent, and thus the vestments worn and the altar frontals used are violet, and the Gloria and Alleluia are omitted.
- This season was observed universally by Catholics before 1970, and is still observed in all the Eastern Churches, the Ordinariate, and by those Catholics who follow the calendar of the Traditional Latin Mass.
Rescheduled:
The Burying of the Alleluias
- Had the weather cooperated, on Septuagesima Sunday our children would have put beautifully colored “alleluia” pictures in a coffin, where they will remain “in the grave” until the Easter Vigil (we will reschedule the burying of the alleluias!). This will have to wait until the remaining snow melts
- The Burying of the Alleluias will start in the Church at 10:15am on Quinquagesima Sunday, Feb 15 and process out to the "Alleluia Grave" in the yard on the side of the Church. Please join us!
Epiphanytide in Review
We were blessed to celebrate three baptisms on Epiphany Sunday, January 4:
Elijah Michael Lovin
Felicity Rosalie Johnson
Malachi Thomas Advent
Congratulations and continued prayers to the newly baptized and their families!
Winter Wonderland at St. Edmund's
Efforts to remove the effects of the winter wonderland...
Many thanks to volunteers who have been working hard to make Mass at the Church possible tomorrow!
In other parish news...
Angelic Warfare Confraternity
Due to our winter weather closings / reschedulings, we will reschedule our Enrollment Cermony - Date TBA. In the meantime, learn more:
The Angelic Warfare Confraternity is a fellowship of men and women bound to one another in love and prayer, dedicated to pursuing chastity under the patronage of Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is open to Catholics ages 14 and above; you are never too old to join! Fr. Johnson will be holding an enrollment ceremony in the near future in between Masses. Learn more at: angelicwarfareconfraternity.org. If you intend to enroll, or are already enrolled and need to replace your blessed medal or cord, please sign up using the button below.
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Mass & Confessions Schedule
Sunday: 8:30am (Low Mass); 11:00am (Sung/High Mass)
Wednesday: 12:10 pm (Rosary 11:40am)
First Friday: 12-5pm Adoration; 5:30pm Mass
(First Friday Mass is a said Latin Mass in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite)
Confessions heard 30 minutes before each Mass; after Mass by request.
For pastoral needs please contact Fr. Joshua D. Johnson:
Call or Text: 828-393-5775 + wncord@gmail.com
