Remember to set your clocks FORWARD an hour tonight (Saturday, March 7th) as Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday morning.

Our BLOOD DRIVE is tomorrow morning (Sunday, March 8th) in the Doherty Center. Consider giving the gift of life in memory of the great sacrifice of Jesus’ life for us and as a sign of our care for others.

Our MULTI-PARISH LENTEN MISSION begins in two days and will be led by Augustinian Father Tom McCarthy who will be preaching at all our Masses this weekend (March 7-8). The Mission takes place here at St. Edna on Monday March 9th, Tuesday March 10th and Wednesday March 11th, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each night. Fr. Tom is a friend of Pope Leo, so he should have lots of stories to share with us. When Fr. Tom led our St. Edna Mission in 2021, the Church was packed. I hope you join us for this year’s Mission.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS are prayed each Friday of Lent in our Church at 7 p.m. The Stations this Friday, March 13 ^th will be led by families and their children.

The Knights of Columbus Lenten Fish Fry’s are each Friday of March at their Hall in Arlington Heights (15 N. Hickory Avenue) from 5 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Our St. Edna young people will be working the March 20th Fish Fry.

Please remember that any time no officers are present to direct traffic after our weekend Masses, it might be best to consider (for safety’s sake) making a right turn out of the parking lot, heading north , even though that might take you a little bit out of your way.

Thank you to everyone who has made a donation to help get our teenagers to Montague, Michigan for this summer’s CATHOLIC HEART WORKCAMP . At this point we have sufficient donations so that some of our students who could use some financial assistance are able to go on this trip. They are sure to have powerful, life-changing experiences this June.

Regarding SCAM EMAILS  and  SCAM TEXTS , please never believe them . Some are supposedly from me, or from our Deacons, asking you to contact us, or to purchase gift cards for us to distribute to other people. Don’t be fooled. We would NEVER ask you to do this kind of thing, no matter “how busy” these messages say we might be. Just DELETE these scam requests and save yourself some major headaches  and financial losses .  

Our Adoration Chapel is a wonderful place to find some personal peace. Pray before the EUCHARISTIC LORD Monday through Friday from 7am to 7pm. Enter the Chapel through Door 4.

The parents of any interested boys or girls who would like to be ALTAR SERVERS should contact the Parish Office at 847 398-3362. Veronica (Ronny) Erxleben provides the training for our Altar Servers.

Our Rosary Group is praying a continuous SPIRITUAL BOUQUET   “for peace in the world” , so please continue praying Rosaries and  Hail Mary’s  and letting Tomi Gaudio know at  tomig@comcast.net  so she can keep count. As of this writing, over 524,183 Hail Mary’s have been prayed.

Special LENTEN PRAYER BOXES are on the table in front of the Holy Family Statue in the Narthex for you to drop your Lenten Prayer Intentions in. Slips of paper and pens are on this table, along with our St. Edna Guide for Lent card listing our opportunities for renewal.

I hope you can attend our annual PASTA DINNER next Saturday, March 14th, in the Parish Center.

Please pray for peace and for the many people suffering from wars, unjust aggression, storms, violence, cold weather, homelessness, unemployment, disasters, shootings, and poverty.

May our Blessed Mother, the Queen of Peace, intercede to bring an end to the war we are fighting, and to all wars.

Have a blessed Lent.

Fr. Darrio