As part of our Operation Rice Bowl: Building a Culture of Encounter, and our 10,000 Hour Lenten Prayer Challenge, we are offering Soup Suppers at 6 PM and Stations of the Cross at 7 PM on Tuesdays during Lent.

The remaining Soup Suppers will be offered on March 28  and April 4 at 6:00 PM in the Immke Room of Hendricks Hall.  Various ministries will provide the soup.  We will also have a little information about a particular country helped by Catholic Relief Services. We will travel the world: Mexico, India, Ehtiopia, El Salvador, Zambia and Honolulu as we put a face on the people served through Operation Rice Bowl.   

EVERYONE IS INVITED -- it is a wonderful way to share in a simple Lenten meal and encounter others. Guests are welcome to bring their own soup, or enjoy some of the soup that will be provided.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS are offered immediately after the soup supper.  They begin at 7 PM in the Church.  From the earliest days of Christianity, pilgrims journeyed to Jerusalem to walk in the footsteps of Christ's passion on the road to Calvary. More than 2,000 years later, Christians are still trying to grasp the saving gift of Jesus by meditating on or reenacting his crucifixion through what has come to be known as the Stations of the Cross. Also known as "Way of the Cross" or "Via Crucis" this private devotion has consisted of 14 stations, taken both from Scripture and tradition, since the 17th century when the Church officially approved the now common Lenten practice. You are invited to attend either the Soup Supper or the Stations of the Cross or both. - Katherine Florian and Sister Teresa Tuite, OP

Good Friday is April 14 -- a time to be with Jesus. A day when we stop to remember that it was on this day that Jesus walked to his death. We are invited to participate in this most sacred day. Below are some worship opportunities this year on Good Friday.

GOOD FRIDAY WALK: Walking Stations of the Cross
Since 1996, hundreds of Catholics walk throughout downtown Columbus, Ohio, on Good Friday for the "Walking Stations of the Cross," an event co-sponsored by the Office for Social Concerns and the Office of Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministry of Catholic Diocese of Columbus. The 3-mile walk starts at St. Joseph Cathedral at 8AM and stops at 14 sites to pray and reflect on various social issues of our day. Prayer and social justice reflections will be led by various parish ministries throughout the Diocese of Columbus. The Walk concludes about 11 AM.

CROSSWALK - Interfaith Silent procession with youth and others carrying the cross. Meet at Coffman High School, South Parking lot at noon on Good Friday, April 14th. There will be a short explanation and prayer and then we will begin the walk. We are guided by Dublin Police down Coffman, Post, to 161, and we end at our Dublin Community Church (about 1 ½ mile walk), where we gather for a short service of Word and music. The service concludes about 1:30 PM. Wheelchairs, strollers are welcome, but no bikes, skateboards, etc. If people are unable or don't want to walk, they can just meet us at Dublin Community Church for the service. Arrange with a partner so one can park at Coffman and the other at Dublin Community to facilitate rides.

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE at St. BRIGID OF KILDARE CHURCH --We begin at 3PM on April 14th with a shared reading of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Adoration of the Holy Cross and Reception of Holy Communion (consecrated on Holy Thursday). Stations of the Cross service takes place at 7 PM. It is a time for us to come together as a parish and recall this significant day in our faith tradition.

The Saintly Sixteen begins today!

March 23: Stephen vs Henry Budd

March 24: Florence vs Delany

March 27: Odo vs Mechtild

March 28: Moses the Black vs Nonnatus

March 29: Augustine of Canterbury vs Scholastica

March 30: Joseph Schereschewsky vs Luther

March 31: Jagerstatter vs ?

April 3: Amelia Bloomer vs. Crosby or Handel

Go to lentmadness.org to participate by casting your vote!!!

Thank You Sponsors

A special thank you to our many sponsors that made this event possible...

Our EPIC Middle School Youth Group has come to an end for this school year. Thanks so much to our more than 200 kids who were part of this community at St. Brigid and for your fabulous service to those in need - combined, you served more than 1,500 hours this year alone - you fed the hungry (delivered 120 Thanksgiving meals and brought 2,000 lbs of food to the Dublin Food Pantry), visited the elderly, clothed (with blankets and scarves) the homeless and worked on the environment at the Ohio Wildlife Center. Thanks to all of our 80 parent volunteers as well! Your dedication to our children and the community is amazing - you put in another 300 hours of service with our kids!

	EPIC at Dublin Food Pantry

Service hour forms are due this month to the School or Religious Education departments. Parents are required to fill out ONE form listing all EPIC events in which your child participated this year. Other events should be listed on a separate form.

Sign ups for next year's EPIC community (7th and 8th graders in the fall) will begin in late spring. Seventh grade families will need to register again at that time. Sixth grade families, watch for a flier to come home in May.

If you have questions about the program, please contact Kim VanHuffel at [email protected].