April 8, 2024
The next Information Bulletin is Monday, April 15, 2024.The deadline for submissions is Thursday, April 11, at 4:30 p.m.
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Notice to Purpose/Confirmation teams and small group leaders for youth
Are you a Purpose/Confirmation team member or small group leader for youth, or are you interested in becoming one in your parish? The Diocese of Erie is hosting a training just for you. It is free and open to parish volunteers working or considering working with middle and high school youth. Join the people from Life Teen and the diocesan Office of Faith Formation on Saturday, April 27, at Holy Redeemer Parish, 11 Russell St., Warren, for a day full of information, fun and fellowship with others doing the same ministry. Registration begins at 9 am. Check with your faith formation leader to let her/him know you are interested in going. Register on the website at: https://forms.office.com/r/P1LaWWMMn5. Call Mary Hickin at 814.824.1222 for more information. We hope to see you there!
Annual Missionary Cooperative Plan is starting soon
The Diocesan Mission Office is pleased to announce that the Missionary Cooperative Plan is starting soon. The MCP is one of the ways that dioceses in the United States fulfill their canonical responsibility to support the Catholic Church’s evangelization outreach (canons 782, §2; 791). The MCP invites Catholic missionaries from around the world to visit each of our parishes once a year. This is designed to educate parishioners about the missionary work of the Catholic Church and the role each of us plays in this work by virtue of our baptism. A second purpose of the MCP is to raise funds for these missionary endeavors to help spread the Gospel in nearly 1,150 missionary dioceses worldwide. Participation in the MCP is mandatory in the Diocese of Erie. Soon, the Diocesan Mission Office will provide parishes with the name of their assigned mission group. Shortly thereafter, the missionary group will call the pastor to schedule the date for the 2024 MCP visit. Feel free to contact Mission Office Director Indira Suarez at isuarez@eriercd.org or 814.824.1231 with any questions. Missionaries are responsible for their own transportation and housing. Parishes may choose to offer transportation or housing but are not obliged to do so.
Training planned for pastors and Ministry Platform users
The next "New MP User Boot Camp" is Thursday, April 11, from 11 am – 3 pm EST. This online bootcamp is designed for anyone on your staff who is new to Ministry Platform and is asking, “Where do I start?” This class will get them from zero-to-basic-job-functions within the course of a four-hour bootcamp. They will learn to register a new family, add sacraments, send email and run basic reports. Bootcamps feature training, walk-throughs, hands-on activities, group discussions and plenty of Q&A time. Please extend this invitation to any of your new users who should attend. Click here to register: New MP User – Boot Camp. Attendance through a computer with microphones and cameras is recommended. Registration deadline is Tuesday, April 9 at 5 pm EST. Learn more about additional live and recorded MP training here: https://academy.ministrysmart.com/pages/ministryplatform.
International Catholic Stewardship Council newsletter
The Catholic Foundation is happy to share the attached April edition of the International Catholic Stewardship Council newsletter (English and Spanish versions are available). Pastors and parish staff are encouraged to read and share this publication with their parishioners, using all or parts of it for their parish bulletin, with credit to the author/source.
Job openings in the diocese
See the classified section below for the latest position openings. Here’s a quick link to diocesan, school and parish jobs: https://www.eriercd.org/employment.html. For Erie Catholic School System jobs only, go to http://ErieCatholic.org/careers.
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Euthanasia, assisted suicide and ethical end-of-life decisions topic of presentation
Retired neurologist and end-of-life medical ethics expert Dr. John Flamini will speak about compassionate and ethical care at the end of life and the increasing dangers to vulnerable individuals presented by the rise of assisted suicide, euthanasia and related abuses. Sponsored by People for Life, the presentation will be offered on Monday, April 15, at the Admiral Room at the Blasco Memorial Library, 160 E. Front Street, Erie, at 6:30 pm. Dr. Flamini has served on the Bioethics Committee at St. Vincent Hospital and on the Erie Catholic Diocese Moral-Medical Advisory Board. See attachment for a promotional ad suitable for bulletins.
Chuck and Ginny’s original recipe spaghetti dinner planned at St. Andrew Parish, Erie
The Knights of Columbus and the Ladies Guild of Erie’s St. Andrew Parish will hold a Chuck and Ginny’s original recipe spaghetti dinner on Sunday, April 21, from noon to 4 pm in the St. Andrew Gymnasium, 1116 W. 7th St., Erie. Cost is $15 for adults and $10 for children under 12. Come and enjoy theme basket raffles and a main raffle prize of a 36” outdoor propane-fired BBQ griddle. Tickets for the griddle raffle, available at the parish in advance, are $2 each or three for $5.
Musician/composer Father Manalo, CSP, to speak at Warren parish
Father Ricky Manalo, CSP, composer, teacher and Paulist priest, will bring his dynamic presence to St. Joseph Parish, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. W., Warren, on May 3 and 4. He will offer a free concert on May 3, “Tune, Text and Theology: Encountering Christ through Music,” and play many of his familiar songs such as, The God of All Grace, Many and Great, and Beyond the Days. On Saturday, May 4, from 9 am until noon, Father Manalo will give a presentation entitled “Encounter Christ in the Eucharist.” All are welcome! Promotional flyer attached.
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