MARCH
Museum Udate
We have moved the display from the gift shop (the bedroom that Mother Cabrini slept in) to the new Cabrini Museum. The artifacts are in the new, gorgeous display cases and the benches for the audio-visual area are just about ready. We are planning a May opening. Please plan to visit the museum.
Lenten Programs at the Shrine
The liturgical season of Lent has arrived and Sister Pat has planned the following program for the Fridays of Lent.
March 7 – Holy Hour from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Lenten talk by Father Dennis Garrou – 5:30 p.m.
March 14 – Way of the Cross – 5:30 p.m.
March 21 – Lenten talk by Father Dennis Garrou – 5:30 p.m.
March 28 – Way of the Cross – 5:30 p.m.
April 4 – Lenten Talk by Father Dennis Garrou – 5:30 p.m.
April 11- Way of the Cross – 5:30 p.m.
The theme of Father Dennis Garrou’s talks is “The Sacrifice of Inconvenience – The Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy.” (please bring your bible)
A light supper follows both the talks and the Way of the Cross
Lenten Reflections are available on the computer at the following sites:
www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
www.loyolapress.com/3minute-retreat-daily-online-prayer.html
Excerpts from Pope Francis’ Exhortation
“The Joy of the Gospel”
Faith also means believing in God, believing that he truly loves us, that he is alive, that he is mysteriously capable of intervening, that he does not abandon us and that he brings good out of evil by his power and his infinite creativity. It means believing that he marches triumphantly in history with those who “are called and chosen and faithful” (Rev 17;14). Let us believe the Gospel when it tells us that the kingdom of God is already present in this world and is growing, here and there, and in different ways;like the small seed which grows into a great tree (cf.Mt 13;31-31), like the measure of leaven that makes the dough rise (cf.Mt 13:33) and like the good seed that grows amid the weeds (cf.Mt 13;24-30) and can always pleasantly surprise us. The kingdom is here, it returns, it struggles to flourish anew. Christ’s resurrection everywhere calls forth seed of that new world;even if they are cut back, they grow again, for the resurrection is already secretly woven into the fabric of this history, for Jesus did not rise in vain. May we never remain on the sidelines of this march of living hope!
