Disciple Dispatch

April 17, 2025

Sacred Triduum

Sundown on Holy Thursday to sundown on Easter Sunday is considered the most solemn part of the liturgical year. The Sacred Triduum is one great festival recounting the last three days of Jesus' life on earth, the events of his Passion and Resurrection, when the Lamb of God laid down his life in atonement for our sins.

"Though chronologically three days, they are liturgically one day unfolding for us the unity of Christ's Paschal Mystery" (USCCB).

Enter into the celebration: Tonight ,the Mass of the Last Supper begins at 7pm; Good Friday Service 1:30 pm; Easter Vigil Mass begins at 9:15 pm Saturday: Easter Sunday morning Masses at 8:30 and 10:30 am.!

First Things

COMING TO A GYM NEAR YOU...NEXT WEEK!

The 2025 IHM Second Best Sale and Bake Sale will fill the GYM NEXT WEEK April 24-25 and no one does it better than IHM.

Donations will be accepted beginning next Wednesday through Thursday evening. (No old tube-TV's or mattresses, please)

We are still accepting all volunteers and plans to donate baked goods. Sign up here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4AA4AE2CA0FA7-55651543-work#/

NOTE: Next Friday there will be no pickup carline, or pickup from the gym lobby.

In light of extra traffic that day, all parents must enter the school and escort their child(ren) directly to their vehicles to assure safety.

Should you wish to shop the sale, the only entrance and exit is through the gym lobby!

Divine Mercy Novena Begins Friday

Members of our Divine Mercy Kid's Club handed out copies of the Divine Mercy Novena last week at all the Masses. The graces associated with this devotion are extra ordinary! The Novena begins Friday and goes through Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27th! Didn't get a copy? Find one here: https://www.thedivinemercy.org/message/devotions/novena

Celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday

and our

IHM Family School Showcase

Sunday April 27

Beginning with the 10:30 am Mass, followed by coffee and donuts in the Gym and

an all-school Open House!

Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and neighbors are welcome!

Good News around Campus

The Bostic's welcomed a baby daughter and sister last week on Palm Sunday! Help them celebrate the arrival of Lucia Jane Catherine with a meal! Sign up here: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/rl4d1d

What a joy it is to call on our parish and school family for prayer support and to see it bloom into fruition. Thank you for the wonderful response for prayers for Third grader Freddy DeVries' dad, in dire need of a new heart. Here is the sign up genius for those who wish to cover the DeVries family with Family Rosary Prayer Blanket for Freddy's dad. Sign up, pray a rosary together as a family. Let God do the rest!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F44AEA72AA5FECE9-56123285-family

The Week Ahead

Holy Thursday April 17

Mass of the Last Supper 7:00pm

Good Friday, April 18

NO School

Good Friday Service 1:30 pm

Divine Mercy Novena Begins

Holy Saturday, April 19

Easter Vigil Mass 9:15 pm

Easter Sunday April 20

8:30 am Mass 10:30 am, Mass

Easter Monday, April 21

NO SCHOOL

Easter Tuesday April 22

5th Gr. Farm Week!

Easter Wednesday April 23

All School Mass 9:00 am

4th Gr Battle of the Books

Donations accepted for Second Best Sale

Easter Thursday April 24

Donations Accepted for Second Best Sale

Easter Friday, April 25

Second Best Sale 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Easter Saturday April 26

Second Best Sale 8:00 am - Noon

Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27

IHM Family School Showcase begins with 10:30 Mass

Open House/ Coffee & Donuts 11:30 am

View our Calendar for more events

From The Principal

Hello IHM Families!

I wish you all a very Blessed Triduum! I hope you all can experience the beauty of our faith in these days leading up to Easter. What a beautiful gift this time is for all Catholics to participate in the days leading up to Jesus' death and resurrection. Our 7th graders' presentation of the Stations of the Cross was an amazing way to enter into this deeply spiritual time! I pray you encounter Jesus in a meaningful way as we enter into Triduum and then the glorious Easter celebration!

As we continue our planning for next year, we have two beloved staff members who have let me know they are retiring from IHM. Mrs. Debbie Sremba has been at IHM as a lower elementary aide since 2002. She is retiring to spend more time with her grandchildren. We are indebted to her for her kind and loving nurturing of our little ones over the years. Mrs. Wendy Kuzma has been our dedicated librarian since March of 2016. She even took on Kindergarten STEAM a couple years ago. We are grateful for her contagious love of reading and her creative lessons over the years! She will be scaling back to part time at a school very close to her home so she can be helpful for her children and grandchildren! As we look at staffing needs for next year, we will communicate what we are looking for. I know we need a librarian/media specialist, and this is a position through Brighton shared time program. We will get it posted soon, but in the meantime if anyone knows an individual who would be a great addition to our staff, please let me know!

Have a BLESSED Triduum and Easter!

Holly Lake

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