Lenten Opportunities at Bon Secours

 

Upcoming in-person retreats during Lent:  Lunch & Dialogue: Encountering Jesus in His Hidden Years with Gordon Creamer February 27, $40. Click here for more information.  Friends Day of Prayer with Fr. Harry Geib Wednesday, March 3, $40. Click here for more information.  Created and Called to a Fuller Life with Fr. Nicholas Amato Saturday, March 13, $60. Click here for more information.  Holy Week Triduum Retreat with Fr. Jim McBurney & Fr. Anthony Burrascano Thursday, April 1 - Sunday, April 4. Click here for more information or click here for information about our commuter option.

 

Retreat with us from home too!  A Sojourn at Bethany: A Virtual Lenten Retreat with Dr. Katheen Staudt February 26, $40.Click here to learn more.  Opening to the Light: A Virtual Retreat with Paula D'Arcy April 10, $60 with $50 early bird rate through 3/10. Click here.  In addition to these virtual retreats, free Centering Prayer and Quiet Mornings sessions are held online throughout each month. Check our website for dates and login information. For more information and details regarding other opportunities the link to the Bon Secours website is provided below : www.RCCBonSecours.com

A message and Thank You from Jared Dixon

Jared Dixon requested that we post this message from him in our News Wire:

 Dear Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore, 

 Thank you for all the work that you do to support Baltimore's LGBTQ+ community. Eight years ago, an angel came into my life by the name of Father Edward, "Skip," Koritzer. His unyielding commitment to ministering to our community blessed so many people, and I know his spirit lives on through your organization. Please accept my $200.00 donation in his memory. 

Love,

Jared 

Thank you and St. Charles for all of your support. It truly means everything. 

Also, Some information regarding the work of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore:

The PRIDE Center of Maryland is a community based non profit organization founded in 1977.  The Center provides support, outreach, education, and advocacy for sexual and gender minorities (SGM) and their allies through programs, services and resources. The Center also runs Baltimore Pride, Maryland’s largest sexual and gender minorities visibility event, which provides an opportunity for the greater Maryland community to experience and learn more about the sexual and gender minorities through a weekend of dynamic events and exhibitions.

Please see below for all of the necessary information.

Click here the view the readings for Sunday.  

Click here for the hymns

Click here for the livestream of our liturgy via our YouTube Channel

Opportunity to Assist a Parishoner

St Charles of Brazil parish will be helping with a much needed purchase of hearing aids for Jeanne Kline which cost approximately $3000.00,  

The parish leadership team is collecting private donations from parish members and friends. 

The parish will make up the difference for whatever is not collected with private funds.  We are most grateful for donations received. 

Please see or contact Mother Monica with donations and any questions you may have.(her e-mail is woman_m@yahoo.com) 

Thank you!!!

 PLT

Ash Wednesday Guidelines for "At Home "

Hello to all,

Below are some guidelines that Mother Monica  shared that you can follow if you plan to be at home this evening.

We are hopeful that weather will permit our celebration of Ash Wednesday liturgy in the sanctuary.  For some of us it will be best to stay at home.  If you are planning to participate in our Ash Wednesday liturgy via Livestream, and would like to prepare your own symbol for the rite of ashes to use at home, feel free to do so. 

If you have palm from last year, this would be great, add a few drops of oil to ashes when they are cool. 

Ash substitutes can include can include soot from a candle or fireplace, flour, chalk, potting soil.  We should remember that the church uses blessed palms from Palm Sunday to make ashes as a way to because we are offer the praise that we gave Christ on Palm Sunday to be purified. 

This year an ash substitute can fulfill the same intention. We will all be participating in this rite of repentance together.

Peace to all

Mother Monica Kennedy

Ash Wednesday Livestream February 17, 2021

Please see below for all of the necessary information.

Click here the view the readings for Sunday.  

Click here for the hymns

Click here for the livestream of our liturgy via our YouTube Channel

Ash Wednesday Liturgy

We are planning to have an "In-person" Ash Wednesday Liturgy on Wednesday February 17th @ 7 p.m. As with all other liturgies we will also be live streaming the service.  

We hope that many of you will plan to attend.  

We will still need to limit the number of  people to 25, practice social distancing, wear masks, maintain our contact tracing list and do our pre and post liturgy cleaning.

SCB Liturgy Team