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They took up stones therefore to cast at Him: but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple. John 8:59, the last words of the Gospel of Passion Sunday

Today is the commencement of Passiontide, the final two weeks of Lent, when Our Lord in a very literal sense hides Himself from our view. From now until the Easter Vigil, all the statues and images in our Churches will be covered, with the crucifixes being revealed during the liturgy of Good Friday. The veiled statues are a somber reminder that Our Lord is withdrawing from us and will soon be totally removed from our sight. The medieval French bishop Durandus connects the veiling of the statues with the way that Christ veiled His divinity during His Passion. As the prophet Isaiah says, “as one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not” (53:3).

In Masses of the season, the Psalm "Iudica me" is not said at the prayers at the foot of the altar, and there is no Gloria Patri at the asperges, Introit, or Lavabo.  

Dom Gueranger: After having proposed the forty-days’ fast of Jesus in the Desert to the meditation of the faithful, during the first four weeks of Lent, the Holy Church gives the two weeks, which remain before Easter, to the commemoration of the Passion. She would not have her children come to the great day of the immolation of the Lamb, without their having prepared for it by compassionating with him in the sufferings He endured in their stead. 

Reminder that on Sunday, March 26th, we will be having our monthly potluck at Royal Palm Academy. Please feel free to bring food to share. The Maidens will also be selling waffles with all kinds of toppings (chocolate, strawberries, caramel, etc.) to support their Nun-Run. Don't miss out on the fun and the chance to get to know better your fellow parishioners!

The first-class feast of St. Joseph is transferred from March 19th to 20th this year. We will have a sung Mass at 5:15pm at St. Agnes.

Wednesday, March 22nd, we will have Spanish Catechesis in the confessional room at St. Agnes. Habrá catequesis en español a las 6pm el miércoles, 22 de marzo en el cuarto de las confesiones en San Agnes.

Friday, March 24th, we will have Stations of the Cross after the 5:15pm Mass at St. Agnes. 

Saturday, March 25th, is the first-class feast of the Annunciation. We will have a sung Mass at 6:45am at St. Agnes.

Saturday, March 25th, we will examine all the students who are to be Confirmed at 9am at Royal Palm Academy. 

Monthly Potluck on March 26th at Royal Palm Academy on Sunday, March 26th from 10:30am to 12:30pm. 

On Sunday, March 26th, we will have our monthly potluck at Royal Palm Academy from 10:30am to 12:30pm. Please bring food to share and enjoy Sunday with your fellow parishioners. The Maidens of Mary will be selling goodies to support their Nun Run. Be sure to mark it on your calendars!

Sunday, April 2nd, is Palm Sunday. The sung Mass with procession will begin at 4pm at St. William's. the 8:45am Mass at St. Agnes will be a low Mass. All other Masses will be as normal.

Monday to Wednesday, April 3rd to 5th, Mass at 5:15pm in St. Agnes' Chapel.

*Holy Thursday, Mass will be at 5:30pm in the Parish Center at St. Agnes and not in the Chapel. Adoration will follow Mass until midnight. Please sign up after Mass on Palm Sunday to adore our Lord.

Tenebrae will be sung at 9am on Good Friday. For an explanation of Tenebrae, click here.

*Good Friday, Mass of the Presanctified, will begin at 3pm in the Parish Center at Saint Agnes and not in the Chapel. 

*Holy Saturday, the Easter Vigil, will begin at 9pm in the Parish Center at St. Agnes and not in the Chapel. 

On Easter Sunday, there will be no 7:15am Mass on Easter Sunday. 

8:45am Sung Mass in the Chapel at St. Agnes. 

Potluck at Royal Palm Academy from 10:30am to 12:30pm

1:30pm low Mass at Resurrection in Fort Myers. 

4:30pm low Mass at St. William's.  

*Nota Bene: During the Triduum (Holy Thursday to Easter Vigil inclusive) confessions will not be available. The ceremonies, set-up, rehearsals, and demands on the time of the priests during this time make hearing confessions a practical impossibility. Confessions will be available at the normal times Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Please be sure to go to Confession during these times and before Holy Thursday. 

On Tuesday, March 14th, the women's group will meet from 6:30pm to 8:30pm

On Wednesday, March 15th, the men's group will meet from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at a new location. 

On Saturday, March 18th, at 9am we will have our classes and activities at Royal Palm Academy. 

On Saturday, March 18th, from 6pm to 9pm the young adult group will meet. 

A parishioner of Corpus Christi Chapel is looking to rent a room in East Naples. Rent is $700 a month. Washer and dryer provided as well as parking. It is within walking distance of a Walmart and only a ten-minute drive to Marco Island. If you are interested or for more information, please contact Lilly at 239-920-1140. 

Please pray for the men being ordained

March 4 Ordinations in Wigratzbad
by His Exc. Wolfgang Haas, Archbishop of Vaduz

Porters and Lector:

• Francisco Jesús Ariza Serrano 
• Diego Barba de la Mora
• Paul Bellier 
• François-Xavier Biget 
• Eloi Cochin 
• Ferdinand Feghali
• Germain Jouenne
• David Kahn
• Francisco J Martínez Campos André Pires
• Julien Portal
• Clemens Maria Reithofer
• Gerulf Stix
• Patrik Vieira de Oliveira Felix Wegmann
• Julian Woiwode

Exorcists and acolytes: 

• Stjepan Androić
• Duarte Cabral Moncada 
• Jacopo Maria Calloni 
• Jan Celmer
• Henri Constant
• Simon-Xavier Danielsson
• Géraud de David-Beauregard Géraud Dorliat
• Benoît Faivre
• Josua Frederic Falkenau Ambroise Girard-Bon
• Mario Maurer
• Łukasz Mazurek
• Miguel Medeiros Cardoso 
• Aleksander Nozdryn-Plotnicki 
• Matyáš Razím

March 25: diaconal ordinations in Denton
by H His Exc. Thomas Gullickson, apostolic nuncio emeritus

• Jeremy Chua
• Joseph Duffy
• Christopher Eichman
• Benjamin Feuerborn
• Anthony Fill
• Samuel Florance
• Matthew Kane
• Jacob Kasak
• Charles Ohotnicky
• Brian Myers
• Stephen Wetzel

Just a heads-up that our monthly group meetings will be on the following dates:

Women's Group will be held on Tuesday, March 14th 6:30 to 8:30pm.

Men's Group will be held on Wednesday, March 15th 6:30 to 8:30pm at a new location. 

Young Adult Group will be held on Saturday March 18th from 6pm to 9pm. 

Please sign up here to receive further details about the group meetings.

Confirmation Classes began last Saturday and there are three more classes on the following Saturdays. If you registered for Confirmation but did not receive login info or an email with the necessary Confirmation information, please contact Fr. van Zee at: [email protected]