October 7, 2024

TASTE EVENTS

• LAST WEEK — We welcomed back Fr. Virginus Osuagwu as he gave a talk entitled "Deepening Our Faith in Troubled TImes." He began his 5th talk to TASTE by highlighting the troubled times in which we live. It is not just the times that scripture describes as wars and rumors of wars, but he noted that godlessness is on the rise which is a far greater problem... While that is the bad news, thanks to Jesus, there is good news ...  MORE

• NEW TALK — This week, we welcome back Bill Keimig as he gives a talk entitled "A Study of Humanae Vitae and Where We are Today."

• THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSION — We will discuss Fr. Virginus Osuagwu's talk entitled "Deepening Our Faith in Troubled TImes." The audio, video, reflection questions and other related material can be found HERE. The Zoom small group meets on the following Tuesday morning. Details on how to join can be found in a link at the bottom of this message.

• PRAY FOR PRIESTS — Our Pray for Priests sign-up is on-going and our priest adoption ceremony will be during our November 7th session. You can SIGN-UP on-line or at TASTE during the next few weeks. 

OTHER EVENTS / INTEREST ITEMS

• OCTOBER 10th FREE FLU SHOTS — Free Flu Shots are available on October 10th at Vincent Pallotti High School Study Room from 9:00 am - 5:30 pm.

• OCTOBER CONFERENCE — Fr. Virginus is hosting "The Woman" Project International Conference 2024 from October 17th-19th at Resurrection Church in Burtonsville, MD.  Conference registration is $45.  See LINK.

• OCT / NOV EVANGELIZATION DRAMA — "Back from the Dead Cemetery Walk" is an engaging and inspiring "evangelization drama" to help teach the Catholic faith about the "Last Things" including teachings on the Communion of Saints, the angels, and the three great virtues: faith, hope and charity, at the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine in Emmitsburg. Tickets are still available for Nov 2nd.  See LINK.

• NOVEMBER CONFERENCE — St. Mark's Church in Catonsville is hosting a Maryland Catholic Women's Conference called "Joyful Journey — Exploring the Beatitudes" on Saturday, November 9th from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm. See FLYER.

• OUR COUNTRY — St. Faustina shows us 4 ways to pray for our country.  See LINK

PRAYER REQUESTS

• Please continue to pray for our TASTE program and our speakers. This week, please pray for: 1) Mike Frentz (our founder Marian Frentz's husband) as he still needs our prayers post stem cell transplant, 2) Fr. Larry Swink for healing, 3) Susan Conroy as she continues to have medical issues, 4) Kate Christianson for eradication of her cancer and overall health improvement, 5) Andrew, Larissa Cymerman's brother-in-law for healing from blood cancer, 6) Healing for Geoff Griffith's skin cancer on his face, and 7) Peace and comfort to the families of each of the people mentioned above.   New prayer requests can be sent to Joy Parker at joyparker73@gmail.com.

• Blessings,

  Joy, Michele, Karen, and Helen

  Jesus, I trust in You!