eNews: February 12, 2020

eNews: February 12, 2020

12 Feb 2020 | Posted by: chadmin

Information about and application for the Randy Simmons Tuition Assistance Scholarship is available on the Peoria Notre Dame website: www.peorianotredame.com. The scholarship is awarded annually to one incoming freshman. Apply by February 15, 2020 for the class of 2024.

Men’s Club Smoker is Sunday, February 16 from 12-5pm in the school gym/cafeteria.

Our next Women’s Night will be Wednesday, February 19 from 7-8:30pm in the parish center. Join us for a Women’s Night with some Mardi Gras flair before Lent arrives. We’ll enjoy some sweets, chocolate and a little wine! Want to finish off that chocolate or sweet with others before giving it up for Lent? Bring it to share!

Kelly Needham Memorial Blood Drive will be Saturday, February 22  from 8am-12pm at in the St. Philomena banquet room. To sign up to give blood, go to www.redcrossblood.com and enter the sponsor code: STPHILS or contact Rhonda Parker in the parish office. Please sign up today!

Looking for some help at the Blood Drive. Need 2-3 people for two shifts: 7-10am and 10am-1pm. First shift will help unload the Red Cross truck and then register donors. Second shift will register donors and then help pack the truck. Registration does require some basic computer work. Contact Rhonda Parker in the parish office (rhonpark@stphils.com). Junior high and high school students are welcome to help.

St. Philomena Parish offers a Montessori preschool for 3-year-old children, September-May, three days a week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We offer a program in the morning (8-11am) and afternoon (12-3pm). Admission packets are available in the parish office. Completed registration forms and deposit are due to the parish office by February 28.

Ash Wednesday is February 26. Mass at St. Philomena will be 7am, 8am, 9am (school Mass) and 5:30pm. See the February 16 & 23 bulletins for other Mass times in the Peoria area.

During Lent, Father David will offer an additional daily Mass at 5:30pm. From Monday-Thursday an additional confession time will be added at 6pm. On Fridays we will have Stations of the Cross at 6pm.

Fish Fry Dinners: Fridays, February 28 & March 13 from 5-7:30pm in the school cafeteria, enter through the gym doors. Carry-outs available, (call-ahead orders are not). Drinks & desserts sold separately.

Have you set up an account at www.shopwithscrip.com? They also have an app called MyScripWallet. Both are easy to use and accept payments from a credit card or bank account for online purchases. First time users will need our church code to link with us: #C51LD8AL925. For more information go to https://www.stphils.com/school/support/scrip-enrollment-login/

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