Small Faith Sharing Communities, BIG Benefits!

             Learn! Grow! Share Friendship in the Parish!
                                Appreciate Your Faith More!

St. Joan of Arc small faith sharing communities are a conduit for getting to know parish members and grow in faith together.

Recent events for small faith sharing communities:

Parish Mission, Fish Frys, Stations of the Cross, Women's & Men's Breakfast with Fr. Larussa, Women's Groups: Lenten Longings & Women of Grace Book Club, Men's Faith Sharing, Fall French Toast Breakfast, Christmas potlucks and Summer picnics.  

Upcoming event: Next Friday, March 30th the Small Faith Sharing Communities (GIFT) will be assisting the Knights of Columbus with serving fish at the Fish Fry. If interested in volunteering, please contact us.

Become a part of something BIG join a small faith sharing community TODAY!
Contact Romy Riebe 614-885-9450 or Pete Shears 614-888-1562.
 

Fish Fry, Concert ON SUNDAY, Sunday Masses

Our Music Department will be hosting the Fish Fry this Friday evening at the Parish.  We hope you will come out and enjoy some good food and fellowship and be served by those who sing/ring to the glory of God at St. Joan of Arc.

This Sunday evening St. Joan of Arc will be hosting the choir from Hamilton College in New York.  Please consider coming out to hear this 70 member choir on Sunday evening (March 11) at 7:30PM.  We are blessed to have them be the first concert in our Christian Concert Series.  We thank our Pastor, Father Raymond Larussa, for his encouragement in our beginning this Christian Concert Series.  All concerts in the series are free to the public, but a collection will be taken to support the artists and the music program at St. Joan of Arc.

On the Third Sunday of Lent (March 10/11), our Choral Mass will be at 10:45AM, we will have cantors at all other Masses, and our handbell choir will enhanse the music at the 5:30PM Sunday Evening Mass.  We hope you come out this and every Sunday to be a part of your parish community and to celebrate Holy Mass.

Music During Lent

Today, Ash Wednesday, begins the season of Lent.

Music during Lent has a different flare from the rest of the year.  You may hear more Gregorian chant than typical.  We won't be ending Holy Mass with a Recessional Hymn, but will instead end in silence.  There may be less instrumental music than what is typically heard.  Songs may express our sorrow for our sins and the depth of our God's forgiveness more often than during the rest of the year.

Lent is a time for us to reflect on our lives and seek to bring ourselves closer to God - let the hymns that are sung during Mass lead us closer as we endeavor to live a righteous life.

On March 11th at 7:30PM we'll be holding a concert by the Hamilton College Choir from New York.  Though this will not be a "Lenten" concert, you may be inspired by the songs used at this concert during the Lenten season.  Please consider coming out and supporting your Parish Music Ministry by attending this event - it is free, but a free-will offering will be collected to support St. Joan of Arc Music.

On March 26th at 7:00PM there will be another concert - during which the Book of Jonah will be read in its entirety.  With short instrumental breaks, one will be able to reflect on the Word of God and on the message of this Book of the Bible which can certainly be a part of one's Lenten journey.  Again, the concert is free but a free-will offering will be taken up.

On Fridays throughout Lent we'll be praying the Stations of the Cross on Friday Evenings at 7:30PM.  This wonderful devotion includes singing parts of the Stabat Mater - the traditional Sequence for the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows.  Come and join in song as we reflect on Mary, watching her Son and our Lord crucified.  Each evening will end with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament during which the traditional hymn O Salutaris and the traditional chant Tantum Ergo are sung.  There is no better way to enter into this holy season than by praying the Stations of the Cross and then being able to receive Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament!

We hope to see you at these events - be sure to check out the bulletin for further information on opportunities for spiritual growth during Lent.