Highlights

• Please Note:  parish office is closed on Tuesday, March 28th
• There is no Wednesday weekday Mass this week
• Lenten Confession

Please note:  Father is available a half hour prior to all Masses for confessions.  We will not be having a Lenten penitential service so please use the opportunity now, and don’t wait till Holy Week – plan now to receive the Sacrament.

Adoration Chapel News:

Thank you to those who have filled our vacant hours.

We still have one stretch of hours from Tuesday at 11 pm until Wednesday at 6 am that is open if there is anyone else who would like to commit to a holy hour each week.  Call Don for more info at 364-1185

Please note the Adoration Chapel will close on Holy Thursday, at 12 noon and remain closed until Easter Monday at 9 am.

Photo Directory News

Thank you to all who participated.  If you missed out and still want to be included, call Brenda at 1-888-769-7339.  They will try to work you in at another photo shoot here in Hanover shortly.  Looking for parish life photo’s

As we work now to assemble some community pages to add to our pictorial, we welcome submission of photo’s.  If you have or want to submit a photo for consideration from your small group, or ministry, please contact the parish office.

The Good Friday Collection

The Good Friday Collection is requested by the Holy See to help maintain the church’s holy places in the Holy Land, so important to the faith of Christians everywhere, and also to support the faithful who struggle to survive under political and economic oppression and persecution.  The Pontifical Collection will be during the Good Friday celebration on April 7th, 2023

Card Party on Tuesday Afternoons  – All are welcome  

Join with others for a friendly game of euchre or solo on Tuesdays at 1:30 pm, in the Holy Family Lenhard Room.  All are welcome, bring a friend.   $2.  Admittance  

 Jesus Revolution  The movie Jesus Revolution is coming to the Hanover Theater on Friday, March 31st through to Thursday April 6. Show Times are 7:30pm with Matinees on Wednesday & Sunday at 1:30pm.

 CWL Convention  CWL members are invited to attend this years’ Diocesan Convention May 6-7 at the Sheraton, Hamilton.  Registration is open until April 15th for the convention and until April 3 for the preferred room rate.  Our council has budgeted some funds for this event so let us know if you are interested. Call Diane McNichol-Byers 519 375-6562.  Enjoy the fellowship and share in the love of CWL!

School Volunteers Needed

Holy Family School Breakfast Program seeking volunteers to assist with food preparation  from 8-9 am .  Chose how often you want to help and become part of the team!   If you would like to assist with this rewarding work, providing healthy food for students, contact Tracy at 519-506-5665.

Please remember in your prayers:

Soul of George Tabone, Funeral Mass on Thursday at 10:30 am

Soul of Audrey Spielmacher  (see Mighton’s website for details)

Ministry Schedules for April

Minsters of the Word  6 pm:  Richard Zacharewicz & Laura Colquhoun            9 am: Jim Zettel & Marg Weber

Extra Ordinary Ministers of the Eucharist  6 pm:  A. Boyd/J. Schlosser                9 am: Jane Jacques

Hospitality Ministers  6 pm: A & D Rehkopf        9 am: S & D Long

Sacristans:  Ken & Geraldine Million  Sacristans’ Linens:  Joanna Terpstra

Hike for Hospice

Sunday, May 7th at 1 pm  Hanover Pavilon Park, 742 7th Ave.  More information and pledge sheets in the Narthex.  Proceeds to Saugeen Hospice.

This Sunday’s Gospel

John 11: 1-45

Discussion Questions

• Have you ever felt like God was not listening when you prayer?  How did you deal with this?
• When have you been faced with a tough situation that ended up stretching your faith?
• How has God shown his care for you during difficult times in your life?