There will be a special collection next weekend, March 26^th / 27^th for Catholic Relief Services.  Your donation will provide humanitarian aid and advocating on behalf of victims. Please be generous in your support.

If you would like to make a donation towards our parish Easter flowers in memory of a loved one, please pick up an envelope in the back of church marked “Easter Flowers”.  Write your name on the envelope and write who the flowers are “in memory of”.  The suggested donation is $12 ea.  Orders must be received by April 3^rd.

**There will be a special collection next weekend,

March 19th / 20^th for Bishop Vitaliy and his people in Western Kyiv, Ukraine.  Please read Bishop Kihneman’s letter that is included in the bulletin.  You may also donate through our diocesan website at www.biloxidiocese.org.

“He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust”

A note from Fr. Daniel:  

This weekend is the start of the 2022 Catholic Sharing Appeal.  Bishop Kihneman invites each of us to help through our prayerful and financial support of this year’s appeal.  Our Catholic Sharing Appeal provides essential operating support for those offices that provide direct services to both this parish and thousands of people throughout the seventeen counties that comprise this diocese. 

It is our goal to reach 100% participation for our parish!  Our goal for this year is $ 16,523.

Do you want to fast this Lent?

It is never too late to give something up for Lent. Nor is there a rule that prevents you from changing your fasting objects during Lent.  Here is a list of suggested items for fasting this Lent:

1.  Fast from hurting words and say kind words. 

2.  Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude.  

3. Fast from anger and be filled with patience.

4. Fast from pessimism and be filled with hope. 

5. Fast from worries and trust in God. 

6. Fast from complaints and contemplate simplicity. 

7. Fast from pressures and be prayerful.   

8. Fast from bitterness and fill your heart with joy. 

9. Fast from selfishness and be compassionate to others. 

10. Fast from grudges and be reconciled. 

11. Fast from words and be silent so you can listen.

…I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions….So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.                                                              ~ Ezra 8:21-23

Blessed Seelos would like to welcome Rev. Daniel Martinez Patiño to our Parish Family.