Deepen your Triduum experience withThe Three Days to Save This downloadable PDFincludes:
A helpful explanation of each day of the Triduum
Practical suggestions for making Triduum holy
Scriptural citations for personal reflection on the readings
Holy Week Schedule
Holy Thursday - April 14, 7:00 PM Bilingual (Bring your CRS Rice Bowls)
Good Friday - April 15, 3:00 PM English and 7:00 PM Spanish
Holy Saturday - Easter Vigil April 16, 8 to 10 PM Bilingual, Reception to follow
Easter Sunday - April 17, 9:30 AM English, 12:30 PM Spanish (Live-stream available)
Tom needs a few people to help!
Thursday, 6:30 PM - provide towels and fresh water to the feet washing stations
Saturday 10 AM - Decorate the church for Easter
Easter Vigil, 7:15 PM - greet and hand out candles
After Easter Vigil - clear the pews of any papers or candles (15 min)
Environmental Enrichment Series
April 20–May 11
St. Charles, St. Andrew, Holy Redeemer, and The Madeleine are pleased to announce our Environmental Enrichment Series, a series of nationally renowned speakers discussing critical climate and environmental topics. The first presentation is on April 20th.
Each 90-minute session, 6:30–8:00 pm, will be held via Zoom, and include the presentation, a Q & A opportunity, and breakout groups. All are welcome.
Then following the series on May 18, join us for a social and informational gathering in person!
April 20—Katharine Hayhoe
Christians and Climate Change
Katharine is a nationally-renowned Climate Scientist, and professor and department chair of Public Policy and Public Law at Texas Tech University. She is also the Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy.
Personal Note from Lisa Hatten:
Two people who are very close to me, a family member and a best friend, spent 5 and 7 years in prison. Communicating with them by phone was critical to their mental health and mine, but it was incredibly expensive. Our prison industry has many problems. However, this is one we can help change. And this is an opportunity to live out the part of our mission statement that says "proclaim liberty to captives."
From The Color Of Change Criminal Justice & Democracy Team:
Families shouldn’t have to choose between being able to speak to their incarcerated loved ones or paying bills. But that is the harsh reality that too many families are facing — thanks to predatory prison telecom companies and a lack of regulation.
Prison telecom corporations like Securus and GTL charge families as much as $16 for a 15-minute phone call. They are extracting wealth from families who simply want to speak to loved ones. That is why we are calling on the House to pass the Martha Wright Prison Phone Justice Act. This bill would require the FCC to put a cap on how much prisons and jails can charge incarcerated people and their families for these phone calls.
In March, The Washington Post editorial board urged Congress to pass Martha Wright-Reed Act, and the bill moved forward in an important Senate committee. That means this necessary prison phone justice legislation is one step closer to getting a vote on the Senate floor. The cost of prison phone calls is staggering. Congress has a chance to change that.The Washington Post. 26, March 2022.
And it means we need to get as many members of the House to co-sponsor H.R.2489, the Martha Wright Prison Phone Justice Act. With a few months left before midterms and so many families hurting, the time to act is NOW.
Click the link below to learn more and take action.
We are a Portland Catholic Worker community, serving as a house of hospitality and “public household,” and organizing “communion economy” and agronomic university initiatives. As a house of hospitality, we offer supported, residential community in our two 4-bedroom houses and our backyard tiny houses for folks who were living on the street. We also offer open meals; a community fridge, pantry, and clothing hutch; and an open door for welcoming both friends and neighbors wanting community as well as friends and neighbors in need of respite, food, shower, and laundry facilities. (You can read about our economic and agronomic university initiativeshere.)
Everything we offer by way of hosting, supporting, teaching, and organizing is offered free of charge; or you could say, with a charge that is left to the freedom of those who value this work and this way of life.
Today we write to you from a position of financial need. This calendar year, we have been operating on a month-to-month basis, often relying on last-minute gifts to make our monthly rent payments (especially as the grant that has played a key role in funding our houses over the past year draws to a close). Our monthly operating expenses are around $6,000, with around 90% of those funds going towards rent and utilities.
To donate or learn more please take a look at thisPDF or go to ourwebsite.
