by admin | Mar 13, 2017 | Christian Formation, Events, Liturgy, Parish Life, The Latest
Dear parish family,
We’re the Harclerodes (Christine and Stephen) and the Hinsons (Sara and Jacob). We’re Prince of Peace parishioners and foster parents.
As Catholics, we are called to care for the vulnerable and the orphaned. Like Saint Francis, we pray we sow hope where there is despair, joy where there is sadness, and light where there is darkness. One way our families do this is through foster care. And just as many candles burn more brightly than two, we’d like to invite you to join us in this mission.
We have a new ministry at Prince of Peace, the Holy Family Society. We chose the name to honor Mary and Joseph (and his role as a foster father). We seek to live our lives by following their example as parents. We love our foster children without reservation and as unconditionally as we love our natural children.
There are thousands of orphaned and displaced children in the Upstate, and never enough foster families and resources for these children. The Holy Family Society’s goal is to create and maintain an orphan care ministry for these children through faith-based and material support. In order to do this, we need a committed and engaged support network. While not everyone is called to become a foster parent, everyone can help.
The First Step
We’ve created the Holy Family Foster Closet in order to transform good intentions into concrete actions! We’re appealing to you to donate bottles, baby food and formula, bath supplies, diapers and pull-ups in all sizes, gently used clothing from birth – 10 years, toys, and books. Your items can be dropped in the narthex or in Stephanie Lasitter’s office.
The Second Step
We need a new location for the Holy Family Foster Closet. Right now, our families are renting a commercial storage space. This isn’t ideal, but our homes and the church are short on space. If you have or know someone who has an unused room, garage, or office space we can use to host the Holy Family Foster Closet, please email either Christine or Sara.
The Third Step
We will be sharing information about the Holy Family Foster Closet with local foster families in Upstate parishes and asking for their support. If you know someone who might benefit, please email Sara or Christine.
Join Us
An informational meeting is being planned for couples or individuals who want to learn more about fostering and adoption. We hope you will open your heart and consider if God is calling you to help his children in need. We ask for your prayers for PoP foster families and, of course, for the thousands of children in foster care.
Yours in Christ,
Sara & Christine
fostercloset@princeofpeacetaylors.org
by admin | Mar 9, 2017 | Christian Formation, Events, Liturgy, Parish Life, The Latest
Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as Way of Sorrows or Via Crucis, refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixion and accompanying prayers. The stations grew out of imitations of Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem which is believed to be the actual path Jesus walked to Mount Calvary. The object of the stations is to help the Christian faithful to make a spiritual pilgrimage through contemplation of the Passion of Christ. Beginning the 2nd Friday of Lent, we will pray the Stations together in the Church culminating with the Solemn Stations of the Cross on the 6th Friday of Lent during Passiontide.
7p 10 March
7p 17 March
7p 24 March
7p 31 March
7p 7 April
by admin | Mar 9, 2017 | Christian Formation, Events, Liturgy, Parish Life, The Latest
The Knights of Columbus and sponsoring organizations cordially invite all parish members and guest for Friday evening dinner during the Lenten season. This year we will be having four dinners on Friday nights during Lent, so mark your calendars appropriately. We have expanded our menus this year to provide a variety of seafood and pasta dinners. The proceeds from our Friday Knight Lenten Fish Fry Dinners will go to providing bibles for the 7th Grade Religious Education Class, along with our Summer Youth Programs, which include the Summer Choral Theater and Totus Tuus Vacation Bible School.
Come Join Your Parish Family This Lenten Season.
The Menu includes:
• Fried & Baked Fish
• Pasta Dish & Coleslaw
• Hush Puppies & French Fries
• Assorted Drinks & Desserts
Weekly Menu
• 3/10/17 – Tomato Bisque Soup
• 3/17/17 – Shrimp Creole
• 3/31/17 – Fish Tacos with Salsa
• 4/7/17 – Shrimp Gumbo
This is a great time to enjoy a good meal and socialize with other parish families!
Adults – $8.00 • Seniors over 65 – $6.00
Children Under 12 – $6.00 • Children Under 4 – FREE
Max $30.00 for Immediate Family
5:30PM to 7:00PM in the Parish Activity Center
Fridays March 10th • March17th • March 31st • April 7th
by admin | Mar 9, 2017 | Adult Education, Christian Formation, Events, Liturgy, Parish Life, The Latest
Fr. Richard Tomlinson will teach a 5 week course on the Passion Narratives of the Gospel. This is a wonderful opportunity to grow in faith by examining the Passion of Christ through the eyes of the Gospel Writers.
Thursdays at 7p in Croghan Hall
9 March – 6 April
by admin | Feb 28, 2017 | Adult Education, Christian Formation, Events, Liturgy, Music, Parish Life, The Latest
Two choral Masses will be featured during the season on Lent at noon – one ancient and one modern. Sundays one, two, three and five will utilize a setting known as the Missa Tornacensis – Tournai Mass. Sunday four (Lætare) will feature the Berliner Mass by the Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt.
Dating from the first half of the fourteenth century, the Tournai Mass is often considered by musicologists to be the first unified setting of the mass ordinary. It was common practice in the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries to compose polyphonic settings of single movements of the mass ordinary—such as a lone Gloria—or else larger segments thereof—such as the Sanctus and Agnus Dei together. This Tournai Mass is instead among the earliest extant examples of a complete setting of all five parts of the mass (plus the Ite, missa est), copied together into a signle manuscript found in Tournai, Belgium.
While the mass was clearly conceived by scribes as a single cycle, however, differences in notation across the various movements indicate that the Tournai Mass was not composed by a single person or even at one time. Rather, the mass was likely the work of several thirteenth- and fourteenth-century composers, later compiled by scribes into a complete cycle with sufficient stylistic consistency. Even so, the Tournai Mass stands as a milestone in the history of liturgical music; Guillaume de Machaut seems to have closely modelled his fourteenth-century mass (the first by a single composer) on the Tournai model, and by the mid-fifteenth century, mass composition would surpass the motet as the primary vessel for composers’ musical innovation and achievement.
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