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HNM Reminders:
- Fr Nixon is away and there will be now weekday Masses or Confessions this week. Adoration will take place at our regular scheduled time on Wednesday April 17 10 AM – 6:45 PM
Special Gifts Dinner | April 20th @ 6:00PM
Holy Name of Mary will be hosting a dinner on Saturday, April 20th at 6:00pm in the Social Hall for parents who have experience in raising special needs children.
Following dinner, there will be small group discussions among the parents, who would like to share, on what that experience has been like.
Parents are welcome to bring their child with them. We will have supervised activities for them after the dinner while the adults are meeting.
The dinner is open to all Bedford area families. Please RSVP by April 8th using the link or code below. Or call us at 1-540-586-8988.
Our address is 1307 Oakwood Street, Bedford, VA 24523.
Monthly Family Potluck & Family Adoration Hour for ALL families!
From August 26th – April 27th , “All Night Adoration” will begin with a Family Potluck and Family Hour at 5:30pm in the Social Hall.
Please bring a main dish enough to feed 7-10 people to share with everyone. After our meal we will all go into Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Praise and Worship and Family Hour of Adoration.
Many times, if we have little children, we are afraid to bring them to Adoration because they might crawl around or be too loud…. but Jesus says, “Let the children come to me!”
Let’s give our children time to praise and adore Jesus in Adoration during this special Family Hour.
VBS @ HNM | June 10th - 14th | 9:00AM - 11:00AM
Vacation Bible School
June 10th-14th, 9:00am-11:00am
Participants: PreK-4th grade
Crew Assistants: 5th grade and above
Station Leaders: Adults and teens
We are gearing up for VBS 2024 with an exciting adventure into friendship with God! Many volunteers are needed to make Vacation Bible School a success! Please email Melissa Murtagh ([email protected]) if you would like to be involved in any way. We need people to run games, crafts, audio/visual, snacks, take pictures, lead bible plays, lead a group of children to each station and much, much more. ALL materials are given to you to lead each day’s lesson, craft or science experiment! All volunteers must be Virtus trained in “Protecting God Children”. Please see Melissa to sign up for that online training. Registration forms for VBS can be found in the commons.
Reminder if you have a High School Senior or a College Senior who is graduating this Spring and would like to be at the “Blessing of Graduates” on May 19th, 11:00 am Mass, please email Melissa at [email protected]
Parish Library News! 📚
Come in and check out our reorganized parish library.
Now organized by category to assist you in finding just the right book.
Watch for our “Good Books” book reviews on Flocknote.
Please Consider Signing Up For All Night Adoration
We are in need of people for this months Adoration from 9:00 PM – Midnight and for All Night Adoration. If you can spare some time, please sign up by clicking here.
Form for Prayer Vine
Did you know we have a very active group of prayer warriors praying for your prayer intentions? Do you have an active prayer life and would like to be part of this group?
Click here to Submit a Prayer Request
Other ways we can include your prayer intentions are by emailing Becky at [email protected] or calling the parish office. We can put your prayer need on the weekly Prayer of the Faithful for Sunday Mass or put it in the next bulletin (we need content for the bulletin 2 weeks prior).
Brotherhood of Catholic Men - Online Catechism Study
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
In response to countless requests, Ascension is launching The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) on January 1, 2023!
With this podcast, Catholics will:
- Read the entire Catechism of the Catholic Church in 365 days
- Understand the essentials of the Catholic Faith and why they matter
- See how Church teaching is rooted in Sacred Scripture
- Absorb over 2,000 years of Sacred Tradition
- Encounter God’s plan of sheer goodness
- Transform their relationship with the Church that Christ founded.
If you have ever wanted to understand what it means to be Catholic and allow those truths to shape your life—this podcast is for you!
Download the Reading Plan: https://tinyurl.com/29o6p2o4
Follow along on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnWsRYVMm5c&list=PLHprCs14Z-sCSlrl1ueVisUKm3lnvqC0S
THIS WEEK ON FORMED
Give FORMED a Try
Holy Name of Mary is proud to offer the on-line formation program FORMED
Can you Serve? Liturgical Ministers needed.
Holy Name of Mary has a small number who help each Mass run smoothly by giving of their time to serve as Ushers, Altar Servers, Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist, Lectors, and Mass Coordinators. Now that we have returned to our regular weekly Mass schedule additional help is needed. All Liturgical Ministers are assigned on a rotation basis to avoid having any one person serve every weekend. Currently, to completely meet the ministry needs of the Parish help is needed at all weekday and Sunday Masses.
Please take some time to consider how you might be able to help in any of these roles. As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace. 1Peter 4:10. Many are called, will you answer? If you could help or have questions please contact Debbie Cirre at [email protected] or by calling the Church Office.
Please Be Aware of Scam Attempts!
Please ignore any texts or emails that state they are from Fr. Nixon asking for a favor. Father Nixon does not text or email asking for favors, especially money or gift cards. Be aware that they are a scam! Be Safe!
Wishing You & Your Families A Safe and Joyous Lent!
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recent homilies
God’s Infinite Mercy
Second Sunday of Easter Sunday of Divine Mercy April 7, 2024 — Year B Readings: Acts 4:32-35 / Ps 118 / 1
The Light of Christ’s Resurrection
Easter Sunday – The Resurrection of the Lord March 31, 2024 — Year B Readings: Acts 10:34a, 37-43 / Ps 118 /
How to Have Happiness and Life
Holy Thursday March 28, 2024 — Year B Readings: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14 / Ps 116 / 1 Cor 11:23-26 / Jn 13:1-15
Who Is This Man?
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion March 24, 2024 — Year B Readings: Is 50:4-7 / Ps 22 / Phil 2:6-11 /
Come Out of the Tomb
Fourth Sunday of Lent March 17, 2024 — Year B (Readings for Scrutiny Year A) Readings: Ex 37:12-14 / Ps 130 /
Spiritual Blindness
Fourth Sunday of Lent March 10, 2024 — Year B (Readings for Scrutiny Year A) Readings: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a /
The Transformative Power of Knowing Jesus
Third Sunday of Lent March 3, 2024 — Year B (Readings for Scrutiny Year A) Readings: Ex 17:3-7 / Ps 95 /
Ascend the Mountain of Prayer
Second Sunday of Lent February 25, 2024 — Year B Readings: Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 / Ps 116 / Rom 8:31b-34
Into the Desert of Lent
First Sunday of Lent February 18, 2024 — Year B Readings: Gn 9:8-15 / Ps 25 / 1 Pt 3:18-22 / Mk
Becoming What You Can Be
Ash Wednesday February 14, 2024 — Year B Readings: Jl 2:12-18 / Ps 51 / 2 Cor 5:20-6:2 / Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
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