Nazareth Catholic Community
April 14, 2019 ~ Palm Sunday
Today, Sunday, April 14th, is Palm Sunday; the day when Christians celebrate the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem the week before his death and resurrection. Palm Sunday, also referred to as "Passion Sunday," marks the beginning of Holy Week which concludes on Easter (please find the Holy Week service schedule for the Nazareth College Catholic Community schedule below).
Jesus was followed and greeted by the people he empowered and gave hope. Today is not just about recalling a historical event of 2,000 years ago, but rather is a call to action. The story of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem is one of that reminds us that we as Christians are called to be on the side of those who have been marginalized and harmed by economic, social and political systems that have oppressed individuals and groups. Today we are called to work to restore equity, inclusion, and justice for all people.
Palm Sunday is a day of hope! It is a day to recall and recommit ourselves to hope and peace in our world through living lives of service and advocating for justice and peace.
Please join us TONIGHT at 7:00PM for our Palm Sunday Mass!
Peace,
~ Jamie
"Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!" ~ Matthew 21:9
Holy Week and Easter Mass Times:
THIS Thursday, April 18, is Holy Thursday, the first day of the Easter Triduum. Triduum (THIH-doo-um) is Latin for “three days” or “threefold day". The three days are Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday, but we start counting on Holy Thursday night. What we start on Holy Thursday we finish on Easter Sunday.
Our Holy Week and Easter service schedule is as follows:
Holy Thursday, April 18
Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 8:00PM
Good Friday, April 19
Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion at 12:30PM
Chapel open all day for private prayer.
*Holy Saturday, April 20
Easter Vigil at 8:00PM
Please meet at GAC 151 at 7:30PM, we will be attending the vigil Mass at St. Louis in Pittsford.
Easter Sunday, April 21
Mass at 7:00PM
Are you not able to go home for Easter Dinner? Join us for a homecooked dinner! RSVP below!
Sunday, Apr 21, 2019, 04:00 PM
Peakham Hall Confernce Room
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
From the Border . . .
Hello I’m Nancy Garcia, a sophomore communication sciences and disorder major. I’m hoping that by now you all have been able to pick up on the theme that the Catholic community here has been presenting over the past few weeks. I like several of my peers was also able to attend the solidarity and social justice retreat to El Paso, Texas, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. For me this wasn’t a trip or a retreat, it was a homecoming. To Mexico, a country I haven’t been to in almost 3 and half years, but nevertheless home. As a daughter of Mexican immigrants the trip was defiantly eye opening for me as I saw myself in faces of the people I served. As I saw God in the hallowed faces, weaken bodies and tired souls. In the children whose faces still haunt me when I close my eyes such as 9 year old Brandon from Guatemala, who desperately wants to see snow to see if its actually cold, or 6 year Albin Manuel from El Salvador who couldn’t spell his name because he had never been to school. Can you imagine that a first grader not knowing how to spell his name? Our names are defining things and I’d like to share with you about a name that has resonated with me since the retreat.
On Ash Wednesday you heard from my friend Sarah who shared the story of a man named Jorge whose wife and DACA ( deferred action for childhood arrival) son, were unlawfully deported, and he has been granted asylum in a church where he has been living for the past two years. Jorge a man who lives waiting for a miracle, that miracle the ability to step outside of a church to be a free man in the United States of America, presumably the land of the free unless of course you’re a person of color. On April 22, 2017, 36 year old Jorge Vazquez was murdered in Ciudad Juarez. That’s all I know of him. But when I think of these two men of the hardships they must have endured another Jorge comes to my mind. My twelve year camper Jorge and his twin brother Juan who are Paraguayan American. Two extremely smart well rounded boys, the sons of an undocumented immigrant. Being in the border hearing these stories I couldn’t help but picture my Jorge and worry. What would happen if his mother was given an order of deportation, what would happen if he’d be racially profiled and killed. What would become of our children?
Its so often that we don’t think about them, about those living among us who are affected by immigration issues. Thirty minutes from Nazareth is Our Lady of Guadalupe parish, a Mexican - American community being divided, as parents are undocumented immigrants and their children citizens of the USA. As a Catholic community we ask that you provide support for our brothers and sisters.
Nazareth College Catholic Community
Wednesday Mass: 12:30PM
Gluten free hosts available upon request.
For the Sacrament of Reconciliation, please e-mail one of our priests to schedule an appointment.
Jamie R. Fazio, M.Div., Catholic Chaplain, Office: GAC 160
The Nazareth College Catholic Community is part of the Nazareth Center for Spirituality. All are always welcome!
Email: jfazio1@naz.edu
Website: http://www.naz.edu/center-for-spirituality/catholic-community
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