This Adult Bible Study will meet on Tuesday evenings, following Novena, at 8pm and conclude at 9:30.  For those that would rather attend a morning class, the same Tuesday night material will be repeated on Saturdays from 9:30am to 11am.

The cost for the materials is $45.  Emmanuel parishioners in need of financial assistance need only to contact John Popp at the parish office.

This study is open to anyone, and you are encouraged to bring a friend or two!  Classes will run from September through May, 2011.

Download our flyer here.  Registration materials are available in the back of the church, of by downloading this file.

June 9 – Volleyball at Delco Park in Kettering.  Release forms must be turned in before attending event.

June 16 – Talk at Emmanuel

June 23 – Annual outing to Young’s Dairy Farm

June 25-26 – Steubenville Conference 2010

June 30 – Steubenville Wrap-Up

July 7 – Water balloon night!  Bring towels!!!

July 14 – Talk at Emmanuel

July 21 – Dayton Dragons Family and Friends Night

July 28 – Talk at Emmanuel

August 4 – Cookout at Christina’s Home – Final meeting until September

Resume on September 1, 2010

Saturday, May 15, 2010 after the 5:15 Mass in the Basement

Sunday, May 16, 2010 after the 8:00 and 10:30 Masses in the Church Basement

For those who cannot get down to the basement, a voting table will be available after the Masses by the ramp on the left side of the church.  In case of inclement weather, the table will be moved to inside the church by the confessional on the Blessed Virgin side.

Absentee ballots will be available to anyone who is a registered parishioner who meets one of the following conditions:

1.  Will not be present at any Masses on May 15 or May 16, 2010, or

2. Who is presently a shut in or in nursing care.

Absentee ballots must be requested and are due back to the parish office no later than Friday, May 14, 2010.

Please contact the parish office for an absentee ballot at 228.2013

Irene A., Travis, Sam, Joseph G., Irene L., Dominic, Rachel, Liam, Joseph P., Adam, Josephine, and Luca

The parish community is very proud and excited for you and will surely keep all of you in their prayers today, and for a long time to come!  Remember to always keep Jesus in your hearts, and to follow His Way.

Enjoy your special day!

Join us this Saturday, May 1, at 10:30 for our annual May Crowning Celebration!  Bring some flowers to add to the many bouquets brought by the CCD children to decorate Mary’s altar.  The service will last approximately 30 minutes and includes a Rosary Procession.

First Communion

First Communion for our second grade class will take place at the 10:30 Mass on Sunday, May 2.  Please keep the children in your prayers and Masses as they prepare to receive the Holy Eucharist!

I have neglected to update you on my situation, so now I will give you a few reflections on what is happening:  the radiation treatment is over, and I have begun physical therapy again.  This will last a few weeks.

Thank you for your gift of prayers and good wishes and be sure of my prayers for all of you.  May the Lord strengthen you all during this Easter Season.  I am not sure of when I will return to Emmanuel.  It is a long drawn out process, hopefully in a reasonable amount of time.  I thank all of the priests who have substituted for me over these 4 months.

Peace and Joy,

Fr. Lee

The schedule is as follows:

1:00 PM                 Blessing of the Divine Mercy Image

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

1:00 – 2:45 PM    Confessions

2:00 PM                Rosary

2:45 PM                Benediction

3:00 PM               3 o’Clock Prayer

Chaplet of Divine Mercy

Holy Mass

A Plenary Indulgence is granted to all those who participate in prayers/devotions in honor of the Divine Mercy held in a Church of Chapel under the ordinary conditions:

1.  Sacramental Confession (8 days before or after the Feast)

2.  Eucharistic Communion on Divine Mercy Sunday

3.  Prayers for the intentions of the Holy Father. (1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, 1 Glory Be)

Let all pious men and all lovers of God rejoice in the splendor of this feast; let the wise servants blissfully enter into the joy of their Lord; let those who have borne the burden of Lent now receive their pay, and those who have toiled since the first hour, let them now receive their due reward; let any who came after the third hour be grateful to join in the feast, and those who may have come after the sixth, let them not be afraid of being too late; for the Lord is gracious and He receives the last even as the first. He gives rest to him who comes on the eleventh hour as well as to him who has toiled since the first: yes, He has pity on the last and He serves the first; He rewards the one and praises the effort.

Come you all: enter into the joy of your Lord. You the first and you the last, receive alike your reward; you rich and you poor, dance together; you sober and you weaklings, celebrate the day; you who have kept the fast and you who have not, rejoice today. The table is richly loaded: enjoy its royal banquet. The calf is a fatted one: let no one go away hungry. All of you enjoy the banquet of faith; all of you receive the riches of his goodness. Let no one grieve over his poverty, for the universal kingdom has been revealed; let no one weep over his sins, for pardon has shone from the grave; let no one fear death, for the death of our Saviour has set us free: He has destroyed it by enduring it, He has despoiled Hades by going down into its kingdom, He has angered it by allowing it to taste of his flesh.

When Isaias foresaw all this, he cried out: “O Hades, you have been angered by encountering Him in the nether world.” Hades is angered because frustrated, it is angered because it has been mocked, it is angered because it has been destroyed, it is angered because it has been reduced to naught, it is angered because it is now captive. It seized a body, and, lo! it encountered heaven; it seized the visible, and was overcome by the invisible.

O death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? Christ is risen and you are abolished. Christ is risen and the demons are cast down. Christ is risen and the angels rejoice. Christ is risen and life is freed. Christ is risen and the tomb is emptied of the dead: for Christ, being risen from the dead, has become the Leader and Reviver of those who had fallen asleep. To Him be glory and power for ever and ever. Amen.