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FROM THE ARCHIVE:

Follow Jesus Through the Final Week

Follow Jesus Through That Final Week.

by Msgr. Charles Pope

At the heart of our faith is the Paschal mystery: the Passion, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. All of salvation history leads up to and goes forth from these saving events. The purpose of this post is to describe Jesus' final week. We call this "Holy Week" because Jesus' public ministry culminates with His suffering, death, and resurrection.

What follows is a brief description of each day of Holy Week. I hope you will print out this flyer (Walking-with-Jesus-In-Holy-Week) and read it each day this week. Prayerfully walk with Jesus in His most difficult yet most glorious week.

Some scholars of Scripture scoff at the idea that we can construct a day-by-day journal of Jesus' last week. There are historical gaps and things in the different accounts that don't add up perfectly. Further, St. John posits a slightly different time-frame (shifted by one day) for the Last Supper relative to Passover. The following sequence follows the timing of the synoptic (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) accounts. Despite certain scholarly doubts, the accounts really do add up pretty well if one uses a little imagination and sees the differences not as factual discrepancies but rather only as variations in the level of detail.

So read this chronology as a likely, but not certain, outline of the last week of Jesus. READ MORE

Easter Flowers Assistance

Parishioner assistance in the form of donations is needed for our annual Easter Flower Fund.

This drive allows St. Ignatius to decorate the sanctuary properly for such a great occasion. Flower orders are placed at the end of March. Donations are accepted until March 21.

Please consider contributing to the Easter Flower Fund to help beautify the church by doing one of the following:

Contribute online via Faith Direct

To contribute, click here. Make sure you write in the “notes section” that your contribution is for Easter Flowers and who the flowers are donated in honor of (living) or in memory of (deceased).

Giving Envelopes

Those who contribute by envelope will find the flower collection envelope in the Narthex. Donors will have their names and loved ones in the bulletin and Ezine.

Thank you in advance for your financial and prayerful assistance.

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Events in the Area

Jewish Journalism in our Era of Rising Antisemitism

80th year since the Holocaust

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Beth Am Synagogue

2501 Eutaw Place, Baltimore, MD 21217

This spring marks 80 years since the end of the Holocaust and WWII. With antisemitism’s rise in the past decade and dominating the headlines since Oct. 7, Rabbi Burg joins Forward enterprise reporter Arno Rosenfeld for a candid conversation about the issues, challenges and responsibility Jewish journalists face when covering antisemitism.

About Arno Rosenfeld:

Arno Rosenfeld is enterprise reporter at the Forward. An award-winning investigative journalist, he has chronicled the Jewish American response to rising fears over antisemitism, covered Jewish college students confronting hostile political climates on campus, reported on local communities grappling with a surge of white supremacist propaganda, and exposed the deep rifts among national organizations over political issues.

Rosenfeld is based in Washington, D.C., and has reported for the Forward from Charlottesville, Virginia, Colleyville, Texas, Tel Aviv, Berlin, the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and elsewhere. He won the Boris Smolar Award for Excellence in Investigative Reporting from the American Jewish Press Association in 2023 for his article on the experience of Jewish students engaged in Israel politics at George Washington University.

Rosenfeld previously covered state politics for the Casper Star-Tribune, Wyoming’s statewide newspaper, where he was won the Pacemaker Award for Agriculture Reporting from the Wyoming Press Association for coverage of wild horses. He got his start in Jewish journalism at J. The Jewish News of Northern California, and has written for JTA, The Times of Israel and other publications.

This program will be livestreamed here.

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In the Media

Congratulations Bishop Lewandowski!

Diocese of Providence welcomes Bishop Lewandowski

by Christopher Gunty

A few hours after it was announced in Rome and Washington April 8 that Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., would be the new bishop of the Diocese of Providence, R.I., he greeted the people of his new flock in an emotional news conference from the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence.

“I’m very happy to be here. It’s a wonderful moment – a little overwhelming,” he said. Bishop Lewandowski currently serves as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

He acknowledged his introduction by Monsignor Albert A. Kinney, who has served as diocesan administrator since the previous bishop, Archbishop Richard G. Henning, became archbishop of Boston last fall. Noting that his last name can be hard to say, he said, “Just call me Bruce or Bishop Bruce, that’s easier.” READ MORE

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